Hi gang! Merry Questmas!
Here are some black and white versions of Quest Sprout episodes that you can print out and colour in on Christmas Day with the family for fun.
I hope you all have a good day off! Thanks!
2024-12-24 22:03:04 +0000 UTC View Post
[4 new Swords episodes and a Stars episode]
Product Updates
We have our first GOD OF PATREON! Please pay special reverence to sydrah2 when you see them interacting in the community!
The Everstabbed campaign has ended - I helped a little to nudge it over the finish line in the last 8 minutes, but its still better to be paid in plushies than not at all. Wink!
Life Updates
Ask me anything!
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Some house-keeping, since this will be pinned:
It's the final day to claim your Everstabbed Plushie from the void!
Get the most out of the Swordscomic Patreon by browsing Collections!
Preorder for the next print-run of the 2024-12-19 03:46:31 +0000 UTC
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[5 new Swords episodes, a Stars episode and an early screenshot of rebuilding the Stars visual novel in RPG Maker MZ]
Product Updates
The Everstabbed still needs help getting funded! There are just a few days left.
Someone generously gave me RPG Maker MZ from my Steam Wishlist, so I purchased some Visual Novel plugins and am tinke...
2024-12-15 07:07:43 +0000 UTC View Post16 fighters have been whittled down to 6!
Read the First Patron Swor'nament here and then vote for the gladiator you are hoping will win the whole thing!
(Voting does not affect the final outcomes, which are determined using real world dice rolls.)
PS! Here's a 2024-12-10 23:52:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi kiwis,
I'm not sure what the future is going to look like for sending Swords merch from my home office. Europe is adding new rules that have closed a bunch of Etsy stores down, and the US is set to put tariffs on a lot of things. This won't affect big international operations like Makeship and Cut the Deck that I don't handle directly, but for the moment at least, I'd like to pare down the stuff I've got in storage.
The following prices are in NZD, if you'd like to buy some t...
2024-12-09 05:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post
[8 new Swords episodes, textless episodes and a new Stars episode]
Product Updates
Life Updates
Watching Bleach S3, Lower Decks, Arcane S1 and also rewatching Witch Hunter Robin as background noise
I miss video games...
Social Updates 2024-12-08 07:10:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi gang,
I want to go into 2025 a bit more organized than usual, so I've put together a bit of a content plan. I want you to have a better idea of what to expect, but this is also an opportunity for you to add some feedback about what you value the most so I can incorporate it.
Primarily my focus will be regular releases of:
- The Book of Kargob (lore pages about various creatures)
- Stars episodes
- West Sprout episodes
- Swords: Cut the Deck ...
Get the most out of the Swordscomic Patreon by browsing Collections!
Preorder for the next print-run of Quest Sprout Comic Book!
Claim your Everstabbed Plushie from the void!
Support 2024-12-05 00:15:18 +0000 UTC
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Just a couple of simple 4k wallpapers to make your day a little more interesting
2024-12-03 21:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
[Photos from the Art Market, plus a new Stars episode]
Thanks to everyone who stopped by my first convention table in ages!
Yesterday I attended the Hidden Gems Art Market as a filler artist, which is only the second time I've done a convention since starting the webcomic!
About 10 people gasped and asked if I was really the guy who makes Swords, in a dramatically...
2024-12-01 06:37:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Just some reminders:
The EVERSTABBED just launched on Makeship! Get yours now!
I will be at the HIDDEN GEMS art market tomorrow, in Wellington New Zealand - my first convention appearance in about 5 years!
If you're stopping by and you are a patron let me know and I'll make sure to have a fr...
Here's all of the layers of Episode DCCCLIII comic broken up so you can understand the process a bit better.
Feel free to make a meme, or have a go colouring it yourself - I've attached all the versions below in high-res, as well as the Swords font, so you can have a play around with them.
2024-11-25 22:44:45 +0000 UTC View Post
[A Stars episode, a DnD map and some mock-ups I've been thinking about]
Product Updates
The Everstabbed is coming to Makeship later this week! And he glows in the dark!! Click here to get updated when it launches! AHHH!
Ready to do some Christmas shopping? Check out 2024-11-24 05:40:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you everyone! Which Lore Chart do you want next?
2024-11-21 04:20:33 +0000 UTC View PostScouts, Adventurers, Paladins...
This is a courtesy reminder that I will be sending out Sticker Club mail until the end of the month, so if you've had any thoughts about upgrading to Scholar Tier and getting a Christmas Card and some other goodies, now would be a good time!
When you decide to upgrade, please fill in the form linked on the latest Weekly Digest
Thank you for al...
