ELO Darkness

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Mass Production Complete + Locking Addresses (November 23rd)
over 5 years ago – Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 05:25:18 PM

Hey guys!

First of all, mass production has been completed and we are very excited to enter the fulfillment process!
These weeks we are having a lot of back and forth with our partners to set up and organize details for each of the US, EU, AU and ASIA shipping lanes! Everything is moving forward and while games are going to set sail from Shanghai, we are at the point where we need to lock the addresses in the system.

We already sent you a reminder from BackerKit, but I want to underline the final call:
No address changes will be possible after Friday November 23rd.

After that date we will extract data from BackerKit from which shipping labels and invoices will be generated for fulfillment. 
On the email we sent you from BackerKit you will find the link to your pledge manager; please, check your address and make sure that everything is ok.

If we ship your game to the address listed in BackerKit and the game is returned to us as undeliverable, or if you are unable to get the package from where it was delivered, you will have to pay the cost for a second shipment if you still want the game.
Also, if the package cannot return to us from an eventual wrong destination you will have to pay the full cost of the game again if you still want it.

Estimated delivery is January. It is crucial that you ensure the address in your BackerKit pledge manager is the address where you will be able to receive your reward.

All that being said, this is a very important step of the project.
From the factory to backers all over the world: we are almost there!  

In the next update we will be able to share with you more details on the fulfillment steps.

Tommaso
Reggie Games

Production Update - Sample is here!
over 5 years ago – Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 01:26:59 AM

Hey everyone,

The production sample has arrived! What a joy to open this box!

We had an important back and forth with the manufacturer during the last days, and now we are ready to show you some unboxing images :)

Let me say IT IS AMAZING!!!
Thanks to your help we have created something really unique!

After so much work and energy invested, I cannot explain our emotion while unboxing our baby :)

Looking at the schedule, we have performed some drop test at the factory (succesfully passed) and we are discussing with WhatzGames some last details about zip bags and packaging. The production process is going to be completed in the next 10 days.

We are 2 weeks late with respect to the timeline, but I hope we will be able to speed things up as the process goes forward.

We will be back soon with a new update in a couple of weeks! 

Have a great day,

Tommaso
Reggie Games

Timeline Update
over 5 years ago – Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 01:53:26 AM

Hey everyone,

Here we are with the update on the timeline!

Our manufacturer gave us a precise schedule for the production process.
After talking to our fulfillment partner (Quartermaster Logistics), we have drawn up a detailed timeline based on the actual production times.

Here is the step-by-step schedule that helps understanding what's going on during the whole process.

Unfortunately, after the delay we accumulated, the shipping from Shanghai to the fulfillment centres turned out to take longer than what we expected and we also overlapped with a Chinese holiday in the factory.

Today, as we look back on the last months, we clearly see how many little problems we encountered, as we shared with you in previous updates, during pre-production steps, file finalization and color calibration.
Being first time creators, we learned a lot handling unforeseen issues of any kind related to the project and finding the best solutions we could. All of this at the high cost of accumulating delays in the project.
We feel the pressure and the responsability we have; and let me say we are terribly sorry for making you wait so long. I hope you will accept our sincere apologies.

On the upside, we finally made it: everything is now on the right track.
Whatz Games is doing a great job in speeding things along and we will do our best with the help of Quartermaster Logistics to maintain a smooth pace and hopefully reduce the time through the process.

In about 2 weeks we will receive the final production samples and we are very excited to share images of the final product with you in the next update!

Thank you so much for your patience and for your support.

Reggie Games

Production (Quick)Update - Ready to go!
over 5 years ago – Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 09:17:35 PM

Hey everyone,

We finally received the last color proof a few hours ago and we are glad to say it is awesome!
After many necessary trials on calibrating colors, adjusting brightness and contrast we were anxiously waiting to see the printed result.
And it's great, we are very satisfied with the final quality and with the impact the art has now.

Finally production is ready to start and it will last for the entire month.
We are constantly receiving updates from Whatz Games about production estimated time and we will share a precise timeline in the next weeks.

That's all for now! With this quick update we just wanted to let you know that every calibration issues is behind us and everything is ready to go.

OFF TOPIC: meanwhile TTS version has been updated (Solo cards have been added!)
If you haven't yet, click here and try it now :)

We will be back soon with the timeline update.

Have a great day,

Reggie Games

Production Update - Samples & Color Proof
over 5 years ago – Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:39:01 AM

Hey guys, 

We want to update all of you on the production process! While the plastic components and the miniatures are proceeding very well, we are encountering some issues that are slowing down the production of the printing components. During these weeks we are having a lot of back and forth with the manufacturer optimizing color calibration and working on the inner tray of the box.

Here are some pictures of the samples and color proofs we received yesterday!

Unfortunately, we are not satisfied with the current color proofs and some files are going to be updated and recalibrated. This actually caused about 2 weeks of delay on our schedule and we cannot be more frustrated about it.

Now we are working non-stop on the new calibration and we are confident that everything that still needs to be fixed will match the high quality we desire for the game.

Mass production will start as soon as this issue is fixed and at that point we will be able to confirm a more precise timeline for fulfillment in the next two months.
However, after this slowing down, we still hope to ship the game from the factory in September and start fulfillment in October.

I know it is a long wait for this game. We have been working on it for 3 years now and I can assure that we are the first to look forward to seeing these wonderful boxes roaming the world and coming to your home.

So much thanks again for being part of this community.

From now on we will intensify the communication increasing the updates' frequency.
We will be back soon in the next weeks.

Reggie Games