Final 48 Hours! GameTrayz + AMA Answers + Rulebook Update + Vulture Naming Poll
about 2 months ago – Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 06:27:53 AM
Hello Terrarians! 🌳
It’s official; we’re about to move into the final 48 hours of the campaign; Kickstarter has switched from counting down in days to counting down in hours which means we’re almost at the finish line 😊 It’s been an incredible few weeks; thank you so much for being part of the journey!
📤 GameTrayz Early Renders
We’re very excited to have received some early renders of the game’s GameTrayz inserts; these will be used to organise everything nicely in the box and to make setup easier.
Below is an early example of a boss box (these will hold the cards, miniature and tokens for each boss) and the enemy token tray. We’ll be changing the colours of these trays and adding details such as embossed icons and artistic flourishes, but we wanted to share these with you as they are a significant upgrade from the handmade trays in the gameplay video!
The remainder of the trays are currently being designed (card trays, player setup trays, biome tile trays and more); all of them will continue to be improved and changed based on the final component counts and shapes, but we’re confident that they are going to make setup and storage of the game a satisfying experience!
📖 Rulebook Update
We’ve just updated the game’s rulebook based on feedback from the community; you’ll find the latest version here.
Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to give it a thorough going over and to share their suggestion with us. We’ve actioned most of the points raised; a few need a little more time to address but rest assured we’ll be taking all of them into consideration. The rulebook continues to be a work in progress document, and will be improved until we go to print to ensure it’s as good as it can be. We’ll be adding the component images, additional diagrams, an index, glossary and quick reference section, as well as putting it through additional rounds of external editing.
🙋 Discord AMA (Ask Me Anything) Answers
Thanks to those of you who were able to make it to our AMA over on the official Terraria Discord server on Monday. We had a great time answering questions from the community; if you didn’t manage to join you can still read all of our responses here.
📊 Vulture Naming Poll
We had loads of suggestions for the name of our adopted vulture; we have chosen our favourite 10 and you can now vote here. The poll will close in just under 24 hours and we’ll announce the winning name in tomorrow’s update!
🏁 The Final Stretch!
We’ll be back tomorrow with our final update before the end of the campaign; we’ve got even more to show you before the end, including our final stretch goals!
In the meantime, please share this campaign with anyone you think might be interested; you can use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paperfortgames/terraria-the-board-game .
As always, thank you so much for your support!
Until tomorrow, Terrarians 🌳
- The Paper Fort Games Team
More Developer Set Art + New Stretch Goals + Vulture Adoption + Discord AMA!
about 2 months ago – Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 08:27:02 AM
Hello Terrarians! 🌳
We hope you had a lovely weekend 😊. As always, thanks for helping each other in the comments; we really appreciate it! It might be the final few days of the campaign, but we’ve still got lots to share with you, so let’s get stuck in 👀…
🎨 Cenx Set Art + Additional Developer Set Sketches
We’ve now unlocked all of our developer set vanity cards! Here is Cenx’s Dress Set in all its painted glory, as well as the sketches for Grox the Great, Leinfors, FoodBarbarian and Safeman’s sets:
✨ New Stretch Goals Unveiled!
You absolutely obliterated our Boss-themed stretch goal sprint! 🤯 You did so well, it’s given us the chance to squeeze in some more deluxification before the big finale! We’ll be revealing a couple of these extra stretch goals at a time over the next 48 hours (followed by the final stretch goals). Here are the first 2:
🔓 Vulture Adoption
They might not be the cuddliest of creatures, but vultures need our love too; today we achieved our desert-themed social goal, so we’ll be adopting a vulture from the Hawk Conservancy Trust. They are a UK-based charity that run the International Vulture Programme (an initiative that focuses on the research and conservation of vultures) and the National Bird of Prey Hospital (where sick, injured or orphaned raptors are cared for and rehabilitated).
This also means that it’s that time again; we want to hear your names for our adoptee! Let us know in the comments 😊
🙋 Discord AMA
In about 30 minutes (1700 UK time / 0900 PDT / 1200 EDT), we’ll be over on the official Terraria Discord server for an ‘Ask Me Anything’; come on over and ask us about the game! Here’s the link to the server; you’ll find us in the 'paper-fort-games-ama' channel: https://discord.com/invite/terraria.
📅 Updates and Rulebook
We’ll be back with another update on Wednesday (19th) as we enter the final 48 hours of the campaign.
We’ll also be uploading the revised rulebook this week (before the end of the campaign). We’re currently incorporating all of the fantastic feedback we’ve had from the community; thank you!
In the meantime, please share this campaign with anyone you think might be interested; you can use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paperfortgames/terraria-the-board-game .
Thank you so, so much for your support; here's to a fantastic final few days 😃
- The Paper Fort Games Team
Developer Set Sketches + Contest Entry Gallery + New Boss-Related Stretch Goals + Update Plan!
2 months ago – Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 08:59:52 AM
Hello Terrarians! 🌳
We hope you’ve all had a great week 😊
🎨 Developer Vanity Set Sketches
We’ve now unlocked all but 2 of the developer vanity sets; here is a sneak peek at the sketches for Cenx, Loki, Jim and Crowno’s Sets, with more sketches (and full Cenx's Set art) to come next week!
🖼️ Contest Entry Gallery
In our last update I (Chris) forgot to include the gallery of contest entries. I’m very sorry about that; here it is! Thanks again to everyone that took part; it was very difficult to choose our winners, and we think you'll understand why:
💥 New Stretch Goal Sprint Revealed: Boss Blast!
