Reign of the Onyx King: a One-vs-Many Card Game

October Update
over 1 year ago – Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 07:57:47 PM

Hey all! Wanted to give you an update on what I've been working on since the end of the campaign.

BackerKit Surveys

By now you should have seen the surveys on BackerKit. Just wanted everyone to know that we won't be closing them any time soon, so you have plenty of time before things are finalized. I'll be sending another update once we have the community vote on the art for the playmats.

Art Update

The art is underway and we're making good progress! To give you a little insight into my process, I start by sketching every card out to get through all of the "idea phases" and then can just focus on rendering once I get into the meat and potatoes of working on each piece.

Since we reached the goal to hire additional artists I've gone ahead and just focused on the Onyx King's mini-bosses for now, since I planned to do all of those pieces myself. Here are some of my favorite sketches so far and I can't wait to move into the final rendering stage with them!

Once sketching is complete, I'll start outputting as many pieces as I can per week to hit our planned print goal.

Here's a little preview of what it looks like as I finish up the illustration. This was the video I recorded for the process of the Emerald Knight mini-boss:

Would you be interested in seeing this for all the illustrations? I've got a set up for the recordings and have also considered streaming while I work on them.

Guest Artists

I've started reaching out to other artists to lend their talents for some the remaining cards in the game as well. To highlight these additional artists and make their cards a little bit more special, I've come up with this alternate layout for the guest art cards. This new layout will adjust the frame and extend the art to make as much room as possible to show off the art from these illustrators:

Hope you've enjoyed this little update and I'll have more on the process to share with you soon!

Best,
-Jimmy

BackerKit Surveys!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 09:18:11 AM

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give you a quick update that the BackerKit surveys have gone out.

One question I've gotten a bunch is about the playmats: the options in the survey are still just placeholder (design 1, design 2, etc) and will be updated once we have our community vote on which designs we'd like to see. You will be able to update your answers in the survey at a later date before anything is finalized.

Other than that I've been busy grinding away at getting art done and reaching out to other artists for illustrations. Hope to have more updates on that for you all soon!

If you have any other questions please don't be afraid to reach out!

Best,
Jimmy

THANK YOU!!! 🥳
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 02:44:50 PM

I cannot thank you enough for all for the amazing support that has allowed Reign of the Onyx King to not only be successfully funded, but blow way past the original goal!

On top of that, you managed to unlock all our stretch goals, so we get to make this project extra special.

I’m pumped to get to work and get your copy out to you as soon as possible. It’s time to get started!

Finally, in the coming weeks you will receive more info on the pledgemanger and how to finalize your pledge (plus any additional add-ons you may want).

Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions!

-Jimmy

ONLY 36 HOURS LEFT!!!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 10:13:03 AM

I can't believe we're down to the final stretch! Thank you all so much for helping make this dream become such an unbelievable reality! 28 days down, 36 hours to go, and we are 625% funded with $31,277 raised from 340 backers! If you want to upgrade your pledge tier or add any more add-on items, now is the time to do it! 

Final Stretch Goals!

You guys have CRUSHED these stretch goals! Just yesterday we hit our final goal for additional illustrators.

Here’s what’s been most recently unlocked.

Solo-Play Mode

Details:
We’ve unlocked the much anticipated solo-play mode, allowing you to take on challenges by yourself to test your skills. I’m still developing what the solo-mode will look like, so let me know if you have any thoughts!

Additional Illustrators

Details:
For our final stretch goal, every dollar above $30,000 will be devoted to me hiring additional illustrators to help get the game finished faster. In the past I did all the artwork myself, and have set the current expected delivery time with that in mind. With this goal unlocked I’ll be able to get everything done, printed, and into your hands MUCH quicker. Every additional artist means a faster delivery.

Let me know if there are any artists you’d love to see in the game as I start reaching out to people!

Thank you so much again for supporting the game! I am so incredibly grateful! Now let’s have an amazing finish :)

-Jimmy

Halfway Update! Over 400% FUNDED and New Stretch Goals
over 1 year ago – Thu, Aug 08, 2024 at 02:58:23 PM

Holy cow…we’ve got 2 weeks left in the campaign and we’re over 422% funded with $21,182 raised! The love just KEEPS going! Thank you all again SO MUCH. This is truly incredible, and I cannot thank you all enough for helping to bring this game to life!

Now that we’re at our halfway point, I wanted to give you a couple quick updates:

GenCon & Projects We Love

Last week was GenCon and it was a blast! Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth over the weekend. We had a great push while at the show, unlocking that much sought-after “Projects We Love” badge on Kickstarter and hitting the $20,000 stretch goal for the gold foil set symbol.

New Pledge Tier

I know I’ve had a couple people bring up the shipping price for the add-ons, so I went ahead and added a new bundle option: Journeyman Tier (+)!

This new tier will let you bundle the black stone level die in with the Journeyman Tier without having to pay for separate shipping.

Stretch Goals

Now onto the fun part! Stretch goals!

Here’s what we’ve unlocked since the last update…

Health Tracker Web-App

Details:
This web-app will allow you to track every Hero at the table and will open up the options for us to add a lot more functionality to the health tracker. Easier companion tracking, equipment stat tracking, game wins, hero stats…what would you like to see this app be able to do?

Foil Stamped Set Symbol

Details:
A fancy gold foil seal stamped in the upper corner of every card to help you distinguish your Reign of the Onyx King cards from the base game cards should you mix them together.

And here’s what’s coming up next!

Solo-Play Mode - $25,000

Details:
We’re so close to unlocking the solo-play mode, allowing you to take on challenges by yourself to test your skills. A lot of people have sounded really excited for this one!

Additional Illustrators - $30,000

Details:
Every dollar above $30,000 will be devoted to me hiring additional illustrators to help get the game finished faster. In the past I did all the artwork myself, and have set the current expected delivery time with that in mind. With this goal I’ll be able to get everything done, printed, and into your hands MUCH quicker. Every additional artist means a faster delivery.

With these future stretch goals not too far off any more I’ve started to brainstorm some more for down the road if we need them. 

Lore/story information added to the rulebook — I want something that hearkens back to the instruction guides you used to get in video games. A good sized book with not just how-to-play info, but also awesome lore info about the world and characters.

My thoughts are to make this a sizable increase, taking up half, if not more, of the total book.

Additional add-ons — I have lots of ideas for other add-ons, from plushies, to a Ju’golach squeeze ball, to non-digital life trackers like spinners, plus other stuff for your game table like a board your hero and abilities could slot into. These would of course not be automatic inclusions, but would be optional add-ons for your pledge.

Let me know if any of these are exciting or if you have any other ideas! As always, thank you for your support. This would not be possible without you.

And again, please reach out if you have questions or just wanna chat. 

I’d love to hear from you!

-Jimmy