#12 - 📰 Mission Updates and Community Campaign ✅
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 07:35:01 AM
Hello Space Adventurers 🚀
The galaxy of Phantom Epoch is pulsating with activity, and we're thrilled to bring you some fresh updates! Your unwavering support is the power core driving us forward, and we've made leaps and bounds in our development. Here's what's new:
All Missions Now Drafted ✍️
With the stretch goals unlocked, the campaign's trajectory has taken a dynamic turn. All missions have now been drafted, teeming with surprises and unexpected twists. We've fine-tuned the entire journey to provide a rich and thrilling experience that's ready to unfold. The anticipation is real, and we're just as eager as you are to dive into these adventures - the proof being that we finished these drafts about 2 months ahead of our projected schedule!
Map Illustrations Coming to Life 🗺️
The galaxy is taking shape, and our talented illustrators are at the helm! They're crafting some truly breathtaking map illustrations for Phantom Epoch. Here's a sneak peek at a WIP (Work in Progress) map illustration that captures the essence of our vibrant universe:
Playtesting in Full Swing 🎲
Our daily playtesting sessions are in overdrive, with our dedicated team tirelessly refining and polishing the game. Every day brings new insights and enhancements, all aimed at ensuring that Phantom Epoch provides endless hours of immersive fun and engagement. We're fine-tuning every component, from Character Actions to the balance of specific Classes, to create a seamless gameplay experience.
During the Kickstarter campaign, you amazing backers unlocked two additional missions intended for print & play and available on Tabletop Simulator (TTS), each with unique maps. But, during the campaign, some of you have suggested that you'd prefer we reuse existing maps if it means these missions could be included in the core box of Phantom Epoch.
We value your input and want to make a decision that best aligns with your preferences. So, we've put up a poll on BoardGameGeek where you can cast your vote on which option you'd prefer. Whether you lean towards unique print & play maps or inclusion in the core box, we want to hear from you!
➡️ Click Here to Vote in the BGG Poll ⬅️
Your participation in this community campaign shapes the future of Phantom Epoch, and we appreciate your ongoing engagement and support. Together, we'll create the best possible gaming experience!
Join Us on This Epic Adventure 🌌
The progress we've achieved is a testament to your belief in Phantom Epoch, and we can't thank you enough. This community is our rocket fuel, and we're on an unstoppable trajectory to the stars!
Stay tuned for more cosmic updates, and as always, reach out if you have any questions, thoughts, or just want to chat about the game. Your support and engagement mean the universe to us.
Happy gaming, Space Adventurers, and onward to the stars! 🚀
#11 📰 1st post campaign update - 🛒 Backerkit Survey
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 10:17:25 AM
Hello Space Adventurers 🚀
I hope you are doing fine!
It's been 2 weeks since the end of the campaign, but we've kept busy throughout.
For this first post-campaign update, we're going to give you an initial rundown of the project's progress.
🔓 Kickstarter Stretch
📕 Up until the last minute of the campaign you've unlocked multiple additional missions that will enrich your games.
Tyson is currently working on designing and balancing them. It's going to be very complicated to tell you more about them without risking spoiling the adventure, so we're asking for your trust.
We're sure you'll love the twists and turns they'll bring.
📥 gametrayz is still working on designing & tweaking the inserts for the Deluxe box of the game. Now that all the Stretch Goals are known, they can adapt the dimensions and settings to the best possible storage solution. Hopefully we can share some pictures or 3D renders as soon as we receive them.
🛒 Backerkit Survey
As the title suggests it, Backerkit will be our post campaign partner to manage your pledges.
This very powerful tool will allow you to allocate the funds invested during Kickstarter to products such as game boxes and various add-ons.
Some things you should know about it:
We will send a test survey for a hundreds backers first. That will allow us to ensure that the tool is properly set and that no mistake is met during the process. Once we are satisfied by the absence of issue reported (or slight corrections integrated), we will send the Backerkit survey email to every backer so that you can select your rewards, add any, etc…
It’s essential to respond to your survey as quickly as possible since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.
You do not need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!
After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts.
