“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
-Nietzche
Continuously improving to attain something greater... Where there is chaos, we create order. When we see something lacking, we create. Evolution, revolution, convolution...
I am happy to have you all along for this process. And very thankful to have skilled artists like 2018-07-23 06:34:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
We just hit 1700 Patrons! That means we're only 300 Patrons away from unlocking the Chaos Coin. Yay!
We did a marathon 3-hour livestream on YouTube yesterday. If you missed it, don't fret - you can check it out via THIS LINK. We talked about dresses, story, and answered a TON of Patreon comments.
Sadly, Martin's microphone was suffering mental issue...
2018-07-20 03:49:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
We'll do another YouTube Livestream tomorrow morning - that's July 19th, 9AM Hong Kong Time. 7PM in Los Angeles on the 18th. Confused? Check out International Meeting Planner.
Remember - YouTube is an Asshat. Yo...
2018-07-18 03:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
I've just added the Alice: Asylum License Proposal Booklet to the Mysterious Store.
To show our appreciation for your support in helping us bring the booklet to life I've created a Patron Exclusive discount code:
ALP-PATRON50
Enter this code when you purchase the booklet to get 50% off the regular price.
You can grab the booklet at Mysterious via 2018-07-18 02:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Today is a good day - the creativity is flowing strong. Very happy to have you all along for the ride! We literally could not be doing all this if it were not for YOUR support here on Patreon. The amount of art, design, writing, and management going into all our pre-production efforts would be impossible without YOU.
So, first off... THANK YOU for helping get us here!
Next, we have the latest from ...
2018-07-17 09:17:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
It's Monday in Shanghai and I'm once again down the rabbit hole (in the underground lair) chipping away at Mysterious work. In the background I have "Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons" playing. The original violin concerti is one of my favorite things to play while out sailing and hearing certain passages instantly transports me back to the sea. Richter's re-compo...
2018-07-16 02:07:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Just a quick note to let you know I've just set up the next YouTube Live Stream for 9AM Friday 13th of July (Hong Kong Time). You can set a reminder via THIS LINK.
/insert all the usual stuff about YouTube being shit when it comes to reminders and whatnot. Set your own independent alarm / reminder to be sure.
And make sure you get all your comments in on recent post...
2018-07-11 06:55:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Greetings from the insane heat of Shanghai! While it's scorching outside we're cool as cucumbers (Pickle Ricks?) in the underground lair - working away on Asylum, Out of the Woods, and a variety of other projects. My creative inspiration is being fueled by the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack which is streaming off YouTube in the background. Flow...
So, here's what's up:
<... 2018-07-10 04:10:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Please join me in saying "Hello!" to all the new inmates arriving in our asylum. Here's hoping we make July the month to break 2000 Patrons and unlock the Chaos Coin Goal!
Lots of great progress being made on Alice: Asylum these days. I've got in hand the mailing address where we'll be sending the License PPT and assortment of physical goodies to EA. Just waiting on Chaos Coin production / delivery so we can throw a handful of those into the package... t...
2018-07-04 08:09:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome Inmate,
You chose wisely. Now equip yourself for what lies ahead...
The Chaos Coin is a physical coin which grants the owner a small token of Chaos and a virtual coin in Alice: Asylum. Within the virtual coin you can embed a name and phrase of your choosing*. Carry this into battle as a constant reminder: Destruction contains the key to redemption.
Chaos Coins will be mailed to all Patrons at the $35 and higher level when we reach 2000 Pat...
2018-07-03 03:41:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
WHEW! It's been a hectic couple of weeks! Ten days in Texas, a week of packing, moving house, a week of unpacking... the unpacking continues... but finally getting caught up and settled down.
I REALLY appreciate your patience and support during this phase. With your encouragement this move puts me in a better place to expand our efforts on Asylum, Mysterious, Out of the Woods, Pirate Jam, and future projects.
In case you missed it ...
2018-07-02 07:22:44 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone.
Martin here again with a friendly neighbourhood community announcement.
If you want to contact us and ask us something to do with your account or items or shipping or any other kind of questions specific to your situation, please just message us directly.
DO NOT post your customer service issues for all to see in the community section since we don't want to be discussing your private info in the public forum.
Any future messages that don't follow ...
Dear Insane Children,
To SKIP straight to the PATCH UPDATE please SCROLL DOWN.
I am writing to you from the new underground lair out in the QingPu District of Shanghai. We spent all of last week packing and prepping to move - and then 7 hours on Saturday loading/moving/unloading two big trucks. It's amazing how much crap can be accumulated in a house / studio over the course of 8 years!
Now in the new location,...
2018-06-25 02:56:09 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been said there are few things in life more stress inducing than death, taxes, and moving. So the stress I'm feeling lately makes sense. Last week I was in Texas to visit with family - several of whom are suffering illness and old age. The time there prompted discussion and thought on the fleeting nature of life and the proper use of the time we have.
On returning to Shanghai I started immediately packing my home / studio for a move. I've lived in this same central-Shanghai apartmen...
2018-06-20 01:51:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Our little Asylum is rapidly filling with new Inmates - all anxious to get their hands on a Chaos Coin. To all the new arrivals - WELCOME! Your support and involvement is greatly appreciated :)
Today's art comes from our good friend Omri. He's delivered yet another stunning illustration of ...
