Delivery Estimate February
10 months ago – Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 01:18:17 PM

Greetings Slayers!

We were hoping to have a final prototype ready to show you by now, but we're hitting some delays getting it ready. Based on the timeline we're on now, our delivery estimate is for February. 

If you backed on Kickstarter and haven't used the Pledge Manager, please do so! We can't ship your pledge unless you use the Pledge Manager on Backerkit. If you didn't get an email invitation to Backerkit, please contact [email protected]. (If you Late Pledged, you can disregard this information).

Timeline Details

Everything is currently lining up for mass production to start in August. This puts us on a timeline for February 2024. Longpack (our manufacturer) is working on getting the prototype ready, and working on a few production issues including:

• Token tray lid not fitting
• Ironclad mini color is off

On our side (Contention Games), we're importing and reviewing localization files and preparing them for final production. No small task with 9 languages and over 750 cards.

Pledge Manager

This delay means we'll be shipping later, so the timeline to add shipping costs to the Pledge Manager also moves forward. There will be an update when shipping costs are added, and you'll have at least 30 days to review costs before cards are charged. We currently estimate that this will happen sometime in Autumn. 

Development Complete

After over 2 years of work and thousands of hours, development is complete! We're very happy with where things ended up. Our playtesters and developers absolutely SLAYED it!! Thank you so much to everyone who playtested and gave feedback. Everyone is getting a MUCH better game because of you.

That's all for now!

See you in the Spire,

Golden Ticket Winner!!
11 months ago – Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 10:21:18 AM

Greetings Slayers,

And the winner of the Golden Ticket Beta Art contest is Harrison Owens! Congratulations!! Looks like the Ironclad was in a bit of a rush to get to the Heart.

A special thanks to everyone who submitted art! We were blown away by the creativity in this community. You can check out the other submissions here!

Production Update

We're heads down preparing files for what we hope is our final round of prototypes. Tray molds, updated minis, and more are being made. Once we have final prototypes, we'll know more about our production schedule and have more to show you. In the meantime, here are some box backs! 

That's all for now! Until next time...

See you in the Spire,

Portuguese!! Golden Ticket Beta Art Contest!!
about 1 year ago – Wed, May 03, 2023 at 10:10:37 AM

Greetings Slayers,

Golden Ticket Beta Art Contest!

The Beta Art is coming with Golden Tickets for each character! That does leave us with a problem though, we don't have beta art for it. So we're hosting a Golden Ticket Beta Art Contest! See rules below! Submit your art to [email protected] and post on Twitter here.

Brazil & Portuguese

Slay the Spire will be available in Portuguese, courtesy of Grok Games! Due to the difficulties of importing to Brazil, Portuguese won't be available through our campaign and will only be available for the Retail Edition. Follow Grok Games for details as the retail release gets closer. For now you can...

Preview Portuguese translations by clicking here. 

Give Translation Feedback by clicking here or on our Discord.

Production

The trays designs are ready! Behold it in all of its glory! Pictured below is for the Collector's Edition. The Slayer's Pledge will have the same bottom tray and a smaller upper tray. We'll also include card dividers to make it easy to organize and save your decks. It fits everything sleeved!

We received minis fresh from the molds! Although we're not quite happy with the colors yet. There's also a small issue with the Ironclad's head we're hoping to fix.

Deadline Clarification

April 4th was not a hard deadline for completing the pledge manager. The Pledge Manager is still open and will be for several months. Please use the Pledge Manager if you haven't yet, and contact [email protected] with your backer number if you haven't received an email invitation to Backerkit. 

April 4th was when we tallied our orders so we can start figuring out how many units to make with our language partners. Our final order hasn't been placed yet. We will put out an update when we place our final order and product limits are added. Since over 87% of you have already completed the survey, we expect our manufacturing order to be very accurate and we don't expect to hit these limits. 

(Note: Surveys are for Kickstarter backers only. If you Late Pledged, you do not need to fill out a survey.)

That's all for now! Until next time...

See you in the Spire,

Translation Previews & More
about 1 year ago – Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 02:58:19 PM

Greetings Slayers!

We've been working on translations, and wanted to get your feedback! Also, the Yoka Games campaign for Chinese Simplified is live! http://www.xinxinwuji.com/pc/#/detail?id=1077

If you have any feedback for the languages below, let us know! We'd prefer you to check translations against their English counterparts, but all feedback is welcome. You can also simply give us feedback on the English text. Please submit feedback by 6pm PDT April 2nd. 

• English
• French
• German
• Spanish
• Japanese

Download files here: Localization files 

Submit feedback here: https://forms.gle/s1nHAMcsgC5yBs7S9

You can discuss translations on our Discord: https://discord.gg/eUxdKmxTFZ

Pledge Manager

The Pledge Manager survey has been completed by 84% of you! If you haven't completed it yet, please complete the survey April 4th so we can guarantee your order. Orders placed after that will come from extra stock, which may run out. For more info, read this update. Contact us at [email protected] with your backer number if you haven't gotten a Backerkit email invite. 

Late Pledges

This section doesn't apply to Kickstarter backers. If you're reading this because you Late Pledged on Backerkit, please note that you don't need to fill out a survey and you're not waiting on an email from us. Although you should have gotten a confirmation email after placing your order. You can contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

Production Update

Production has already begun! The miniature molds started last month, and they should be ready in a few weeks. We're working on the insert and hope to have a preview for you within the next month. In April we're wrapping up translations, making final balance tweaks, and prepping files for prototypes. As of now, we're still on schedule. 

That's all for now!

See you in the Spire,

Language News
about 1 year ago – Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 11:16:50 AM

Greetings Slayers!

Over 80% of you have completed the Pledge Manager! If you still haven't gotten an invitation email, please send us a Kickstarter message or email ([email protected]) with your Backer number. Please complete the survey in Backerkit by April 4th so we can guarantee your order. More info here. 

Language News

A campaign for Chinese (Traditional) is happening right now! https://wabay.tw/projects/slaythespire

A campaign for Chinese (Simplified) is coming later in the month.  Here's an updated list of our localization partners:

•  French - Matagot
•  German - Nice Game Publishing
•  Spanish - Ediciones MasQueOca
•  Japanese - Kenbill
•  Korean - Korea Boardgames
•  Chinese (Traditional) - Yayoi The Dreamer
•  Chinese (Simplified) - Yoka Games

Translations began on February 6th! Thanks to our incredible playtesters, there have been LOADS of improvements and balance tweaks, and the game has settled into a place that we're super happy with. Here's some of what we've been working on...

The Act IV Elites are now vertical so it's clearer which one is in front of you. We reworked and simplified the Facing ability quite a bit, settling on something simple for the Spear and gave the Shield some fancy tricks. Check out new art by Anailis Dorta for what you'll see on the back of these cards!

We added Prismatic Shard! So now you can do proper custom Prismatic Shard runs. Watcher needed some more punch in Wrath stance, so we buffed Crescendo and introduced Simmering Fury. Ice Cream is now very similar to being like the video game. We reworked Unload as a shiv card to help shivs pack more late game punch. We needed 1 more boss relic that gives energy, and Mark of Pain has been filling that role nicely.

Rulebook

There's a new Rulebook! It includes Quick Start rules so you can start the game in any act, or quickly catch another player up to where you are. Check it out! 

That's all for now!

See you in the Spire,