Nothing Much to Report, But Letting You Know!
about 1 month ago
– Sat, Dec 07, 2024 at 02:30:28 PM
Howdy, all! Nonat Here.
This is a simple update to let you know that we're still working. We don't have anything super flashy to show you this week (But you can still check out the full 90-page preview of the Codex by clicking Here) but we still wanted to post this update so you know we're still here!
I've obviously been busy with Nonat November which has MASSIVELY exceeded all of my expectations. (I assumed it would last 7 days maximum...and I'm writing this while live on day 37...) I'll be trying to get back to work on NPC design on stream soon, and, as always, Shawn has been working their butt off to get things organized as launch inches closer and closer. We still don't have a dedicated final release date, but we're still here and we're still working. Thank you all so much as always!
Our BIGGEST UPDATE IN OVER A YEAR!!! - Sinclair's Codex Preview
about 2 months ago
– Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 10:37:59 AM
It's here. Thanks to all of your patience and the hard work of our team (ESPECIALLY Shawn "Eldritch Dream") we're finally proud to present a NINETY PAGE LONG preview of the Codex! With over 30 distinct NPCs to use in your games along with tons of unique abilities and magic items that you can give to your players, this preview is chock full of so much juicy content, and we're so excited to get it in your hands.
We say it every update, but we can't thank you enough for your patience and understanding over the years. We sincerely hope you can see our work and perseverence shining through in this preview. I won't make this post any longer than it needs to be. Enjoy.
Sinclair's Codex
"Weekly" Update #3: Big Things Coming
2 months ago
– Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 09:03:18 AM
Howdy all! Nonat Here!
It's been an INSANE two weeks. I got home from visiting my folks and jumped right into the Nonat November Subathon which has dominated my life FAR more than I ever expected! (Later this week I'll be working on some Sinclair's content live though!) That's the reason this update is so much later. Simply put, I lot total track of time and 10 days passed a lot faster than expected!
But our very own Eldritch Dream has been CRANKING out content to prepare our biggest Backer Preview in a long time! We'll be releasing the OFFICIAL CODEX PREVIEW!! Backers will be getting a massive 90+ page preview of the Codex PDF full of NPCs from all six different chapters! Civilians, Heroes, Lone Wolves, Groups, Villains, and Nemeses!!
So enjoy this little teaser of one NPC, Daichi. Soon, you'll have an entire PDF of NPCs at your disposal full of characters you can plug and play in your home campaigns! We're so excited to get this PDF in your hands, so look forward to that soon!
See yall next week!
Weekly Progress Update #2: Tiny Furies
3 months ago
– Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 10:26:56 AM
Howdy, all! Nonat here.
This week's update is a little bit late, and that's on me. I was out in North Carolina for the week visiting my folks. Luckily, our resident NPC and Layout expert, Shawn "EldritchDream", has been hard at work in my absence! In fact, you can WATCH THEM hard at work on their Twitch streams where they edit for Sinclair's Library live along with their other TTRPG creations!
Over the past week, Shawn has put heavy work into one of our Organizations, The Tiny Furies. These are entire collections of NPCs with interconnected lore and tactics! This band of mercenaries are filled with unique story beats, abilities, and even equipment such as Ribbin's Hammer!
This is also an example of something that is almost ready for print. It's in the second-to-last stage of development. This is where we clean up the remaining bits and pieces. Layout glitches and minor grammar errors are all cleaned up from here, so you might still see a couple laying around in this preview. (Such as the table on page 2 not looking quite right) But we want to show you as much of our process as possible, and that includes the messy parts!
So click here to enjoy the Tiny Furies and all of the mayhem they have to offer! See yall next week!
Weekly Progress Update #1: Bailey Brightbrew!
3 months ago
– Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 06:05:59 PM
Howdy, all! Nonat here!
This week flew by faster than I expected, but I'm here to provide you the weekly content update that I promised 7 days ago. Today I'm showing you what an NPC looks like as a first draft. Introducing Bailey Brightbrew, an example of our Civilian NPCs! This version is before any real heavy editing and balancing is done to the entry. I designed this one myself with some help from Eldritch Dream.
Sinclair's has a 6-step editing process of: Draft > Edit > First Pass > Revise > Second Pass > Layout. Bailey Brightbrew is done the Draft stage and ready for a first round of editing. Once the obvious grammar, syntax and balancing errors are edited, we do another pass through to catch some less obvious things. We'll possibly change some lore or abilities on the stat block and move it onto the revision stage. We pass over the content once more, hopefully fixing anything miniscule left over, and then send it out for layout!
Check out Bailey Brightbrew's first draft!
So, once the book is done, try coming back to this post and comparing the final version of Bailey to their original form! You might be surprised just how much gets cleaned and changed along the content pipeline!