⚠️ Due to the volatility of shipping prices globally right now, shipping fees for this project will be calculated at a later date once we have the best estimates for everyone. We plan to enter & charge backers for shipping a month or two before fulfillment when we have better estimates of what it will cost to ship backers rewards. We will alert backers when shipping costs are finalized & before we charge your cards in your BackerKit survey. We will keep you informed all along the way! ⚠️
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under “Lost your survey?” on our BackerKit project page at
https://pe.backerkit.com/
If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at
https://pe.backerkit.com/faq
That’s all for now, Space Adventurers 🚀 Our main goal is to focus on monthly updates to let you know about the project’s evolution and to share production videos & pictures. It could happen at some point that we lack pertinent information justifying an update. In that situation We will write a comment in the General Comment section of the campaign page to keep everyone informed.
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PS : On my end, I, Antoine bow deeply to salute you as this is the last update I’ll write for Doteira Games and Phantom Epoch. It was a real pleasure to work with Tyson on this project and to emulate you during the whole campaign. To contact the publisher, use KS comments & Private Messages. From now on, I won’t be able to assist you further in any related topics with this project, as I’m moving away for other campaigns! You’ve all been a great community.
See you elsewhere on Kickstarter!
#10 🥳❤️🎉 1138 THANK YOU! 🎉❤️🥳
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 06:34:54 AM
Thank you, Space Adventurers 🚀
Phantom Epoch’s campaign just reached the finish line 🏁 after a 30 days race towards infinity and beyond.
With 1.138 backers and a total of 💰 $177.281 CAD, saying that the whole Doteira Game’s team bursts with joy would be an understatement.
The journey we travelled together was incredible, yet not a single time did your faith and support in Phantom Epoch’s promises falter.
You made Tyson’s dream come true, and we will now be 615% focused on delivering every feature of the game in the best & most timely conditions.
🔓Final Stretch Goals unlocked
Up to the final seconds of the project you joined the campaign to unlock new Stretch Goals.
Let’s have a look at the final Strech Goal you’ve managed to get for Phantom Epoch.
By reaching the 💰 $160k CAD goal, you enriched your games with 3 lore entries bringing a lot of mysteries, lore elements… and a hidden objects game concept!
These entries brings more details on each planet’s history and what happened to them. You’ll learn more, each time, on the disappearance of the Vanished thousands of years ago.
Spoiling it will ruin all the fun, so we will roughly tease what this “not-so-little” addition, that will immerse you one level deeper into our game’s experience, features:
- 👁️ Attention to graphic / narrative details
- 🧠 better lore understanding
- 🎁 in game rewards
But that’s not all. When you reached the 💰 $155k CAD goal, you gained 5 extra training missions.
These are different from the ones earned through Community Goals achievement since they allow you to re-explore maps from previous missions’ of the campaign, with new threats and secrets to discover. That’s even more replayability for you, brave Space Adventurers 🚀
Yet, since you unlocked everything we had plan for the campaign, Tyson decided to add an Extra training mission for each 💰 $3K CAD levels beyond the 💰 $165k CAD treshold.
Which lead you into getting 5 additional training missions before the clock ticked its last second 🥳
Oh guess what, it looks like 400 proud Phantom Epoch’s heroes joined our Discord’s server!
This means that you validated one of our achievements and unlocked an Extra mission for Phantom Epoch!
🎊 Congratulations!
This will be a very practical and usefull communication channel to learn more about the game’s development & production, to share tips & tricks, or to look for online players with the TTS module.
➡️ What’s coming next?
The whole team is now gonna enjoy a small, yet well deserved, rest.
After celebrating with you and our team, we’ll enjoy some celebrations with our friends and families.
Kickstarter will charge your pledges which will be blocked for a couple weeks.
On our end, we will create and design the unlocked Stretch Goals, as well as contact regularly our factory before production starts.
Gametrayz will send us 3D renders of the the custom trays for the Deluxe edition. We will share visuals as soon as we get them.
