PSA: Black Friday Deal Still Ongoing!
about 5 years ago – Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 11:23:09 PM

Hi guys! I just wanted to give you all a bit of a "public service announcement."

In case you missed the last update or two, our Black Friday Gameplay All-In is still available for another 13 hours. If you hadn't gotten a chance to take a look at it yet, it's on sale for $303 today only. There are no limits, and everyone can grab it who wants it.

If you want to grab it, just click on "Manage your pledge":

Then click on "Change your pledge":

Next, scroll down to the pledge level you want to move to and click on it. And last, click Continue.

We'll be back with our actual update soon, but I wanted to get this out to you so that you would either be aware of or be reminded of the sale before it was too late. Talk to you guys again in a few hours!

The Numina Revealed! Stretch Goals Unlocked! Today's Unlocks! And More!
about 5 years ago – Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 10:19:09 PM

Well it has been an absolutely mad day for Dawn of Madness! Wow! You guys are amazing. We had hoped we'd be able to get some traction today, but I don't think we ever expected the response that you guys gave us. Thank you so much!

So what all did we unlock? Let's take a look:

So THAT's pretty awesome! But that's not all the cool stuff to go over today! We still have the daily unlocks!

So What Did We Unlock Today?

Today we unlocked 10 Confrontation cards for Masquerade Frailty at the Core level, as well as Anita's first Malformation, Words as Gateways, at the Otherworld level! Anita is beginning to become something altogether different. If you saw the live stream a couple of days ago, then you know where this is headed. If you didn't, then you're probably in for a surprise!

The Numina

Since we revealed the Gameplay "Mostly" All-In pledge level, we have gotten a number of questions around one particular expansion. Namely, what is The Numina? It's a fair question. And today we're going to answer it.

The Numina are a very special family of Abominations. Monstrous in size and countenance, they could be thought of as the avatars, vessels or manifestations of entities beyond the veil of mortal comprehension. You do not see them in their wholeness: only in the aspect that your physical senses can perceive, and only as much as they desire to be known. But what you see of them is enough to drive you absolutely mad. Their beings interact and intertwine with the Otherworld - in fact, they could even be said to be a part of it. Certainly they are closer to it than any of the other threats that have presented themselves to you. After all, most of those you have faced were once men or women. The Numina, however, never were. They were not warped and changed by the dark energies of this place. They are something much more than that - and far more horrific. Which makes you wonder: Perhaps you can remove the entity before you, but are you ever going to truly kill the being behind it? Can you know the unknowable? Can you destroy the unfathomable? It is very likely that the answer is inconsequential. After all, does a lone ant seek to topple a man? Or does it simply run?

The Numina are available right now as a $45 add-on. You can add it to your pledge by clicking "Manage your pledge", then clicking "Change your pledge". Lastly, add the total for this expansion to your current amount and click "Continue." Additionally, The Numina is included in the Gameplay All-In pledge level available right now.

The New Black Friday Deal 

Okay, for those who didn't read the last update, we wanted to make sure everyone knows about what will happen today. We have radically changed our approach to our Black Friday deals, and are now offering one last deal for this weekend. It will run for 24 hours, starting at 9am PST today, and it will cost $303. There are no limits or anything to this pledge, but please make sure that you get in on this during those 24 hours if you're interested. (The $313 Gameplay All-In will be available for the entire remainder of the campaign, so this won't be your only chance to get this pledge level. It will just be $10 cheaper today.) 

First and most importantly for our early bird backers, DON'T CANCEL YOUR PLEDGE. Your pledge number is the way we can tell if you qualify for the EB or not, and if you cancel then we will not know that you were with us from day one. When the pledge becomes available, click "Manage your pledge" just like you would if you were adding add-ons.

Next, you will select your new pledge level. The first thing you'll see is a pledge that's highlighted by a blue box that says "Current reward". The new pledge level will be under that Current reward level. (If you're in the Core level, it will be two levels down, and if you're at the Otherworld level, it will be directly below your current level.) 

Once you see the new Black Friday pledge level, click on it and then click "Continue". This will confirm your new pledge level, and you'll be good to go.

Why aren't Faces of the Sphere and The Watchers Included in This Pledge?

