This is Narriz.
He is a clever little taleoid with a knack for using tools (when we can find them at his size that is). This determined smartypants won over the heart of our patron, Roy, who got to choose his new name and outfit.
Click here for a list of all the refugee taleoids we have found so far. I will be sh...
2018-09-26 20:38:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello hello!
So normally this is where we'd be sharing a primer for this week's think tank. However, seeing as we've been working on this list video for quite a while and we're just polishing it up at this point, we're more or less dry for think tank material... So! On this one rare occasion, we thought we'd do something exciting instead!
We've been talking about beginning a regularly-scheduled livechat event open to the public, but that only our patrons can cha...
2018-09-26 18:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow fleshy folks.
I hope your week is treating you well so far! It's time to sit down and have a chat about this infinitely-delayed list video we're currently working on...
Aaaand some other, more positive things beside!
Where are we?
In terms of the current video? Literally everything is finished except for asset placement on the timeline, audio syncing, and thumbnail creation. Those aren't necessarily small tasks...
2018-09-25 20:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo! Hope your Monday is going well and your week is off to a lovely start.
We've been wrapping up this video for a few weeks now due to my concussion, and we're still not quite there, but we're also far enough in that there isn't too much left to share from the process. So, this time we're mixing things up a little bit!
Behold: something from within the video's production, and something from without:
—Benji
Morning everyone!
Boy that title sounds dramatic...
This is Chloe's first ever sneak peek. She's been itching to guide you all through some of the steps in her audio editing process since we first started these video sneak peeks, and at last, here she is!
Hope you enjoyed this one. Be sure to let us know in the comments! As an aside, sorry if there's some artifacting in the video (little black boxes flickering in and out)—we had some trouble with our capture software this time. H...
2018-09-20 16:12:17 +0000 UTC View PostI'm excited.
I'm often excited about something or other, but there's something in particular coming up that just feels huge to me. Yes, for one, there's the worldbuilding list video which rapidly approaching done, but there's also some stuff unrelated to the videos at all that has me giddier than a baby with a smartphone.
Let me explain...
Where are we now?
I usually like the video's progress to take center stage here, but this vi...
2018-09-18 18:40:51 +0000 UTC View PostA new week begins!
We're on the final leg of this journey now. This is very likely the last sneak peek you'll see for this particular video's production cycle, so choose wisely!
—Benji
2018-09-17 14:29:44 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
We just want to remind you guys that we have a think tank session beginning a little more than an hour from now! See all the details here!
If you're a $10+ patron and want to help us come up with ideas for our forthcoming merchandise, come join us for a think tank sessio... 2018-09-14 21:57:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Teeny tiny video this time! Testing out the new sneak peek format, as usual. How do you guys feel about these little time lapses and commentaries? Is it pleasant for them to be bite sized like this, or did you prefer the longer-form commentaries?
Thanks for watching, and thanks for being so patient. This video's road to completion has been studded with all manner of obstacles, but we are well on our way.
—Benji
P.S. — I said "Wednesda...
2018-09-13 14:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostA week has passed and a week more. It's time again for us to share our thoughts and absorb yours.
We're still on the way to getting all our new Patreon rewards online and working, but it's going to be a long process. Part of that process involves making adjustments to our schedules to include you guys in more of what we're doing. This think tank is going to be all about figuring our how.
As always, we'll be holding the think tank this Friday, September 14th, from
Weird and sudden news!
If you read yesterday's progress update, it might not come as a huge shock to you that things are in a kind of bedlam for us right now. As a result, I'm not quite as far along in the process as I'd projected when we made the vote on Monday, which means I won't be able to show you a time lapse of the video timeline coming together (although that doesn't mean I won't record the process and share it with you guys anyway...)
So! we've had to narrow down th...
2018-09-12 17:59:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Fellow humans, excuse the mixed vibe of the following update. The week is off to a somewhat rocky start.
It's really tempting to say things like "life happens" and "life gets in the way", but that's not terribly healthy, is it? Life is always going to happen. It should. You should expect and invite that. It's just difficult to accept when your expectations don't line up with it sometimes. In this case, due to a lot of nonsense we weren't expecting, it's been difficult to do the amoun...
2018-09-12 01:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello hello! Welcome to the new week!
We're nearly on the last leg of our journey with the list video's production now, so this should be the final sneap peep for this one. Surprisingly, that means there aren't actually a ton of options for what we can share with you guys. But! I think these two are some of the most exciting parts of the list video creation process.
So, would y'all rather see...
—Benji
I still can't believe I got to make this thing. This is one of those parts of the process you'd just never think about discussing or sharing, because it is positively un-glamorous. I'm glad you guys were so interested!
This may well be the last of the more generalized sneak peeks we do as well. From here on out we're going to try to focus on specific parts of the current video we're working on. We were just getting a feel for things so far.
Quick question, though: 2018-09-06 15:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, other humans in gentle servitude of the story robot~
It's been a slow couple of weeks since our first worldbuilding video went live, but we've been making steady progress all the while. Seeing the constant flow of creativity from both our community and World Anvil's as the competition continues has helped us stay energized through this pre-production phase. Honestly, thanks for the entertainment in the meantime. It's been a blessing~
Of course, while all of you have been bus...
