Prototype Pics! Traditional Chinese!
almost 3 years ago – Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 10:04:40 AM

Greetings Slayers,

We're now offering Traditional Chinese in the pledge manager! We received the production prototypes and have pics below!

Traditional Chinese

You can now switch your pledge to Traditional Chinese! Everything will be available in Traditional Chinese except for Beta Art. Neow's All-In pledges for Traditional Chinese will come with English Beta Art by default, but you can contact us if you wish to have Beta Art in a different language. 

To change your language: access the Pledge Manager (contact us if you've lost your link), click "Edit Your Order", "Edit Your Pledge Question Responses", then go to the language question and change your choice. If you're having trouble switching, you can email [email protected] or message us here on Kickstarter. 

Production Prototypes

We received production prototypes from our manufacturer! These prototypes use the same equipment as final production, so they allow us to see exactly how things will look.

 (Above) We designed a new HP board with a spot to track 100's (left).

(Below) We added 39 card dividers to make box organization easy.

We're really happy with how the prototypes came out! They're pretty much where we want them except for some tweaks to the trays and colors. We're now waiting on prototypes for the exclusives and working on small items, like packaging for the art sleeves and a Storage Guide.

That's all for now! 

See you in the Spire,

Minis and Trays
almost 3 years ago – Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 10:35:46 AM

Greetings Slayers,

We have minis and trays to show you! The rest of the prototype is coming in a couple of weeks. But for now, it's picture time!

(Above) We went with an orange lower tray to contrast better with the sleeved cards. The sleeved cards are fitting well! 

(Above) We finally have minis in the color we want! To give you a sense of how hard this was, below are all the colors that didn't work. The pictures don't quite capture the color accurately, but trust us when we say we nailed it :)

(Above) The upper tray is clear and the token tray fits inside it. (Below) Playmats go underneath the boards in the Collector's Edition. 

Production Prototype

We're really excited to see the prototype that's coming soon! It's a production prototype, which means it uses the same equipment that is used in mass production. So if it looks good, we should have no surprises when we hit the final print button. 

Pledge Manager

If you backed on Kickstarter and haven't used the Pledge Manager yet, 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).

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

See you in the Spire,

Delivery Estimate February
almost 3 years 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!!
about 3 years 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 3 years 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,