We've gone over this a bit before, but we wanted to address it again as we've seen a lot of questions about it. This has always been considered a gameplay "mostly" all-in, largely because it doesn't include these two expansions. (And it also likely won't contain some non-essential peripheral stuff that we release later on.) The reason it doesn't include Faces of the Sphere is because this was actually an add-on from our last campaign, the Deep Madness Reprint. As such, a significant number of our current backers already have it. Similarly, the Watchers were originally an early bird offer, so, once again, a big chunk of our current backers are already getting it. As such, it wouldn't make sense to include it in this pledge level. Hopefully that helps make sense of that particular conundrum for you.

Okay, that's it for this update. There'll be more fun stuff soon (and we'll post another update later today if it's needed), so stay tuned. Also, please remember that, if you're Italian, we need to hear from you regarding how many of you would buy an Italian translation. Currently we only have 145 people who have said yes, which is still quite a way from where we need to be. So, if you haven't already, be sure to fill out the poll at https://forms.gle/rNFFmtengCqF2iJR7.

Have a great day, everyone, and be safe as you're out there shopping today! (For those of you who are, at least. =) Talk to you again soon!

The Poll Closes Early! New BF Deal! (Important Update!)
about 5 years ago – Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 11:23:52 PM

The crazy rollercoaster continues! WHEEEEEE! =D

Are you having fun yet? (If you're not yet, you will be soon.)

Okay. After we started the poll (which was overwhelmingly for Option 2), we saw that some people raised some very valid concerns about people in Australia, Asia, etc. So we started talking, and working numbers. And then we made a decision. A really crazy decision. (I'm pretty sure a sleep-deprived decision.) We've been swinging for the fences this entire campaign, so why stop now? 

So. Here's what we're going to do. We are going to have a 24-hour Black Friday deal. It's going to start at 9am PST, and end at 9am PST on Saturday. And it's going to be at the $303 price. There will be no limits on this. No caveats. Just 24 hours of savings. 

Are we going to lose money on this? Definitely. No question. 

Is it going to be awesome? Absolutely! 

We appreciate you guys, and we want you to know it. That's why we're doing this, so that no one feels left out and everyone has the chance to get a good deal who wants it. 

So. Tomorrow. 9am. Tell everyone, because this is going to, once again, be a crazy day!

A Poll Regarding This Weekend
about 5 years ago – Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 11:05:50 PM

Hi everyone! 

So, in case you hadn't noticed, it's been kind of a crazy start to Thanksgiving over here. First of all, thank you so much to everyone who upgraded to an All-In! We are so grateful to you! You guys have pushed the funding for this campaign up A TON, and we are officially moving again. We'll be back later to show you what stretch goals we just unlocked, though if you want to see for yourself check out the campaign page. It's pretty cool! =D (We are almost to $1 million!)

Having said that, this morning didn't completely go according to plan. We were not anticipating Kickstarter breaking. At all. (That might happen briefly on a campaign's day 1, but it's not the sort of thing that happens mid-campaign. LOL!) We've also seen a lot of your comments, and so we want to put it up to a vote now as to what you want to see for the rest of this weekend's Black Friday deals. We still want to make deals available because we promised we would, but the question is whether we continue as planned or do a slight change in direction. So, we have two options available:

1. We can continue with the current schedule and release more deals tomorrow ($293), Saturday ($298), Sunday ($303), and Monday ($308). (We would alternate the launch times, too, so that people all over the world would have a better chance at getting one.)

2. We can dump the current schedule, and instead do one event tomorrow that will be a timed event. It would cost $303 and would run for 1 hour, starting at 8am PST. (We're going to make it an hour earlier than today - should this option be chosen - because I know a lot of people were saying it was really late at 9am. Hopefully this will help with that, at least a little bit. I think it's about as close to worldwide-optimal as we're going to get.) 

So let us know down in the comments which you would prefer: the limited backer number deals across the remaining days at gradually increasing prices, or the one deal tomorrow in a timed window. We are going to close the voting for this poll at 5am PST, so vote quickly! Having said all of that, let us know down in the comments which you would prefer: the multiple days at set amounts, or the one day in a timed window. Whatever the majority vote is, that's what we'll do. Talk to you all again soon, and happy Thanksgiving!

We Just Broke Kickstarter
about 5 years ago – Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 10:52:35 PM

So... we just broke Kickstarter, guys.

Luckily it's back up and running now, but we know a lot of you didn't get it when you thought you did. So, we're going to do another run of $288. We can't increase the number of pledges because this thing is REALLY discounted at this point, but we will do another 200. Hopefully this one won't break Kickstarter quite as bad. It's going to be hitting at 10am PST. Less than half an hour.

Oh! And we unlocked some stretch goals! =D