Update from the RPG front with Gutier!
about 8 years ago
– Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:32:28 PM
Hi all we've had a hive of activity over the last few weeks pushing through as many documents for Wave 1 as possible. I've spent the day with Gutier in Exeter today prior to the tournament in the UK he's here for. We've been going through some of the final sections of the core book and you can see us holding what remains of the core book discussing final changes!
We also discussed an action plan for the coming months and Gutier feels very happy with the writing team now, and that they're are understanding his requests and delivering great content. In fact Marc who has been working on the 0-12 Mission Architecture (or plot generator) arrived with his work and Gutier signed it off immediately on first read. So we're seeing massive improvements. I'm hoping to slowly transform them all using DNA injections from Gutier next.... :-)
Anyway here's an update on the final parts of Wave 1 for you. Items in bold are ready for edit and layout so as you can see we've made great progress and now much of the work is down to the editor and layout team to get as many of these finished as soon as possible.
3.2.1 Ariadna - Small changes and ready for layout
3.2.3 Nomads - Small changes and ready for layout
3.2.4 PanOceania - Edited Awaiting Layout
3.2.6 Corporations - Latest version submitted for approval
3.2.7 Mercenaries - Latest version submitted for approval
3.2.8 Submondo - Latest version submitted for approval
3.3.4 Dawn - being revised
3.3.5 Human Edge - being revised
3.3.6 Neoterra - approved for edit & layout
3.3.7 Paradiso - approved & edited awaiting layout
3.3.8 Shentang / Yutang - mostly reviewed by Gutier, will send revision notes shortly
3.3.9 Sol - being reviewed by Gutier
3.3.11 Varuna - approved for edit & layout
3.4 ALEPH - approved for edit & layout
3.5 O-12 - in layout due imminently for Preview
3.6 Combined Army / Evolved Intelligence - Small changes and ready for layout
3.7 Tohaa - Small changes and ready for layout
4.1 Acquisitions - approved for layout
4.2 Armour - approved for layout
4.3 Weapons - approved for layout
4.4 Ammunition - approved for layout
4.5 Belongings - approved for layout
4.6 Lifestyle & Services - Awaiting review
5.1 Game Mastering - Nearly finished for review
5.2 Adversaries - In Layout due for Preview next week
5.2.1 Art Master Characters - Approved for edit & layout. Character art in progress
OTHER WAVE 1 ITEMS
Quantronic Heat (40-page) - in Review by line manager before submission to Gutier
Original Corvus Belli RPG Characters - In review with Gutier awaiting core book
COLLECTOR'S BOOK
Plot Generator Intro - Approved today on sight
Plot Generator Tables - In work
QUICKSTART (REVISED) - In Layout awaiting Core book completion as priority
PLAYER'S GUIDE - Awaiting final revised chapters from core book
Tabletop Conversion Rules RPG Mini Stats - Complete awaiting final test notes
Faction Handler Creation - Approved today on first sight
ADVENTURES IN THE HUMAN SPHERE - Adventures in review with Gutier but core book is priority due to it's longer printing time. Expect will proceed quickly.
ACCESSORIES
RPG Digital Wallpapers - Awaiting 1st Wave Art
Character Sheet Pad - Awaiting final designs from core book
Form-Fillable Character Sheets - Awaiting final designs from core book
NPC Sheet Pad - Awaiting final designs from core book
RPG Miniatures - in stock
Faction Dice - in stock
Combat Dice - in stock
Hit Location Dice - in stock
Infinity Tokens - in stock
Heat Tokens - in stock
0-12 Box - in development with factory awaiting final book thicknesses
GM Screen - Awaiting core book final rules layout
Our designer Gary is away on holiday this week but has the 0-12 Chapter to revise and give us in Preview for you when he's back this weekend, followed by the Adversaries chapter and then all the other chapters shown in bold above which are now ready for editing and layout.
As you can see other Wave 1 items are slightly further behind as we and Gutier have given the core book absolute priority - there's good reason for this since the core book will have longer in proof reading AND takes one month to print in hardback (compared to ten days for softbacks). During this time we'll be speeding through the Adventures and other extra content to get it ready at the same time.
As soon as Gary our designer is back online this weekend we'll give you another update next week with how the editing & layout work is going and we should be sending out chapters quite quickly starting with 0-12.
From Gutier & Chris in the UK on the frontlines of Infinity the roleplaying game!
Concillium PREVIEW, Update & New Art
about 8 years ago
– Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 09:51:37 PM
Hi there we've been working to get the Concillium chapter approved which had one of the new maps in but since there's been ongoing discussion over map details we've removed it so we can release the chapter for you. You'll find it in your Backerkit corebook folder!
