Hey there folks, we're nearing the end of Zinetopia and this crowdfunding campaign!

As of right now, there are still 11ish hours to go til the end of the campaign, which means we may still be able to hit that final stretch goal! Even if we don't, thank you from the bottom of my heart to all who have shared and backed the project. The support for this blew past my expectations, and I'm so, SO excited to share these one-page games with you all! They've been so much fun to write and design, and I know that I will continue to write one-pagers (mixed in with my larger games) for a long time to come. :)

Also, if you want to have another project to look forward to backing in the future, I highly recommend following the teaser page for Midnight in Jubilation - A Solo Horror RPG by Blackwood Press. The creator is a dear friend of mine and an incredible horror writer/storyteller, so I know that this game is going to be phenomenal. I'm going to be hitting that "pledge" button as soon as the project launches, and you should too!

Thank you again, friends, and I'll see you on the finish line!

Anya

Good news, everyone! (*insert Professor Farnsworth GIF here*) Last night, we hit the third stretch goal, which means that I will be adding 100 community copies to the digital PDF itch.io pages of the six core games when they're published. 💕 I'm so excited to share these games with people who may otherwise not have been able to afford them, and I thank all of you for making that possible.

Our last stretch goal is only €452 away, and if we hit it before the end of Zinetopia, I'll commission an artist to add a couple of original spot art pieces to one or two of the projects. I've already reached out to the artist that I'll be commissioning for this, and we've been bouncing ideas back and forth. Normally, with these one-pagers, I use Creative Commons and/or public-domain artwork, so I'm excited to hopefully pay this artist to contribute to this bundle!

If you haven't backed the project yet, please consider doing so to support your small indie creatives! If you are unable to do so at this time, you can also choose the "Supporter" pledge level and then add items to your cart when the Pledge Manager surveys go out.

You can also share the project on social media and support other folks who are a part of Zinetopia! Remember that if you back 5+ Zinetopia projects, you will receive a digital group zine of one-page projects from each of us. I contributed a game where you play a mischief of magpies collecting shiny objects and vying to be the Supreme Magpie!

Thank you again from the bottom of my heart to each and every one of you who has supported and shared this project with others. This wouldn't be possible without you!

Anya

Hey everybody, I just wanted to give a quick update! I just finished recording and editing my play-through of the cassandra protocol, and I will be streaming it at 6pm CET/noon ET today! Learn Alicia's tragic story about how she tried to save her spaceship from a cataclysmic event. The VOD will also be available on my YouTube channel if you can't make the Twitch livestream. :)

We only have six days to go until the end of Zinetopia! Shocking how quickly the time has passed. There are still two stretch goals that remain; can we hit them before the timer runs out? At €2.5K, I'll add 100 community copies to each of the core six games' itch.io pages when they go live, and at €3K, I'll commission an artist for some spot art pieces for the one-pagers that are as yet unfinished. :D

There are eight projects remaining in Zinetopia that have yet to be funded, and many of them are so close to their goals!

I hope to see you in the chat for the cassandra protocol, and if not, I'll see y'all around! :D Let's smash through those stretch goals!

Anya

Hey there, friends! I'm sure that many of you are being bombarded with emails from BackerKit for Zinetopia and didn't want to flood your inboxes too much in the first couple of days. Thank you, everyone, for backing, sharing, and/or supporting this project!

That's all from me for now. Be sure to check out some of the other incredible projects and games that are on offer for Zinetopia. I admit, I've already backed 11 of them (though, you probably got emails about that. 😂)

Anya
La Lionne Publishing

Hello friends!

Y'all continue to stun and amaze me with your enthusiasm for this project! I woke up this morning to, once again, blowing past a stretch goal! This means that not only will I be writing an extra one-pager for y'all, but it will also be printed and included in all physical backers' orders! I only had the two stretch goals planned, and will have to give some thought to what more we can do. 🥰

I love to share some of my process/thoughts about gaming and TTRPGs in these, because I don't think players who aren't also creators always get to see that side of things. I've been vending at a lot of conventions here in Europe over the last year and change. Something truly surprising and joyful for me happened at these cons: People would buy my one-pagers and then find a table or bit of floor space to sit down with their friends and play my games for a half hour or an hour, then come back and tell me how much they enjoyed being chaotic geese or writing potion-themed poetry! It was such a cool experience, and I am so happy to continue to share that love of gaming and roleplaying with you all.

I'm on my way home from a trip to the U.K. at the moment, so this is not the best photo in the world, but I wanted to show off the finished folders for this project to you all! The colors are mostly accurate to real life and are soft-touch. (When I tell you that people pet my folders at conventions, I'm not joking. 😂) I've also updated the design of the Vol. 1 folders to say "Volume #1."



Just a reminder: if you haven't yet, backing the project in the first 48 hours (so... the next 10 hours or so, if I did my math right) will also get you the Early Bird one-pager, which is indeed Early Bird-themed! 🤭 I couldn't resist, the prompt idea was right there.

That's all from me for now. I'll update you all soon with our next stretch goal to unlock! 💕

Anya
La Lionne Publishing