Crowd Design - Episode 001
Added 2018-12-06 01:55:17 +0000 UTCDear Insane Children,
Yay! We did it! With help from our lovely Mods and Editors over on Discord and the Wiki - we managed the first-ever Crowd Design meeting for Alice: Asylum. Quite a few of our Insane Children joined for the live chat as we scrolled through the list of design suggestions collected over on the Asylum Wiki.
If you missed it live, don't despair! Here's A LINK to the discussion posted over on YouTube.
From my perspective this was a great success. We had excellent suggestions and feedback from the design group. I was really impressed with the quality of the discussion. And I think we've firmly established that this is a functional way to open up the design discussion to the group. Have a listen and let me know what YOU think.
And be sure to join us next time! We'll meet again same time, same place next week. That's Tuesday, December 11th @ 10AM (December 10th @ 6PM PST).
Cheshire Cat Concept
Omri sends along an art concept for a Cheshire Cat as viewed through the eyes of 13-year old Alice. I like not only the scale idea but also the work he's done to present a younger cat which isn't a kitten. As much as I liked "Cheshire Kitten" I think the concept presented here might have more going for it...
What do you think?
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This week Deborah and I are doing something different. We have a tribute show coming out later this week to honor the late film composer Chu Ishikawa, but until we post that we have a poll going on for a special guest appearance we have coming up.
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December Shipping Update
A lot of you are (understandably) curious about shipping status and timing... I wrote a response to Dustin over on the Community Page with some details:
For the record, it usually takes us about 2 weeks into the following month to process all the pledge/shipping data for a previous month. We then spend 2+ weeks signing, packing, and sending stuff. From the point where your package gets shipped (which can be 2~4 weeks from the end of a month) it'll be another 20+ days for shipping. Shipping times depend on where in the world you're located, weather, postal strikes, etc.
We can check on your particular package if it's absolutely necessary - there are tracking numbers on everything we send out - but we do ask you to take into account everything written above before making a tracking request. We sent out nearly 1000 posters last month. So if everyone starts writing asking for tracking info Martin will probably die. Please, don't kill Martin.
So... if you are waiting on a poster or other delivery from us do take this info into account. And, if needed, PM to ask for a status update.
That being said, there will be a special exception for December. Please take note!
We WILL NOT do the usual processing and shipping in December. The reasons are as follows:
1) The usual start time for shipping (~2 weeks into a month) lands on American's birthday and also coincides with his scheduled departure time from Shanghai to Thailand for Christmas/New Year travel.
2) Sending stuff during the holiday season increases the risk of damage, loss, and theft (from Porch Pirates). As such, we're going to skip shipping in December and resume (with all the December + January shipments) in January.
Having read all that if you still have questions or concerns please feel free to PM US.
Expect a Slow Response
Our response time from mid-December until the first week of January will be SLOW. That's because Martin will be back in England - no Internet at Castle Font Lord. And American will be out on the sea marauding and pirating - Pirates only get sea-mail. Har, matey!
Things will resume as-per-usual around January 5th, 2019.
I (American) will try to make some updates as I travel - since I'll be visiting the tech park in Thailand where we're looking to set up the new studio and doing some Pirate Jam location scouting. Might have some pictures and video to share along the way.
See you on the Livestream tonight!
From Shanghai with Insanity,
-American
Comments
I also love the fluffy kitten chesh! Make him cute! Or maybe give us the chance to change his look thru different skins? But if you do please dont make us play through till the end and start a new game just so we can play with the outfits or “skins” we like. Thanks!
Eggyweggy
2019-01-02 00:34:45 +0000 UTCWith a Paperboy taste yes please! It took me quite a bit of time to understand these were not "Porsche pirates" ^^' Maybe because American McGee likes sports cars.
Make Nine Inch Nails great again
2018-12-14 08:23:21 +0000 UTCPorch pirates sounds like an amazing video game
2018-12-11 06:58:25 +0000 UTCI also don't like this concept of the Cheshire Cat at all. I want a fluffy kitten Chesh. Not this beast cat like thing. I get that he was drawing inspiration from the book, but this Alice shouldn't have to be like the original. Isn't that the whole point? Anyways, Fluffy Kitten. No Beast Cat.
2018-12-10 22:17:41 +0000 UTCThe rabbit and bag are cute but I reaaaallllyyy don't like Cheshire's design on this at all. I much prefer the kitten version, this one looks too human and pretty grim looking. I feel a more fluffy, cuter chesh matches Alice's younger self better too.
2018-12-10 22:08:59 +0000 UTCCheshire Cat looks stunning and as I’d imagine him as his younger self. It’s such a beautiful design. Size is sort of a non factor for me, though I imagine Alice would see him as bigger with her own size being in comparison.
Tori
2018-12-10 03:40:47 +0000 UTCWhilst I enjoy the softer Cat version, I also find that it becomes a lot less "Creepy" and changes a bit of the setting for the game perhaps? Depends on if it's intended to be used all over, it might make the game feeling a little less of the typical "spooky". It's still beautiful, however! I suppose it's a case of where and how the design is intended to be used, and it might fit perfectly in such case as well!
2018-12-07 21:11:41 +0000 UTCI love Cheshire's fur design! Will you perhaps be showing in the new game how he gets his earring? Maybe Alice takes down a mini-boss, and he happens to like their jewelry? I dunno... 🤔
2018-12-07 12:59:46 +0000 UTCto add to my comment I think it's the eyes on Chesh that really has me just in love, giving him bigger and more open eyes really makes him super creepy <3
Hannah Young
2018-12-06 20:03:13 +0000 UTCI missed the stream due to having to get up for work and then go to work but I caught up and dear lord I LOVE how Chesh looks! Seriously love this idea of him being bigger than here and it literally gives me goosebumps just thinking what a cut-scene might be when she first cross paths with him. I can see he slowly backing away as he approaches her, giving her some sort of wisdom but looking like he might attack her at any moment. I wish this picture could be a clickable one that enlarges the picture so I can get a better look at the details <3 <3 <3 I'm in love <3
Hannah Young
2018-12-06 19:59:26 +0000 UTCThe long neck works great for Alice, but not so well on kitten Cheshire (unless it's been sampling those mushrooms)
2018-12-06 18:06:23 +0000 UTCSuits me very fine with the shipping! Here in Denmark, some Christmas Grinch decided that during December, they plan to open ALL packages from China and send out the extra VAT bill (because someone has to make up for Big Corp not paying taxes here).
2018-12-06 09:16:40 +0000 UTCHIS left ear. Chesh is a dude. When commenting on details like that, do try to get all of them right.
2018-12-06 09:09:31 +0000 UTCYay! Happy Birthday to us! :)
American McGee
2018-12-06 03:11:17 +0000 UTCBenjamin - Tiers and pledge amounts are independent. You can pledge $45 (or $55 or $36, etc) and then select any lower tier ($35 for example based on the numbers here). So, when the time comes to pledge for the Rabbit (not yet!) and you're already at the $35 Tier... then simply adjust your Pledge to $45 and leave your Tier setting alone. Once pledges for that month are processed you can adjust your pledge amount back to $35 (again, not touching the tier).
American McGee
2018-12-06 03:11:04 +0000 UTC