We are also considering the terms of a partnership with Backerkit to set up a Post-survey tool which will allow you to use your funds and chose your rewards, and any add-on you want. We don’t have any release timeline yet, but rest assured that we will do our best to open it when the time comes and production is almost ready to start.
We plan to keep you informed once a month through a Kickstarter update, but we remain available by Private message, either here or on Discord.
💬 A final word from Tyson
“As our Kickstarter journey draws to a close, we find ourselves humbled and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of support we've received from each and every one of you. Words can barely express the gratitude we feel, but we'll try.
❤️ From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
🙏🏻 Thank you for believing in Phantom Epoch.
🙏🏻Thank you for your generous pledges, your shared excitement, your invaluable feedback, and for spreading the word about our game.
🙏🏻Thank you for your patience as we navigated through the campaign, for your understanding when we faced challenges, and for celebrating with us as we unlocked stretch goal after stretch goal.
We embarked on this journey with a dream to bring Phantom Epoch to life, but what we have achieved together is far beyond what we could have ever imagined. With your support, we not only reached our funding goal, but smashed through numerous stretch goals, enriching the game experience even further.
The campaign might be ending, but our work is far from over. We're excited to move into the next phase. We're committed to making Phantom Epoch the best it can possibly be, and we'll continue to share our progress every step of the way.
Your backing has made all this possible. You're not just backers, but an integral part of the Phantom Epoch family. This is your victory as much as it is ours.
Once again, thank you for joining us on this incredible journey. We can't wait to get Phantom Epoch into your hands and hear about your adventures in the world we've created together.”
❤️🚀🌌
#9 ⏰ Last days recap - 🔓 A New Boss to fight - 💬 4th ATA
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 09:31:27 AM
Hello Space Adventurers 🚀
🤖 bip boop bip !
It’s time to wake up, we are almost entering Phantom Epoch’s campaign last 48 hours ⏰
If more than 900 backers have already joined us and followed our regular updates, we know this final 172800 seconds remaining is the time for curious or newcomer adventurers to take a look at the progress we have made together!
📊 Almost 48h left: Phantom Epoch’ status
In a month, Phantom Epoch has gathered almost 1000 backers who have unlocked no less than 12 Stretch Goals:
- 📱 A Digital Mission book, to access your missions on your electronic device
- 👽 6 new Adversaries, from wild & trained animals, to dangerously armed foes
- 🔖 1 new mission where the Timeless Trio will give you a hard time
- 📥 A complete storage solution made by Gametrayz, to store and use your components. (only available in the Deluxe Edition)
But that’s not the end of it !
🔒 We still have few Stretch Goals to unlock, so keep the spaceship running until the clock shows 00:00 left!
💖 Is Phantom Epoch made for me?
That’s a legitimate question!
To sort this interrogation, I suggest you take a moment to read the game’s rulebook, and that you try it by yourself on our free Tabletop Simulator module (this software is not free though).
I’m sure with all these assets, you’ll feel an urgent desire to explore Phantom Epoch’s deep space secrets!
🏪 Why back Phantom Epoch Deluxe edition ?
To put it in simple words, this is the last opportunity for backers of the Deluxe Edition pledge to get the game and all its upgrades, AS WELL AS the Volanen add-on for free !
The Volanen add-on will be available for a fee during late pledge, but only you, space adventurers of the campaign, will automatically receive it with your Deluxe edition without paying for it!
❤️ That's the least we can do to reward your unwavering confidence and support for our project!
🔒 How to reach the final Stretch Goals once I’ve backed?
If you pledged one of our rewards during this campaign, you’ve made the first step into reaching more surprises for every backer.
If you wish to help further, along with adding more content & flavor to your future games of Phantom Epoch, we got a couple Add-ons available for you:
- 🔥 The Arsonist add-on brings you 1 additional class & 2 specialization classes, as well as exclusive new missions. Learn more about it here.
- 🎵 The Forteller add-on will provide you with a deep, professional narrative immersion into the game with a fully narrated campaign of Phantom Epoch to listen to while playing the game. Learn more about it here.
To add these options, click on “Manage your pledge”, then select any Add-on you want.
