From the Ground Up - Building a Game Company

[Eosin the Red]

Thanks for the input Morg.

I hope to have the guide done tomorrow. Like you, I am leaning towards a NDA.....I suppose that I will need to get my greedy little paws on one of those.


I am having hell with The Last Dominion logo. It goes on everything and I am waffling on the colors/looks. This is not a decsion to waffle on!

Randy

PS - the game day for OKC was awesome and I had a blast running the Wheel of Time game.

 

[Tuzenbach]

The Night of Fire Adventure Line
The Last Dominion Campaign Setting for the d20 System
Designed by Randy Madden and Steven Russell
Cover by Jeff Ward
Interior Art by Jason McCuiston
Character Studies by Lee Smith
Cartography by Clayton Bunce
64 pages, PDF
MSRP: $8.95


Scholars and mages study the sky seeking to uncover the secrets of the strange lights that streak through the sky. When the sky is glowing, the village folk make signs to ward off evil and scurry into their homes for fear of what is to come. Priests watch the sky and pray; they seek answers from their divine patrons and reassurance for their flocks. If the fire in the sky is an omen, none speak of it.

While the sky is on fire, two dynastic struggles threaten to plunge the kingdom into civil war. The king has disinherited the grandchild of his most powerful vassal, Duke Wingate. Meanwhile, the king's half brother, Prince Caras is marching with his troops in the hopes of claiming the throne he believes is his by the right of birth.

While the lights dazzle the sky and the nobles play kingmaker, within the forests and mountains of the Eastern Marches sinister plots are coming to fruition. Caught between the forces of heaven and earth, a countess and her son fight for survival on the Night of Fire.

The Night of Fire is an adventure scenario designed for 1st to 3rd level characters. This module may be played alone or as part of an ongoing campaign.

Written by Randy Madden
Produced by Pencil Pushers Publishing - www.Pencilpushers.net
Coming May 30th

You've made two mistakes so far:

1. Establishing a website geared towards the distribution of either free product or product for sale......WITH NO PRODUCT!!! What you SHOULD HAVE done (I know, hindsight is 20/20) would have been to launch the website and the product(s) SIMULTANEOULSY. As it stands, you have a website that potential consumers have already passed judgement on. What'll bring them back, pleasant emails? A good way to lose customers is to make them wait, i.e., "Look what I've got! Oh, but it won't be ready for another eight weeks. Sorry!" Would you like it if someone did that to you?

2. Product description: OK, I've been reading the bulk of this thread for the past hour and you're quite a communicative and thorough writer. Why the hell is it, then, that you've put the word "sky" twice in the opening (the most important) sentence?!?! Again, as a consumer, I'd be driven to your competition based soley upon the first sentence of your first product's description. Did I even bother to read the following sentences? WOULD YOU HAVE? Rewrite the first sentence and replace the first "sky" with "heavens" or "stars" or "celestial bodies" or similar lore. DO IT! Then (and ONLY THEN!) will I be able to read the following sentences.

 

[Eosin the Red]

The Night of Fire Adventure Line
The Last Dominion Campaign Setting for the d20 System
Designed by Randy Madden and Steven Russell
Cover by Jeff Ward
Interior Art by Jason McCuiston
Character Studies by Lee Smith
Cartography by Clayton Bunce
64 pages, PDF
MSRP: $8.95


Scholars and mages study the heavens seeking to uncover the secrets of the strange lights that streak through the sky. Village folk make signs to ward off evil and scurry into their homes for fear of what is to come. Priests watch and pray; they seek answers from their divine patrons and reassurance for their flocks. If the fire in the sky is an omen, none speak of it.

In Middea, two dynastic struggles threaten to plunge the kingdom into civil war. The king has disinherited the grandchild of his most powerful vassal, Duke Wingate. Meanwhile, the king's half brother, Prince Caras is marching with his troops in the hopes of claiming the throne he believes is his by the right of birth.

Caught between the forces of heaven and earth, a countess and her son fight for survival on the Night of Fire.

The Night of Fire is an adventure scenario designed for 1st to 3rd level characters. This module may be played alone or as part of an ongoing campaign.

