Our first ever livestream is starting in an hour!
Come join me over at http://twitch.tv/talefoundry to play SCP: Containment Breach for a few hours and chat about incredibly niche, nerdy stuff!
—Benji
2019-08-16 22:59:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo, helpful humans!
As of tomorrow, I'm officially starting something new for the TF community: Foundry Free Time! A stream with little-to-no preparation beforehand, where we can all just show up and play a game or have conversation.
This'll be really helpful, because with all the work I do on the show, it can be really hard to have to plan stuff like forge sessions and podcasts in advance. This way, I can just make an announcement, and we can all relax together!
It'...
2019-08-15 20:36:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo, all y'all helpful humans!
I've still got to do the revision and final draft of the current short story before we can begin video production on it, but I do have a thumbnail I can share with you!
If this is looking a little imbalanced/barren at the moment, blame that on me for refusing to name a story before it's finished. All that empty space on the left side of the image will contain the story's title text.
We're also gonna have some background art f...
2019-08-07 20:38:44 +0000 UTC View Post
It's official. I'm on page sixteen of the rough draft for this story (counting the front and back of these pages).
The good news is that I'm MOST of the way there at this point, but then I gotta do revision. If I stay real focused, I can probably have this thing finished up by next weekend?
I can tell you this though: if you like allegory, this is a REAL good story.
If you don't, it should still be pretty fun in terms of worldbuilding and stuff. I mean, ...
2019-08-03 02:51:34 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, helpful humans!
Still in my deep cave-dwelling writing state, hard at work on this Terry Pratchett short story. Not all of them take this long to put together, but here I am trying to do the spirit of Pratchett's work justice, and boy is that a tall order.
It's coming together pretty well, I think, but it's a really ambitious story. We'll see how it all unfolds in the final final draft over the this + next week.
I'll talk a little more about what the pro...
2019-07-30 16:34:52 +0000 UTC View Post
You heard it here! There's only a scant 15 days left before the Terry Pratchett series taleoid pins vanish forever!
Make sure to use your patron discount code at checkout!
The roughest part of this news is that, if you're a perfectionist like me, it ...
2019-07-17 00:46:40 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, helpful humans!
It's Saturday, which means I'm just barely squeaking this in in time for it to count as "this week." Let's all be proud of me and my neverending diligence for a moment together.
...
Ahhh, there. That was nice.
Relative quiet notwithstanding, I've still been hard at work putting this story together for the upcoming Terry Pratchett series capper. I don't wanna spoil too much, but I have to say, I'm pretty deep in love with what I've made he...
2019-07-13 22:25:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody!
Happy helluvalongwait! It's been a hot sec since the last Terry Pratchett video came out, and in fact a healthy amount of time since you've heard from me at all. Never fear, the work carries ever onward. Still, as you can see, we have a bit of a wait yet. Doesn't mean cool things aren't happening behind the scenes.
Things, that is, apart from devising my very own improv-heavy TTRPG system, traveling with my girlfriend, beginning work on a new cosplay, creating...
2019-07-03 08:05:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I already made an announcement about this here, but I thought all y'all helpful humans would like to see the video as well!
Some lucky adopted taleoids actually make cameos in this video, which was a fun little easter egg for me to sneak in. I'm so excited to have an actual little horde of taleoids in the futu...
2019-06-28 00:37:30 +0000 UTC View Post
They're officially here!
To celebrate the Terry Pratchett series, we've dressed up a taleoid and made it available for all of you to bring home with you! It's the perfect way to show your love for not only the foundry, but for Pratchett as well!
Click this link to get yours!
2019-06-25 17:42:48 +0000 UTC
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Hello, helpful humans!
Welcome to the official Tale Foundry Patreon Rewards Index! Click your reward tier below to get information about the rewards available to you this month! This post will be updated monthly with new discount codes and other time-sensitive information that changes depending on the month.
NOTE: Many of the rewards on this Patreon are available to you as soon as you sign up for a tier, but... 2019-06-25 17:11:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, humans of every variety!
We've just wrapped up a video, which means it's time for a Q&A! You guys are going to get the opportunity to ask me and (potentially) Felipe question about the process of creating the latest video, as well as larger questions about the series or the show in general!
Anyone will be able to watch and listen, but only patrons will be able to type in chat.
When: Friday, J... 2019-06-18 01:08:46 +0000 UTC View Post
IT'S HERE!
I didn't actually plan to post this on Father's day, but given how deeply so many feel about their relationship with the man and his work, I think it's surprisingly appropriate. So, incidentally, happy father's day Sir Terry. We're thinking of you.
Also, big thanks to Excelsius on the discord server—you were a huge help in figuring out what to cover with this list.
Now, on to our short story!
—Benji
Alright everybody, I've got something interesting for you!
How much do you care about getting early access to videos?
As part of my partnership with my sponsorship network, I have to upload early (privately) to get my ad spots approved, so I already have early videos uploaded without their thumbnails on other accounts.
My question is: How much do y'all care about seeing videos a few days in advance?
I need to know so that I can gauge whether it'l...
2019-06-14 03:32:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Foundry maintenance crew!
So I've been working on this little thing. You might have caught wind of it if you've been keeping your ears to the door, but no big deal, really. It's only...
A new video
That's all.
Let's talk about it for a sec.
Where are we now?
Done.
The new video is finished, rendered, uploaded, and ready for all of your beautiful eyes, ears, throats, etc., depending on ...
2019-06-14 03:19:27 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, helpful humans!
Pretty simple deal, here. I'm gonna start putting out limited-time taleoid pins per-series very soon and I want some input on what color you think would look best for the pins!