🔒 A new Boss encounter
As you’ve seen from the campaign’s page, a new boss will be unlocked once you reach the $145k CAD goal.
🤫 You know how careful we are when it comes to spoiling secret content from the campaign, and we won’t betray any secrecy here.
Nonetheless, unlocking this boss will grant any backer with a brand new Boss Standee and its encounter board. Know that this Boss will lead to an alternative branching path of your campaign, for more discovery and replayability.
We hope this new addition will hype you even more!
Backers have already unlocked the first Community goal of this campaign which adds a new extra mission to the game.
It would mean the world to us if you could share the word about our campaign! As well as bringing in more backers and unlocking more stretch goals, that would help you unlocking more Community Goals for new extra missions.
With 21 Members to Go on Discord and 58 subscribers left on the BGG page, that’s almost 2 free extra missions for you!
To unlock them, follow these links and join / subscribe to them:
💬 4th Ask Tyson Anything
For this last 48hours ATA session, Tyson as chosen a question related to Doteira’s ability to deliver the game!
Question:
“Why is this a relaunch? What experience do you have in Kickstarter so that I can be confident that this project will be completely fulfilled?”
Answer:
“We initially launched on Kickstarter this past January. It didn't go as planned due to a combination of factors, some of which were learning moments for us. However, that experience turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It brought us valuable exposure and opened the door for backer feedback, which we took to heart and applied in coming back with a much stronger offering this time around.
As for our experience with Kickstarter, it's important to note that although this is Doteira Games' first release, we haven't entered into this lightly. Over the years, we have closely engaged with experienced creators, publishers, manufacturers, and fulfillment partners, learning as much as possible about what launching, and even more importantly, fulfilling a successful project entails. We knew that, as first-time creators, it was important to approach Kickstarter with more than just an idea.
Our physical prototypes, which you can see in various content creator videos, were printed almost a year ago. Since then, we've done a lot more work, refining the game to ensure it delivers a fantastic experience. Furthermore, the positive reviews from content creators who received our prototypes have been truly encouraging. Their absence of concerns about our ability to deliver speaks volumes, and we hope it serves as an indicator of our dedication and capability to bring this project to fruition.
Additionally, the Phantom Epoch demo on Tabletop Simulator provides many hours of gameplay. This is not just a concept but a real, tangible game that you can experience and evaluate for yourself before backing.
We appreciate your interest and hope this gives you confidence in our ability to deliver a fantastic game and fulfill our Kickstarter obligations.”
Let’s make these last 48hours count and reach, together, secrets far beyond our galaxy 🌌
Thank you, Space adventurers 🚀
📣 Big Announcement: Forteller
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 08:11:58 PM
Hello Space Adventurers! 🚀
As always, we've enjoyed connecting with you in the comments section, but now we're interrupting your regularly programmed update schedule with an exciting announcement! 📣
Today, we are announcing our partnership with Forteller, creators of immersive and professional audio narration that will enrich your Phantom Epoch missions and gameplay experience. 🎙️🎶
🎧 All aboard the Forteller Experience!
Forteller brings a new dimension to Phantom Epoch. With professional voice actors, epic sound effects, and thrilling music, your missions will be much more than just playing a game. They'll be living an adventure!
🎙️Your Tabletop. Our Stage.
Just imagine - embarking on a new mission, entering the mission number into the Forteller app, and hearing the professionally narrated introduction setting the stage for your next thrilling adventure. As you progress through the mission, you will be prompted to click to hear each section of thematic audio for a mission as you encounter it during play.
🌌 Introducing the Forteller Narration Add-On
All backers may now add the Forteller Narration add-on to their pledge for $6.75 USD! This narrated experience will include the campaign introduction and conclusion, and all thematic text during each mission, taking your Phantom Epoch adventure to the next level. 📜
We're incredibly excited about this partnership with Forteller and we believe it will truly elevate your gameplay experience with Phantom Epoch. We hope you're as excited about it as we are!
To learn more about Forteller, check out fortellergames.com
As always, feel free to drop any questions or thoughts in the comments section. Your feedback means the universe to us.