Here's the first of three new pieces of art to check out starting with NeoTerra
We have news of updated chapters. We're still working towards the end of September goal and will update you as we make progress.
- Adversaries - stats being checked and test layout in process (this should be the next released for you and is a massive 40 pages)
- PanOceania chapter 2nd revisions done and submitted for approval
- Corporations chapter under revision due 10th Sept
- Neoterra revisions done and submitted for approval
- Paradiso 4th revisions done and submitted for approval
- Shentang / Yutang revisions done and submitted for approval
- Varuna chapter revisions due 3rd September
- ALEPH 2nd revisions submitted for approval
Character Sheet Competition:
We're announcing the winner as Bookkeeper who wins a bonus $50 credit to spend in the modiphius store or on Infinity RPG! Here's his winning design, this and others submitted will be made available in the Community submissions.
For now you can find the three submissions here, well done guys and thanks for the hard work submitting these.
That's it for today, as mentioned before we won't be updating previously previewed chapters until we have all the chapters completed so the corrections can be done in one go. Then you will get a second final preview of the whole book with complete art placements to comment on.
Enjoy!
Chris, Modiphius
Yu Jing Chapter PREVIEW
about 8 years ago
– Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 09:59:04 PM
Hi everyone, quick update to let you know the Yu Jing chapter is ready for you to download in the CoreBook folder within Backerkit
The Concilium and Svalarheima PDF's are ready but the maps are getting tweaked based on some feedback so they should be out soon. In the meantime we're trying to get the Adversaries chapter through layout as quickly as possible.
There will be a more detailed update later this week.
Why are we not seeing corrections in the PDF Previews?
I saw a few comments on this - the reason is we do all the corrections once the chapters are complete to save time, and a full proof read has taken place. Then we create a full PDF of the book for everyone to review and a final round of error corrections. The first stage usually includes any rules revisions based on feedback. If you want to submit feedback please do so using [email protected]
Enjoy!
Chris, Modiphius
Latest Infinity RPG Update & Art
about 8 years ago
– Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:55:08 AM
Hi all it was great to see some of you at GenCon a week ago and hand over yet more miniatures and dice. I was able to meet up with the Corvus Belli team whilst I was there and discuss the situation and we've shared some emails since. More on that below.
First let's set the tone with some awesome new artwork. You'll notice we've been drawing the RPG miniatures in more and more of the artwork.
I want to give you an overview of what's coming soon as these sections are all ready or will be soon:
Concilium Chapter: PDF preview layout done, sent for release approval with CB. So we'll send that out any time now.
Adversaries: Creatures have been added and approved. The whole chapter is in editing right now and is due in to layout this week.
O-12 Chapter: Approved, this is waiting to be edited and will likely go to layout next week.
Yu Jing Chapter: We're literally three sentences away from final approval, so we anticipate having this go in to the edit queue this week.
Gear: Final revisions done. The content is approved and we're moving out gear that will be in supplements, prior to going to edit and then layout.
Original Corvus Belli RPG Characters: Full text Approved, Stat blocks now submitted to CB for approval.
Quickstart - Rules chapters being reviewed this week for edit then layout. This includes a full new adventure for you all.
Lifepath Chapter - Since there were changes in the Gear chapter we're amending the Lifepath chapter (and adding in that missing content)
GENERAL UPDATE. We were fortunate to spend some time with the CB team at GenCon and have been trading emails since we got back and have come up with some areas to improve and speed up approvals.
- CB would like to have larger blocks of content in one go as this helps catch errors that affect more than one chapter. We're now giving them larger blocks and this should be quicker for them.
- Modiphius is hiring another editor to help review stats, as well as another story editor to move the Adventures in the Human Sphere quicker through revisions. This will free up Justin the line manager to review more text on the core book and turnaround work with the authors which requires specific revisions.
- We're arranging to meet Gutier in the UK or Spain to spend some solid time in September discussing outstanding approvals and planning ahead for the faction books so we can speed those up.
With the recent number of approvals above and discussions we've had I feel like it's safe to project that the core book will be complete and approved by the end of September. Once we have a final PDF of all the content we will have professional proof readers go through it over a couple of weeks and you'll have the same time to help error check as well before we go to print. The 4 week print process for a hardback also allows time for other Wave 1 items to catch up in the production queue. We're going to work hard now to make that target work across our teams.
Here's another piece from the corebook - love the action!