These, obviously, are not the design of the pins, but they'll give you a good idea what the options are:
Pretty simple: Silver or Gold?
For a little more context (and because you'r...
2019-06-10 21:57:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo, helpful humans!
So this is a little thing I've had Chris (the artist responsible for these beauties) working on in the background, and I gotta say I'm quite pleased with the final turnout. The old logo was giving me a lot of trouble spatially. Overall, this should just be a lot easier for me to use, and a lot easier to read.
Here's the old one:
2019-06-06 22:25:58 +0000 UTC
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Shh... do you hear that?
That sound...
That rumbling in the distance...
It sounds like...
I could be wrong, but it soooounds like... a new video is coming out.
Not right this very moment, but soooon. It's so far along. There are but a few precious steps, and then you can all bask in the glow of what is officially the longest list video we've created so far.
Clocking in at more than 20 minutes in run-time, and 9 pages in length—and th...
2019-06-04 02:31:32 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, helpful humans!
This new, more laid-back, progress-based schedule is helping my stress a lot. Rather than a burden beside my usual production schedule, Livechats and Forge Sessions feel like an incentive to finish parts of the process now, which feels far better to me. It's also exciting to have things timed out in such a way that as I'm finishing stuff, I get to share it with all of you. It feels inclusive in a more natural, less forces way, which is pretty much...
2019-05-29 00:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, helpful humans!
As we've officially hit our first progress marker for our Pratchett list video since we began keeping Progress bars, we're going to be holding a Livechat to discuss what we've been up to and spoil some of the art Felipe's made for the new video!
Unlike Forge sessions (which are only available to Tinkerers and higher), this'll be open to everyone. Only Patrons will be able to speak in chat, but anyone from anywhere can tune in and watch/listen! You do...
2019-05-29 00:34:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo, Foundry maintenance crew!
Last week was pretty dang productive, and it's looking like that new fangled pipeline'll start to pay off pretty soon. In fact, if you check out the progress bars at the top of the page Patreon page, you'll see we've inched a little further through the list "Visuals" section. More on that below.
For now, just know the list video is actually much of the way toward completion already and will be out before long! 2019-05-21 01:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo, helpful humans!
Y'all haven't heard from me in a hot second, but I have a good reason. This year is about making the show sustainable, building a team, and getting it to you in a quick and orderly fashion. It's a rough thing to figure out, but I'm slowly beginning to get a grip.
Here's what I've learned so far:
1. Expectations follow experience
By which I mean you can't reasonably begin to develop expectations for some... 2019-05-16 21:58:42 +0000 UTC View Post
In each of his works (and there are more than 100 of them), Terry Pratchett managed to do something few authors ever have—he wrote with a sense of unity. All his many separate voices have a strange feeling of familiarity.
Let's investigate how, and whether this is something other writers can do as well.
As always, thank you all so much for your incredible patience and support. This show would be totally impos...
Helpful humans, Foundry maintenance crew, all fleshy beings concerned with literary youtube content...
Gather. There is news.
I actually had to forego yesterday's update to speed this update along, but it's here now. Here at last in all its anticipatory splendor. The video is done. Complete. Realized in the fullest. The only piece it's missing is a thumbnail, which I'll be finishing up as soon as I'm done with this post.
Less than four hours of rendering and this t...
2019-05-08 01:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, Foundry maintenance crew!
As we approach the first Pratchett video's release, we have a few final decisions to make. Most important of them all, what should we do for the video's thumbnail? I have two options for you:
#1: Sam Vimes + Dragon
Obviously I have an actual...
2019-05-04 23:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostG'monday, all you helpful humans!
Hoooo how the days fly. If I could make seconds minutes, I'd be a lot more accomplished and I'd be a lot younger. But since I struggle simply not to let the minutes become seconds, y'all are getting one final update of this nature before the first video of the Terry Pratchett series comes out.
A little more than that as well, because I have things to show you this time. Actual, tangible, ogle-able matter.
I also ha...
2019-04-29 22:47:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Helpful Humans and Engineers of the foundry!
We're deep in the production process for the forthcoming Pratchett episode at the moment, and I can tell you now that it's going to be pretty spectacular. That also means it's been pretty hard to do almost anything else beside, so we'll be doing something kind of interesting this time and just having a speculative conversation about our upcoming theme after Pratchett: SCP.
G'monday, foundry maintenance crew!
Before I lean into the news about the show, a little personal note: things are good. The show's coming together for 2019 in a fascinating way already, but more than that, my personal life is petering out at the moment in ways I couldn't have predicted back in January.
If you're around for Forge sessions and livechats in the near future, you're bound to hear about more of this stuff in detail. For now, suffice it to say that the vibes ar...
2019-04-23 06:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo, foundry maintenance crew!
I like getting really personal and intimate with this things. They're not quite podcasts after all, are they? They'r *patreoncasts*, which feels a little closer in a way. More like a conversation than a performance.
This time, in my stumbling, inelegant way, I want to talk a little bit about what it's been like to develop my voice as a tool for the show. How weird it was to start, and embracing what I initially perceived as problems.
Hopef...
2019-04-17 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello, helpful humans!
I'm back! Back for a week of actual posts and updates.
Still, I've got no time for frippery at the moment, so I'm gonna take the precious few minutes I have for writing this and cut right to the heart of things.
So, let's talk about how the Pratchett series is going...
Where are we now?
CLOSE.
I've just finished editing the audio for the first Pratchett episode, and Felipe is hard at work ...
2019-04-16 01:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post