Thursday, September 1, 2016

Update 9/1/16 (Good news!)

The short version: Barring any disasters, we are a week or two from starting production!


The Print Samples were Good!

We've been taking pains to make sure that everything is as high quality as possible. This includes what went wrong last time: the printing.  We managed to find people who had worked for this manufacturer before to help us make sure that whatever we printed, it was as consistent as it was humanly possible to print.
This manufacturer makes stuff for big-name board game companies (like Mattel), and their standards were already quite high.  We worked with them to figure out how to get the most consistent print possible, and we were all pleased with the results.
Looks pretty consistent to us!
Looks pretty consistent to us!
The closer to natural light you are, the better it looks.  This was taken in an overcast day, and these particular mats are bent (especially at the bottom of the photo).  Which brings us to our next point:

What's Next?

The factory is making what are called "Master Samples." These are the standard by which the final delivery is judged, in the event of a dispute.  We don't expect there to be any disputes, of course, but these are the sorts of hoops we jump through to work with the best printers we can. 
That should only take another week or two.  Once that is finished, we sign contracts, and they begin production that day.  Exciting times!
The time of production itself should take a couple of weeks, and then there's shipping to us, followed by us shipping to you.  We plan to have some pictures and videos during production.
We'll give definite dates as we have them, but that's the approximate schedule as we know it, ourselves.  You now know what we do about the schedule!

Updating your Address

Don't forget that you can always update your address at http://www.gamenightlife.com/myaccount.asp   If you can't change it on your order (and some people have that weird bug!), then you can change it on your account itself, and we will notice.

At long last, we are about to have our wonderful beginning.  Thanks for sticking with us through the ups and downs; we intend to make the wait worth it, especially with all the stuff we will be bringing you guys in the future!
So, as always, thanks for reading, and thanks for backing us!

10 comments:

  1. It's been a month now is there any word on what is going on?

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  2. From Kickstarter:

    Tiny Update: 10/1

    This update isn't terribly long, since we are still waiting to get the final master samples so we can begin production. Although it shouldn't be too much longer a wait, we are still working on getting finished master samples from the factory.

    Although we are working with a domestic company, they are sourcing practically all the raw materials from overseas, and this has taken some coordination. (And, it turns out, a *significantly* longer wait than we were originally told, and then passed on to you guys.)

    We have not been given an exact date on it, but we have been told by them to expect the finished master samples very, very soon. It's all about how long it takes for the raw materials to arrive for the factory to work with.

    Thus, we have good reason to expect to put out another update before the end of the month. We just like making sure that we definitely put out an update every month, to let everyone know where we are. Once we make sure the samples are good, production itself should be a breeze.

    So, hopefully you will be hearing from us again quite soon! And as always, thanks for backing us!

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  3. 9/1 "The short version: Barring any disasters, we are a week or two from starting production!"
    "That should only take another week or two. Once that is finished, we sign contracts, and they begin production that day."
    10/1 "Although it shouldn't be too much longer a wait, we are still working on getting finished master samples from the factory."
    "Thus, we have good reason to expect to put out another update before the end of the month."

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    1. 13 Days later and.... nothing. These samples must be the most difficult things to produce...ever.

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    2. Now up to 20 days later. 3 weeks. I guess if they are going to make the "end of the month update" they better hurry.

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    3. End of the month. Still nothing.

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    4. Since you don't follow the kickstarter (I really don't know why) :

      "We are having more meetings with our contacts at the factory in the next few days, concluding on the 1st. No new news yet, but probably plenty once we get done with those meetings. This might delay our update to the 2nd, but hopefully not."

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  4. I have say... I'm REALLY excited to see if this come out in time for this Christmas

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  5. I have say... I'm REALLY excited to see if this come out in time for this Christmas

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