FAZA Progress Report: May 2020

Hi Everyone,

Longpack Games sent us a sample copy to review. I’m currently going through it in detail to ensure everything looks good before we give the okay to move forward with producing all the games. Enjoy the pictures below showing the package, the game and all its pieces.

It arrived in an abundance of bubble wrap…

Opening the box, we’re greeted by a menacing FAZA alien…

The chipboard pieces are looking good!

Read through all the FAZA event cards, they also look good…

I’m so glad we unlocked the meeple stretch goal. They’re awesome!

I set up the game for good measure.

A couple more shots of those meeples, motherships, and board tiles…

And finally, here’s everything packed up and put back in the box.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Thank you,

Ben

Edit: Updated to include an image of the front and back of the box side by side below.

The above progress report was cross-posted on FAZA’s Kickstarter campaign.

FAZA Progress Report: April 2020

Hi Everyone!

I hope you’re all staying safe during the pandemic. I wanted to update you all on a few items:

  • We’ve completed the remaining graphic design work. The back of the box was the last item on the list and Anthony has done a stellar job! If you like what you see in the image below, be sure to thank him for his creative work and all of his effort.
  • On the manufacturing side of things, we made our initial deposit payment with Longpack Games to begin the manufacturing process. We sent over our design files, they reviewed them, and have given us feedback on tweaking the bar code side of the box.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Thank you,

Ben

The above progress report was cross-posted on FAZA’s Kickstarter campaign.

FAZA Progress Report: March 2020

Hi Everyone,

I hope you’re all holding up okay during the pandemic! We wanted to check-in and also make you all aware the graphic design work has been taking a little longer than expected. Anthony’s health has taken priority in his life, and he’s been trying to fit in graphic design work on FAZA in-between chemo treatments. We are very close to finishing this stage of the process and will be moving on to manufacturing once it’s done. As soon as the graphic design work is completed, I’ll follow-up with another update.

Stay Safe,

Ben

The above progress report was cross-posted on FAZA’s Kickstarter campaign.

Progress Report: January 2020

Since the last progress report, we have the following updates:

  • The graphic design work for the rulebook has been completed by Anthony. There’s a lot of work that’s gone into this and it shows. You’re welcome to download the rulebook here or click the image below. (FYI, the rulebook you’re downloading was compressed from 25 MB down to 6 MB, so image qualities were reduced to save space).
  • The manufacturing files for the cards (34 FAZA event cards, the 16 player cards, the 8 character cards) and the chipboard pieces (board tiles, mothership standees, mothership activation tracker, difficulty & reference tiles, mothership guide tiles) have been prepared for Longpack. 
  • We are in the process of completing the design for the back of the box.

The above progress report was cross-posted on FAZA’s Kickstarters campaign.

Progress Report: November 2019

Over the month of November we worked on the following items:

  • We finished a first draft of the rulebook with new graphic design and layout. We’re currently in the process of proofreading this draft and will be sharing it in a future update as soon as we’re done editing.
  • We prepared the 34 FAZA Event Cards, the 16 Player Cards, and the 8 Character Cards in the  format Longpack Games requires for printing. We’re also currently in the process of laying out the chipboard pieces in the format outlined by Longpack Games.

The above progress report was cross-posted on FAZA’s Kickstarters campaign.

Progress Report: September 2019

Posting a brief progress report for September. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about the items below.

  •  Kickstarter Reward Survey: We’re planning to use Kickstarter’s reward survey instead of a pledge manager. We’ll plan to send out a survey asking for addresses when we’re closer to fulfillment.
  •  Custom Meeples: We’ve added screen printed icons to the custom player meeples. These icons will ensure people experiencing colorblindness are able to distinguish between them. We also used a Chrome plugin to simulate various forms of colorblindness (Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia, Protanomaly, Deuteranomaly, Tritanomaly, Achromatopsia, and Achromatomaly) and learned the colors for the FAZA Drone (orange) and Rebel FAZA (purple) meeples are able to be distinguished from one another.
  •  Rulebook Graphics: The graphic design work for the 20 page rulebook is still in progress. When it’s done, we’ll make it available to download so you may review it.
  •  Stretch Goal Board Art: Scott Chantler has finished up the queue of work that was ahead of our work for FAZA and has started on the additional board art.
  •  Honorary Producers: Prototype copies of FAZA have been delivered to the honorary producers as part of their reward.

The above progress report was cross-posted on FAZA’s Kickstarter campaign.