2018-09-05 01:50:33 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! Time again to decide what I'll be yammering about this week!
By the time we're filming the sneak peek, we'll have recorded the video's audio and Chloe will be hard at work dissecting and beautifying it. That means your options are going to be a little different this time around.
So, if you could see any part of the current video's progress, would you rather it be...
—Benji
Hello!
We just want to remind you guys that we have a think tank session beginning in one hour from now! See all the details here!
If you're a $10+ patron and want to help us come up with ideas for our forthcoming merchandise, come join us for a think tank session on our Discord server!... 2018-08-31 22:36:48 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a really interesting one that I wasn't anticipating at all. The difference between writing scripts for Episodes and Lists is huge, and hopefully I did a decent job explaining why here.
If you have any questions or suggestions, lemme know! I'd love feedback. Still very new to this whole video style.
—Benji
2018-08-30 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to prepare your fine-tuned engineer minds for another Think Tank session!
All patrons at the $10 tier or higher are welcome to join us Friday, August 31st, 6:30pm CST to help us brainstorm and make some important decisions!
As always, this is your opportunity to prepare some ideas for the session. So, read on to see what we'll be discussing!
What's on our minds?
Two long weeks have passed since our last...
2018-08-29 18:46:51 +0000 UTC View PostThings have happened. It's been a pretty big couple of months for us, and we're racing to keep up.
But not today, because today is my birthday. Benefit of being self-employed is that you get to pick your own holidays, and I think birthdays are a pretty worthy choice. So, after recording tomorrow's sneak peek and making this post, today is gonna be all about sushi, magic the gathering, movies, and relaxation. The daily races will commence again tomorrow.
I do have some s...
2018-08-28 20:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
As we come up on the completion of the forthcoming worldbuilding list video's script, there is again precious little to actually show on screen for this week's sneak peek.
But! There's plenty more general stuff I could share with you guys. So, which of these are you most interested in hearing about this week?
—Benji
2018-08-27 11:17:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe livestream is starting in 15 minutes! Come join us and worldanvil on their twitch!
https://www.twitch.tv/worldanvil
2018-08-25 18:52:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys!
Our first ever livestream will be today at 2:00pm CST! We’ll be joining World Anvil on their twitch channel to discuss the Forging Worlds competition, answer some questions, and relax! If you want to meet the humans behind Tale Foundry, this is the time!
https://www.twitch.tv/worldanvil
2018-08-25 17:37:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Ohhhh this one was weird!
I had a good time with it, though. I don't get to discuss the research process of the show very often, and it's an oddly-structured thing. I'd be interested to know whether this was at all enlightening to you, or if it's more or less what you expect when you envision research for the type of videos we make.
Thanks for watching, thanks for supporting. You guys are the best. I'll see you next week!
—Benji
2018-08-23 17:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys!
With all major system overhauls there are bound to be a few unforeseen repercussions. We have just hit our first minor difficulty. :p
While trying to mark off all of the entry rewards patrons had already received we noticed patrons from the removed tiers from the over haul weren't showing up. After a little research we learned that if a tier is deleted patrons aren't automatically placed in the next lowest tier.
If you were at our deleted $3, $15, or $20 tie...
2018-08-22 01:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello, you lovely human beings~
This is a big one. I'm not sure how often I say that for effect around here, but it's just the truth here. It's unthinkable how much can happen in the space of a single week. Everything seems to be changing in a positive way all at once. It feels like I can breathe safely again.
I'm not sure I can get to all of it in just one post, but I'll try to hit the important stuff here.
Where are we?
We released the new video ...
2018-08-21 20:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe last two sneak peeks I did, I did in the heat of late-cycle production. I had tons of material to discuss from the video that was about to come out, but now that bubble has burst and I am back to the first step of a new video's production cycle.
So! This time instead of looking at what I'm presently creating for a forthcoming video, I'm going to be discussing the methods I'll be using to create a new one, digging into our creative process before it begins.
That me...
2018-08-20 17:43:31 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally here! Our collaboration with World Anvil is officially beginning, and it all starts with the material in this video.
If you want to participate in the competition, be sure to check out World Anvil's guide video here: http://bit.ly/TFCompetit... 2018-08-18 18:37:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The time is finally at hand!
Y'all will know by now that we've been working feverishly with the good people at World Anvil to create something unique. There have been hints here and there about the nature of the project, but by and large we've been pretty quiet...
Until now...
Rather, until tomorrow.
Where are we?
Let's not mince words, here: the new video is coming out tomorrow! We're absolutely stoked to finally be releasi...
2018-08-17 18:09:40 +0000 UTC View Post
So I accidentally left the sneak peek vote open for too long earlier this week. When I made this video (the day after posting the vote), the majority was firmly in the art/assets camp.
There's a lot I could share from this video, but the freshest thing at the time of this sneak peek's creation was the thumbnail! And I wanted to chat about it, because we've made some design decisions about our thumbnails over the last few series that I thought you guys might find interesting.
As always, t...
2018-08-16 16:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post