2018-06-13 16:34:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The Chaos Coin promotion seems to be causing a lot of, well, chaos. In hopes of making things a little more clear here are some recent comment responses I've written:
The Chaos Coin is a physical coin. Owning one grants you a matching virtual coin in Alice: Asylum upon which we'll encode your name (per our approval).
Material: Copper core with nickel plating.
Size: 4.5cm diameter
Weight: 28 gram
You need to have pledged (and paid) $35 in the month where we r...
2018-06-13 01:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
There are a lot of things I find myself wanting to improve in relation to the first two Alice games when we start work on Asylum. Controls, design, etc... but one thing in particular keeps popping up in my head with regards to the overall theme / genre / mood of the new game: Horror
As much as I love the beautiful environments Alice explores in Wonderland - and I really love those places - it feels like a lot more could be done to ...
2018-06-05 07:48:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
I can think of four ways in which a person might date themselves - I become my own significant other; I reveal my birth era through cultural reference; I stamp a date on my forehead; or I pop a date in my mouth.
Is there a fifth way to date yourself?
When you're done being silly with that... take a look at the calendar posted above. Last time I made one of these, heads exploded all around the Internet. Apparently I got some years/dates/events...
2018-05-31 08:36:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi All
Martin here.
Just asking everyone who will be getting the embroidered patches (those of you who were at $5 and above when we hit 1000 Patrons), PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check your shipping info.
Make sure we have your address (added to your profile, don't message it to us) and make sure that it's right.
The deadline for doing this is 10am, June 4th, Shanghai Time.
At that point, I will be taking your info as final and extracting it from Patreon ...
Dear Insane Children,
We have in-hand an updated version of the Alice: Asylum PPT! That means it's time for another review of the license presentation - this time full of art and fury. Yay!
For those of you in the UK/EU - Good News: We're starting this week's live stream May 30th, 7PM HKT, 12PM London Time. Click THIS LINK to set a reminder so you can join us and provide feedback in...
2018-05-29 07:44:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
In case you missed today's live stream while we were live, here's a LINK to the shenanigans. In this broadcast I continue fumbling around Wonderland and falling into the abyss. Martin reads your Patreon comments. And Lulu actually hung out on my lap for a while. We also shared some amazing new art from Joey!
Joey says of these images...
Here is a concept for Ali...
2018-05-25 07:19:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Back today with a new image from Omri and the link for this week's LIVE STREAM. It's set for May 25th @ 9AM HKT (6PM on 24th for people in US PST). Click that link to set a reminder for the event! Heed! Now!
For the next-next stream I'd like to set the time to align with our Patrons in the ...
2018-05-22 01:54:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Joey's sent along a new illustration of a playground area in Wonderland where Alice might forget her troubles. Joey says of this image...
...where kids play and forget all their unhappy memories, maybe we could use this for one stage in which Alice is trying to forget the death of her family. Actually I am thinking, maybe at the beginning of the game, Alice wandering in her wonderland in order to find her sister, she goes between her area and the asylum, s...
2018-05-21 02:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Here are details for our next Patron Reward Goal!
When we reach 2000 Patrons we'll send out a physical Chaos Coin to all Patrons at the $35 level or higher (at the time the goal is reached and the pledges are collected for that month).
Ownership of a real Chaos Coin means your name (as approved by us) will be digitally embedded within a unique virtual coin placed in Alice: Asylum. Coins will be placed all around the game environment and linked to a...
2018-05-15 08:29:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Back today with a couple of bits of new artwork and announcement for our next...
Hit that link to set a reminder! Join us tomorrow morning (Hong Kong Time, 9AM - PST 6PM) for a live stream where I continue to fall, drown, and die through "American McGee's Alice" while discussing Alice: Asylum, Out of the Woods, and the Chaos Coin.
First ...
2018-05-14 06:42:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
I recently traveled from Shanghai to Guangxi, China - landing in Guilin and then making my way by river ferry to Yangshuo. You can check out the things I saw along the way in this travel log video on YouTube.
During the trip I captured a lot of footage with my Mavic Pro and decided to edit that together into 8 minutes of 4k video goodness. The music in this video is "Koto" from...
2018-05-13 06:21:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the vlog from my recent travels in GuangXi - Guilin, Yangshuo, and Ji Ma. Highly recommend this as a travel destination if you ever get the chance. One of the most beautiful places I've ever been.
For my Patrons, I have a 4k drone video of around 8 minutes that I'm uploading now - will take ages - but will share with you first once it's done.
Back in Shanghai now and working on material for the next live stream. See you all soon!
2018-05-12 11:46:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Here in China we're entering proper spring and it's absolutely beautiful! We just had a few days off as a result of a national holiday - Labor Day - which is associated with the start of spring and is also a celebration of workers. Hence getting a few days off!
As a result we don't have a ton to update you on but I'll do a quick rundown on what little there is...
First up, Joey sends along a concept image for the layout of Wonderland per the previo...
2018-05-03 05:43:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Stop! Before you read any further into today's update (which does contain some pretty amazing stuff)...
See the cover image for today's post? That's by our good friend Omri Koresh. He's doing amazing work for the Asylum project but he's also got a really beautiful art book project of his own over on IndieGogo.
Please consider supporting his efforts by backing...
2018-04-24 06:55:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Insane Children,
Martin and American (that's me) have set a time for this week's live stream. You can set a reminder via YouTube - or set your alarms for 09:00 Friday Morning, Hong Kong time (5PM on Thursday, PST). We'll discuss Pirate Jam, Asylum, 2018-04-18 03:37:59 +0000 UTC View Post