Torch: Both copies of Nottingham have been sent out. Each will make three stops around the country over the next month and a half before it returns to Evertide Games. The playtester feedback form has been set up on Google Docs to collect feedback, suggestions and reviews.
Hellas: Porter Nielsen will be joining the team as the texture artist and 2D illustrator for Hellas. Ryan is nearing completion of the accessories and Jeff is almost done moving Tide to Java/Tomcat. Nick has shifted towards a more informal advisory role. Discussions are in the works with a couple of graphic designers to touch up the layout once the game moves online.
Drug Lords: Ash Jackson has joined the team as the illustrator for Drug Lords. Ash will be drawing the caricatures for all the personalities in the game, the iconography, logos and backgrounds. Dab continues to create the backstories for the personalities and work has begun on finalizing the deck-building design.
Assorted: Claim Jumper is being tested by Pat and Graydon. Tennis! has been reformulated as Gladiators and Brad has already created a Lackey plugin for it. The design for Dr. Frankenstein’s Assistant is being adapted to make a game about The Thing. Council to the King has emerged out of Dungeon and Graydon’s liar’s dice role selection idea. Snap Quest has been resurrected from the semi-cooperative fantasy adventure design demo’ed to WotC.
Evertide Games: The process continues to define the model, refine the workflow and set priorities. The current vision embraces a scope and process for EG which can produce three (expandable) games under the EG label and three stand-alone license properties per year. For 2011, the focus falls on completing Nottingham, Drug Lords and Hellas with Stacket a hold-over from last year. Meanwhile, Claim Jumper, Gladiators and Stones appear the most likely to be licensed. Houses of Orion, Dungeon/Snap Quest and Pocket Reef are lining up to be the self-published properties for next year, with Public Works, Dice Pirates and Council to the King hopeful stand-alones. It’s too soon to tell whether plans to make interactive sculptures and installations with Cubic will work out or whether Straw, Court of the Medici and Lords of Scotland can be developed as Apps.