Written by Randy Madden
Produced by Pencil Pushers Publishing - www.Pencilpushers.net

 

[Eosin the Red]

You've made two mistakes so far:

1. Establishing a website geared towards the distribution of either free product or product for sale......WITH NO PRODUCT!!! [SNIP]

2. Product description: OK, I've been reading the bulk of this thread.....

Well now,

Thanks for the direct advice. I hope the corrected release sounds a little better and I will administer 3 floggings to myself

Part one,
I can agree with this on some points BUT I plan on having some stuff up by the end of this week or the beginning of the next. We ***PLAN*** on offering a little free ditty every 1-3 weeks to get a reputation until product comes out. I want people to know 3P before they spend money on 3P....but you still have a valid point.

Thanks for your comments.

Anything else I need to fix

 

[Tuzenbach]

The Night of Fire Adventure Line
The Last Dominion Campaign Setting for the d20 System
Designed by Randy Madden and Steven Russell
Cover by Jeff Ward
Interior Art by Jason McCuiston
Character Studies by Lee Smith
Cartography by Clayton Bunce
64 pages, PDF
MSRP: $8.95


Scholars and mages study the heavens seeking to uncover the secrets of the strange lights that streak through the sky. Village folk make signs to ward off evil and scurry into their homes for fear of what is to come. Priests watch and pray; they seek answers from their divine patrons and reassurance for their flocks. If the fire in the sky is an omen, none speak of it.

In Middea, two dynastic struggles threaten to plunge the kingdom into civil war. The king has disinherited the grandchild of his most powerful vassal, Duke Wingate. Meanwhile, the king's half brother, Prince Caras is marching with his troops in the hopes of claiming the throne he believes is his by the right of birth.

Caught between the forces of heaven and earth, a countess and her son fight for survival on the Night of Fire.

The Night of Fire is an adventure scenario designed for 1st to 3rd level characters. This module may be played alone or as part of an ongoing campaign.

Written by Randy Madden
Produced by Pencil Pushers Publishing - www.Pencilpushers.net

It's better. It's still a little convoluted, but it's definitely better. There seems an awful lot of information to absorb there. Remember, the "blurb" should be geared towards bringing in customers, not confusing them with extraneous details. Think of how movie trailers are presented. You want a couple of 3-4 sentence paragraphs that are easily digested by the populace and succeed in making them want to read more.

 

[Qwillion]

never mind I lost my mind on this post, I am going to go look for it

 

[Eosin the Red]

I have some of the artwork back from Jason, the interior artist.

This is called Ill Omen.

 

[Eosin the Red]

I would like to announce that the website is not offically launched as of yet.

Well, the website is launched, we just are not pimping it.

 

[Qwillion]

I love the picture , though I wish you could see someones facial reaction too it. Yet I think the idea of looking up and being full of awe is portayed well, The askewed point of view is a nice way of showing that it upsets the world.

I assume this was Jason who did the artwork (though it does not say as much, shame on you for not giving an artist his due, then again you paid him for it LMAO!)

 

[Qwillion]

Silven and new introductions

At Eosins Request (and chigrin that he did not write these) here are some product intros and our business philosphy.

they appeared originally in the Silven.com forums where you can also find a free preview of Here there be Monsters! Quillion's Quill #19: Pencil Pushers Publishing


Pencil Pushers Publishing is a d20 company that strives for a sense of the mythical in its products, our philosphy is to put out only truly great products that we believe in.

The first two releases from Pencil Pushers Publishing are:


The Nights of Fire Adventure Series by Randy Madden

Cover by Jeff Ward
Interior Art by Jason McCuiston
Character Studies by Lee Smith
Cartography by Clayton Bunce
64 pages, PDF

Nights of Fire is a 1st level introductory adventure series set in the world of The Last Dominion. A world stuggling against the corruption and evil within us all given form in the plauge of darkness known as The Ennwrathi

Nights of Fire combines hard hitting action adventure with the struggles of family and political intrigue.

Here there be Monsters by Steven Russell
Edited by David Paul
A Supplement for All Levels of Play

The mythical nature of The Last Dominion changes all that you thought you knew about monsters. You will find unique varients of your favorite monsters. Players will be facinated by monstrous races that dominate the north. GMs will find gleeful ammusement in threatening and corrupting thier players with those monsters born of the Ennwrathi, and those who have chosen to embrace it.

Here There Be Mosnters promises to be a gaming supplement beyond what gone before!