We know that many of you have been wondering what stretch goals lie beyond the developer sets; we’re excited to reveal another stretch goal sprint, this time for Bosses! It includes the rest of the foiled boss cards, as well as more sculpted versions of boss-spawned enemies 😊
After this sprint, there will be a set of ‘finale’ stretch goals, which will be revealed next week.
Just so you know, we are going to add all funds raised in BackerKit (after the campaign) to the total that we count towards stretch goals too, so we have the best chance of hitting every single one!
📖 Rulebook Feedback
Thank you to everyone that has provided feedback on our rulebook; we really appreciate it and we’ll be incorporating it into an updated document which we’ll be uploading at the start of next week.
📅 Update Plan
We’ll be publishing our next update on Monday 17th June. We’ll then be publishing a daily update for the final 3 days of the campaign (Wednesday, Thursday + Friday). We’ve still got lots to show you!
Thanks again for your support, Terrarians; we hope you all have a great weekend! 😃 Please bear in mind that we might be a bit slower responding to your comments as the team takes some downtime over the weekend in preparation for next week.
-The Paper Fort Games Team
Hive Adoption + Playthrough Video + Rulebook + Build Contest Winner + AMA Date Change!
2 months ago – Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 02:55:45 PM
Hello Terrarians! 🌳
We've got lots of exciting information for you today; let's get stuck in! 😃
🐝 Hive Adoption Is Go!
Yesterday, we blasted through our jungle biome-themed social goal, which means that we will be adopting a hive from The Hive Much Birch, based in the UK. They promote natural beekeeping and provide apiaries simply as somewhere for wild bees to build their hives. They don’t harvest or sell the honey that the bees produce; they just want to support these incredible insects and the ecosystem that they are a vital part of. Thanks again to Jared for suggesting this great idea, and to all of you who got involved over on Instagram!
📹 Playthrough Video
We’re very happy to announce that our playthrough video is now available! You can watch it below:
📖 Rulebook
We’ve also uploaded the game’s rulebook; you can read it here.
Please bear in mind that this is a work in progress document, and will be updated and improved (by us and by external editors) right up until we go to print. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop us a line at [emailprotected].
🏅 Build Contest Winner!
Thank you to everybody who sent in an entry for our in-game build contest. The challenge was to recreate the Paper Fort Games logo inside Terraria and we can tell that every person who entered put a huge amount of effort into their builds. We received entries fromalmost 30 different Terrarians and we were *very* impressed with the creativity on show. After lots of deliberation, we are delighted to announce that the winner of the Hellstone pledge is @Bobins16; congratulations! 🎉 We particularly loved the party vibe of this build, as well as the fact that minimap representation of our logo was given extra character by the NPC icons!
In addition, we’ve also decided to award a Gold Pledge to @zeeSwampWitch and dragonmagician for their takes on the brief! Well done to you both 😃.
We’ll be reaching out directly to the winners before the weekend (via the same route as the entry was submitted) to arrange prizes.
📅 Discord AMA Date Change
Originally, we had had planned to do our Discord AMA (Ask Me Anything) tomorrow, but we’ve had to rearrange it to Monday 17th (we’ve updated the Community Calendar on the campaign page to reflect this). The AMA will be taking place over on the official Terraria Discord server at 1700 UK time / 0900 PDT / 1200 ET; we’ll send out an update shortly before with details of how to access it.
Until next time, Terrarians!
-The Paper Fort Games Team
Developer Sets Unlocked + Last Call for Contest Entries + What's Your Favourite Critter?
2 months ago – Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 02:20:54 PM
Hello Terrarians! 🌳
Thanks for bearing with us in the comments over the weekend and to those of you who answered questions on our behalf while we were recuperating; we really appreciate it 😊
✨ Developer Vanity Sets Unlocked!
We’ve already unlocked 4 vanity sets as part of our ‘Developer Dash’; Red, Cenx, Loki and Jim's sets! Next up is Crowno's set and there are plenty more to come, including one that hasn’t yet been announced... can you guess who it might be?
Every piece of art in the game goes through multiple stages of iteration and feedback, and with the developer sets it’s no different. First, George creates a sketch based on the sprite which is then sent over to the Re-Logic team. Any feedback is collated and changes are made; after another round of approval, George then proceeds to painting the final art. Here’s a look at the initial sketch and final art for Red’s set:
We'll be showing you the final art for the other dev sets as it comes in!
📢 Final Call for Build Contest Entries!
This is a reminder that the deadline for our in-game build contest is tomorrow (11th June) at 2359 UK time (1859 EDT, 1559 PDT). We’ve had lots of fantastic entries; don’t miss out on the opportunity to win a Hellstone Pledge! To enter, recreate the Paper Fort Games logo within Terraria and share a screenshot of your creation on Twitter or Instagram before the deadline with the hashtag #terrariaboardgame, tagging in @paperfortgames. If you don’t use social media, you can also email your entry to [emailprotected]. The winner will be chosen and announced in an update on 12th June by the Paper Fort Games team (the winner will also be contacted directly).
Here are some of the recent entries! (We’ll share all of the submissions to the contest when we announce the results)
🐇 What’s Your Favourite Critter?
Though you won’t be able to interact with them in the board game, we want to add as many critters as we can to the background art of the game’s biome tiles; let us know in the comments which ones you’d like to see!
When we asked this question in a recent State of the Game and on Twitter, we had some great suggestions, including squirrels, seagulls, seahorse, mystic frogs, grubby, sluggy, dolphins, bunnies, owls and ducks, but let us know in the comments if we’ve missed any of your favourites!
As always, thank you for all of your support! Until next time 😃
-The Paper Fort Games Team
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