The Pit: The Board Game!

3D Monster and Player Files Sent!
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 04:45:19 PM

For those of you whose pledge level included copies of the various 3D files created during production of the game (many not available in the final game), you should be receiving an email through Backerkit about how to download your files.

This initial download offering will later be replaced with a key code through an online digital retailer, for future re-downloading. Finding the right solution for this has been ongoing and interesting and rather than wait, we've opted to send the files out how, and then follow-up with the more permanent solution later.

We hope you enjoy your figures - please share your pics when you print them out!

(if you were supposed to receive these files and did not get an email, please contact us at [email protected])

MIA Megalomaniacs
almost 5 years ago – Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:33:00 AM

We have been in contact with most of our Megalomaniac backers, but we are having trouble reaching a couple. If you are a Megalomaniac backer and we haven't spoken to you about your custom figures, please email us at [email protected] - we will continue to try and reach you, and we hope to get your personalized figures completed asap!

While you're all here, a short update / non-update about the game. We know a few of you are looking at our estimated delivery date and wondering if the game is still being made. That's fair - a little early, maybe, but we understand the concern. We've backed games and gotten burned, so we get it. But the game is still getting made! It's taking longer than we anticipated (first game, lessons learned), but we haven't stopped.

In the meantime, Megalomaniacs, please contact us! We want to put your face on our player figures!

The set-up and proofing process continues
about 5 years ago – Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 11:37:28 AM

Hello All.

Just a quick note - it may seem odd to report on another campaign, but we knew that our second game, Planetary Control, was always going to move through the manufacturing process faster than The Pit. It's a much simpler and smaller game. And while this may be a bit frustrating at first (both for you waiting for your copy and us waiting to see the final product), Planetary Control has been a bit of a boon, as it's allowed us to learn up in many ways without having to put The Pit at risk. We made some stumbles with PC that we're glad we didn't have to learn on the much larger and more complex Pit.

We figured that until we have something tangible, something photographable, to show you all that things are progressing, we thought we'd quickly show you that we've made it out the other side successfully with The Pit's kid brother and we'll soon be able to show you the same for The Pit.

As always, everybody's interest in how things are going is much appreciated - stay tuned! As always, we can be emailed directly at [email protected] or comments can be made here and we'll follow up. If you have questions or just want to check in on things, please let us know.

Hey, where we at?
about 5 years ago – Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 04:36:09 PM

Quick update - We underestimated the time required to get our art files prepped for the factory, making sure they have all the files needed, and we're awaiting the single test print they send for review before full production. As a result, and as a few of you have asked about, our initial estimate (based on a general timeline when we first sought production quote before starting the campaign and the feedback of other Kickstarted game developers we talked to) has slipped. But, the good news is we're still moving ahead pretty well for first-time boardgame creators. 

There has been some back and forth with the manufacturer on a few clarifications and other matters, at which point the game making will begin and we will be better able to revise our timeline. One thing to our advantage is that this first run of copies isn't a large one, relatively.

So, as ever, thank you for your patience and we'll update you on when we expect fulfillment to be complete soon.

Outside of the base game, we have been looking for an online, key-based system to distribute the 3D models that come with the upper tier pledges and we finally have that sorted - we'll be emailing out keys in the next couple of weeks.

Also, the handful of people that opted for the Megalomaniac pledges - the ones where you get custom figs with your head on them - their figs are nearly complete. Some are done, a few people we're still working with on their likeness. See below for one example that is currently complete.

Stay tuned for an update on the timeline in a couple of weeks!

Welcome to 2019!
over 5 years ago – Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 12:19:00 AM

Hello all and a Happy New Year!

A new year in which it's time to start with the updates again, after a month's break over the holidays. Shortly, we will be able to start updating more specifics - one thing  we've always liked about other campaigns we've seen and backed is when they bring you inside the process, showing you as many steps along the  way as possible. As best we can (we're still learning lots of interesting things as we move The Pit through production), we want to  bring you along for the ride.

Besides overseas production, we are also working on the bespoke player figures from the Megalomaniac level pledges - we'll try and share a few peeps of that work as well.

Steam keys were sent out before the holidays - if you have not gotten your Steam key as per your pledge, contact us, we'll set things straight.

And finally, our figure designer has posted a set of alternate Scout minis at Thingiverse, for those of you into 3D printing.

We're very excited, as we're sure you are, to see The Pit go from so many prototypes to a final production box set. Stay tuned!