GENERATIONS (Winter 2024) - Premium Video Game Magazine

The Overdue Update
22 days ago – Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 07:04:00 AM

Hello everyone!

I hope you're all doing well? I'm doing okay myself. My anxiety/ADHD has been a little hard to manage lately, hence the delay in this update, but you're not reading this to hear about me!

My original November 2024 shipping date was added when I had the belief that we'd get to the initial funding goal pretty fast, and I could get everyone started on the project as soon as we hit that. However, it took a lot longer to hit that goal than I anticipated, and so I couldn't get writers, artists, and designers started on things until the campaign ended. This meant we would be a good month behind where I wanted to be, leaving us with an end-of-December ship date.

As you may know, this just isn't feasible. Christmas causes all sorts of headaches when it comes to postal services, and so it makes much more sense to wait until the new year to ship a project, to avoid delays and packages getting lost in the rush.

However, production would also be affected in this time period, and so it has become apparent that shipping cannot begin until the end of February or March 2025.

I know this will come as a disappointment to many - I'm certainly disappointed myself - but it is a necessary delay in order to ensure that you receive the magazine you backed without any problems. As a result of the delay, the issue will now also become the Spring 2025 issue, meaning we start at the beginning of a year, which my OCD seems to like a lot more than Winter 2024!

Plenty has been going on since I last updated you though! I have had lots of work to do on Debug (the deadline for issue 7 fell right after the campaign for GENERATIONS ended, typically), but between all of that I've been speaking with my new art editor Jhonatan Carneiro to get all of the art commissioned (I can't wait to show you what we have), discussing and refining the design with Steve from DayOne, getting first drafts in from our amazing writers, and working with a company to get started on those incredible pin badges!

Speaking of which, here is your first glimpse of a few of those badges in physical form! I should be receiving these samples soon to inspect in person, and am SO excited to see them.

I'm also really pleased to say that we'll be getting even more of Sean O'Briens amazing illustrations in the issue, which is really going to tie everything together nicely.

Finally, I will be opening surveys and a pre-order store via BackerKit within the next week. I won't be taking payment for shipping just yet, but you can confirm your order, answer a few survey questions, and even add some extra stuff if you'd like! I've had a lot of people say they missed the campaign and want a way to buy the magazine though, so opening the pre-order store will allow more people to buy the mag, and help me get a better handle on print numbers before January.

So the next update will be announcing the launch of the BackerKit survey and pre-order store - keep your eyes peeled! Until then, let me know if you have any questions at all. I'll be sure to keep you updated much more often from now on!

Andrew

Let's Do This!
2 months ago – Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 09:00:38 AM

Hello everyone!

Thank you so so much for believing in what we're doing with GENERATIONS, and helping us reach our goal to bring it to life! Now the hard work begins.

The next couple of weeks will see me liaise with everyone involved to get all the writing and art done, the design started, and more besides. Money from the campaign will hit GameBound's bank account after two weeks, and then it's full steam ahead to get the first issue to you as soon as we possibly can.

I anticipate opening the pledge manager (BackerKit) not too long after the money is deposited, but I will keep you updated on that. I will be sure to update you as often as I can about this whole process, too.

Thank you so much again. I literally couldn't do this without all of your support. Let's raise a glass (or in my case a slice of pizza — my post-funding tradition) to physical media!

Until next time!

Andrew J. Dickinson
Founder & Director, GameBound

90 Minute Warning!
2 months ago – Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 07:29:58 AM

Hello all!

There are only 90 minutes left to pledge! I'm dying to get to £16,666 before the end since it's spooky season, so if you could consider sharing the campaign with your family, friends, colleagues, and even strangers on socials... it'd mean the world to me!

I'll update again once the campaign ends.

See you on the other side!

Andrew J. Dickinson
Founder and Director of GameBound

WE'RE FUNDED!
2 months ago – Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 01:47:13 AM

Hello everyone!

I had wanted our first update to you to be celebrating that we had fully funded. It took a little longer to get there than I had anticipated, but we've finally reached our goal!

Thank you to everyone who has pledged to make GENERATIONS a reality. It means a lot to us here at GameBound, as well as all of the wonderful freelancers who are working on this issue with us. Your belief in our project means many people are getting paid for doing what they love, and a brand new video game magazine will enter the world with the ability to pay more people in the future to write, paint, photograph, and design. You're helping keep magazines alive in a year when we've already lost several. Thank you.

But it doesn't end here. The more we can make before the campaign ends, the more we do with this issue. Every additional pledge beyond our goal adds funds that will allow us to pay for additional illustrations, more writing, and lots of wonderful GENERATIONS Club content. So please, share this campaign with everyone you know, and let's end this campaign tomorrow with a bang!

Thank you again, and we cannot wait to deliver the very first issue of GENERATIONS to you.

Andrew J. Dickinson
Founder & Director, GameBound

P.S. If you'd like to come celebrate and chat with us, you can join our Discord server right now! https://discord.gg/uUYRt4hMaJ

P.P.S. If you haven't yet seen the video we made with some of our contributors, here it is!