INFINITY SCHEDULE UPDATE - Status Changes and approved chapters are in bold
Everything up to 2.5 Approved - in PDF
3.1 Gazeteer Introduction AWAITING FINAL SUBSECTIONS BELOW
3.2.1 Ariadna - REVISING BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM CB
3.2.2 Haqqislam - APPROVED - IN PDF
3.2.3 Nomads - REVISING BASED ON CB FEEDBACK
3.2.4 PanOceania - REVISING BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM CB
3.2.5 Yu Jing - Approved, In Edit
3.2.6 Corporations - WITH CB AWAITING APPROVAL
3.2.7 Mercenaries - REVISION BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM CB
3.2.8 Submondo - WITH CB AWAITING APPROVAL
3.3.1 Acontecimento - APPROVED - IN PDF
3.3.2 Bourak - APPROVED - IN PDF
3.3.3 Concilium - APPROVED - IN PDF (Awaiting approval to release)
3.3.4 Dawn - WITH CB AWAITING APPROVAL
3.3.5 Human Edge - REVISING BASED ON CB FEEDBACK
3.3.6 Neoterra - REVISION UNDERWAY BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM CB
3.3.7 Paradiso - 3rd REVISION UNDERWAY
3.3.8 Shentang / Yutang - REVISION UNDERWAY
3.3.9 Sol - REVISION SUBMITTED
3.3.10 Svalarheima - APPROVED - IN PDF
3.3.11 Varuna - REVISION UNDERWAY BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM CB
3.4 ALEPH - REVISING BASED ON CB FEEDBACK
3.5 O-12 - APPROVED. AWAITING EDIT, THEN LAYOUT
3.6 Combined Army / Evolved Intelligence - REVISING BASED ON CB FEEDBACK
3.7 Tohaa - REVISING BASED ON CB FEEDBACK
4.0 Acquisitions - APPROVED - IN PDF
4.1 Gear Rules / Equipment Qualities - Final check before Edit and Layout.
4.2 Armour - Final check before Edit and Layout.
4.3 Weapons - Final check before Edit and Layout.
4.4 Ammunition - Final check before Edit and Layout.
4.5 Belongings - Final check before Edit and Layout.
4.6 Lifestyle & Services - 3rd REVISION REQUIRED
5.1 Game Mastering - DUE TO BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL
5.2 Adversaries - APPROVED - CREATURES ADDED! IN EDIT, THEN LAYOUT
5.2.1 Art Master Characters - DRAFT APPROVED BY CB, ARTWORK BEING DONE
Original CB Characters - Stats Submitted to CB
Quantronic Heat (Bonus 40 page adventure) - Draft Submitted being reviewed before CB Approval
Quickstart - Ready for layout with new adventure.
Adventures in the Human Sphere - 6 out of 10 adventures in Revision, 3 pending approval, 1 approved.
We'll leave you with this Assault Pack Controller in action
Enjoy!
Chris, Modiphius
Infinity Character Generator App Update
over 8 years ago
– Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 11:57:06 PM
Hi all, the Infinity Character App has been updated - here's some of the changes. Please check it out and add more comments or error reports so we can improve it.
http://infinity.modiphiusapps.hostinguk.org/
PLEASE NOTE: The app has not been updated for final changes to the Lifepath yet - this will be done in one go once the print version is locked. The equipment will be updated for the final gear list and the character sheet will be swapped out for the final sheet so please ignore that for now.
Changes:
- Performance has been improved a lot.
- Freezes and lockups have been fixed.
- Improved Youth Event selection page to present events in a more compact way.
- Fixed Signature Skills: no more duplicates and random order.
- Fixed issues related to Life Points not being deducted properly for certain choices.
- Fixed an issue where it was possible to increase a skill beyond Expertise 1 during customization.
- Fixed an issue where certain Birth Locations weren’t selectable or caused a crash.
- Added better visualization of Defection generated during Faction step.
- Fixed an issue that caused Dogface characters from Ariadna to lock up during youth events.
- Added missing faction careers for Minor Nation faction.
- Improved layout for smaller devices.
- Added so that Optional Path characters no longer have to perform the Alien Host roll to check if they become a Dogface.
- Revamped Equipment selection to allow a more streamlined choice when a career gains a mix of fixed possessions and choice possessions.
- Fixed missing MetaChemistry and Biomodifications pages to allow character generation to continue.
- Fixed an issue where the user was presented to wrong options when failing a hazard attempt.
Thanks for the help. We've been looking at the feedback on the character sheet and will be making more changes for the next revision.
The revised Infinity Quickstart with a brand new adventure set aboard a Circular is going in to layout shortly (as soon as Concillium is done) along with the original player characters of the Corvus Belli team so you can see where it all started!
I'm at GenCon this week and so the next major update will be just after the show, CB will be there too and we'll be catching up with them to give you a bigger update after the show. If I get any layout files in the meantime I will pass them on though
Enjoy
Chris, Modiphius