2024-11-19 19:34:32 +0000 UTC View Post
[A Stars episode, a collab episode with PizzaDadComic and some glam shots of Cut the Deck]
Thank you to everyone who responded to my post about needing some support earlier in the week - I really appreciate that people looked around for some work for me to do. The Swords Patreon got a bit of a support boost and it was also the biggest day of Ko-Fi sales in a long time, which put a bit more ...
2024-11-17 07:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Black Knight rides into town, with EVIIIIL wares to sell:
New pin designs and all digital downloads reduced to $1 on Ko-Fi
Please check out the Collections tab before buying the digital items - you might have access to some of them here already
Let me know in the 2024-11-14 07:17:53 +0000 UTC
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I'm sorry everyone, but this is going to be a lame post.
I need help.
I can't concentrate on making Swords right now, because I need to fix my cash flow. I haven't had a full-time income coming in for a few months now, its damaging my productivity, my mood and my relationships and I am emotionally exhausted all of the time.
If you are New Zealand based and think you can help me find a job, or can offer me something remote, I would love a hand getting my foot in t...
[A Stars episode, plus some photos of things going on]
My production copy of Swords: Cut the Deck arrived! It's the first time I've had a new version of the game in a while, and the quality is really good. I'm super happy with how everything has turned out.
Life Updates
I spent the beginning of the week angrily tracking my Cut the Deck parcel after it arrived at my door and they didn't bother to knock or leave a note. It got...
2024-11-10 07:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post
[A Stars update and some mobile wallpapers]
Not much to report on this week, really.
Life Updates
Taxes and finances done. My heart is temporarily unburdened once more.
I'm open to work if anyone has leads or some paid gig work for me. I'd love to do art for some DnD modules or something like that. I'd take commissions but I'm all backed up with this Patron Swor'nament.
It's been a while (on Patreon, anyway)
Ask me anything
2024-11-02 07:59:17 +0000 UTC View Post
A little wizard duelling game that I posted on Instagram a while back and it was quite well received. It's the kind of thing you can chuck into a DnD game as a special event, or something like that.
This is an older version of the rules. I made a few attempts to address feedback, but I'm not sure which version I'm even up to lately... Some people wanted the game to have a Health stat but I wanted the peril to be solely based on falling off-stage.
Eventually the plan was to crea...
2024-10-31 07:29:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Back when I worked at PikPok Games, before helping to create Clusterduck, I was always tinkering with something to pitch. Here are some slides from a pitch I never actually pitched, Onioncry, where you play as a giant defending a kingdom of Onion Knights from their enemies.
This isn't something I have any great motivation to do anything with, so I'm sharing it here for fun. Enjoy!
2024-10-31 07:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostI don't have a Throne account or anything like that, but some people have expressed interest in buying me things for Christmas before so here's some stuff I'd love to receive! Just putting it out there! Manifesting good things for myself! I don't work at an office anymore so no Secret Santa for me!
[A Stars update and some Dwarf lore]
I did say the next lore drop would be at 900 patrons again, but we're at 899 now so why be greedy! Enjoy some Dwarfs!
I think this is every Dwarf clan that has been mentioned in the lore somewhere so far... also a few from lost/unfinished episodes that never made it into the series. I'm sure there are even more Dwarven clans yet to be discovered...
I've also included the Dwarven Language page from the 2024-10-27 07:38:11 +0000 UTC
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I'm sending out Qwestmas cards next month as part of Sticker Club!
And I ordered some spares!!
If you'd like to get one of the remaining cards, along with some stickers, a postcard, a doodle and some other secret goodies, join any of the following before about mid-November:
Hi all,
The last two years have been some of the hardest for me, trying to juggle working on the comics, the card game, a video game and my fair share of bad friendships, unkind neighbours, family drama and some actual, literal sabotage. Social Media has rather unceremoniously become a less fun place to hang out too, right? But I'm not here to focus on all that.
2025 is the year a lot of things are going to happen, no matter what. Among other plotlines, the Quest Sprout...
2024-10-21 01:42:06 +0000 UTC View Post
[Just one Stars episode today!]
I'm splitting things into Life Updates, Social Updates and Product Updates because I hate how salesy it sounds to talk about all the things I'm working on all the time, but they are also the most interesting thing that happens in my week and very much things you might be invested in, so I should include them? Anyway, skip anything you don't care about.
Life Updates
I'm dealing with a lot of grown-up problems th...
2024-10-20 07:01:19 +0000 UTC View Post
In my haste, I trusted that the template I used would do a good job, but I need to upload these again.
Each set of move cards should contain:
2 Attacks / 2 Buffs / 2 Blocks
1x Cleave / End Them Rightly / Parry / Power Gambit / Remedy / Swap
Again, feel free to use these if you need more Move cards during a gathering!