Every bus heads full-speed toward the edge of the cliff. All but one falter, and tumble to their doom. The last one flies across the chasm, landing heavily, the passengers screaming but alive. Then we do it all again next year
#1576; In which the Audience participates (Part 3 of 3)
In case you missed it, here’s a video of one of our Machine of Death card game playtests! It gives you a brief look at some of the mechanics of how the game is played.
Our pledge campaign is still going strong! Thank you so much to everyone who’s supported us, we’re gonna make this game just the absolute best thing it can be!! Tonight we just broke 3500 backers which means that I have promised to record an audiobook version. Of our card game. We’re just gonna read all the cards in a row. It’ll probably be pretty great.
I was goofing around on Twitter today and tried to think of the dumbest viral video trend possible (in the fashion of planking or Harlem Shake videos). Here’s what I came up with!
(I don’t know if these Twitter embeds will show up on a feed, so if not, click through to the post to read them.)
New viral trend: videos of people in public places suddenly opening their arms wide to reveal long streamers attached. “streaming videos”
And the most interesting idea of all was psychologically getting into the head of some imaginary person who would — assuming that making SUDDENLY, STREAMERS! video is a prima facie dumb idea — nonetheless spend a lot of time and effort making them.
I’m now more interested in the sociology of a person trying to popularize SUDDENLY, STREAMERS videos despite all evidence that it’s terrible
The Machine of Death card game campaign is now over 500% funded and still going strong! I’ve been posting videos every day with updates. Thanks to those who are supporting the campaign, and we’re working on lots of cool new stuff to show you in the coming days!
There are also a few things I’d love some help with. Please email me (dave at wondermark dot com) if you are:
an infographics designer and would like to perhaps design an infographic for me. Please include links to past work, and your rate information.UPDATE: Got this. Thanks!
in the Southern California area and have an adorable kitten, just the sweetest, most adorable little thing. Ideally a little one, I’d say under six months old – and the rompier, the better. We need to make a video!
My heart has been racing at about 200 beats per minute nonstop for the last four days and I can’t get it to quiet down. Why? Because our Machine of Death card game Kickstarterhit its funding goal in its first 16 hours,doubled its funding the next day, tripled it the next day, and just hit $90K a few minutes ago. It’s…intense.
If you’re curious about the game, check out our first gameplay video (above or here). There are lots of different ways to play the game, depending on your preferences, but this is a good example round.
I’ve been posting video updates every day as I increasingly try to process what’s happening. Already we’ve smashed through tons of stretch goals and have approximately doubled the number of game cards going to every backer. (These include free bonuses that will only be included with Kickstarter orders! The retail version of the game, when it goes up for sale this summer, will come with fewer cards.)
Pledgers have also unlocked THREE FREE PREVIEW STORIES from the upcoming Machine of Death sequel, This is How You Die! You can go read them right now for free:
I’m thrilled and humbled by the incredible response to the campaign and I apologize if it’s all I’m able to talk about for a little while. Ryan warned me, after his own campaign blasted into the stratosphere, that I wouldn’t be able to get anything else done while this was going on. “Pshaw,” I thought to myself. “Surely I can continue all other things apace while answering dozens of backer questions per hour, crunching data to try and track the campaign’s progress, corresponding with artists and game manufacturers, and making video updates!”
I’m so pleased to announce that the Machine of Death card game I’ve been working on for over a year is now live on Kickstarter!
It’s a collaborative storytelling game where you and your fellow players have to come up with absurd, Rube-Goldberg-type scenarios to kill fictional targets. Sort of like a Road Runner cartoon, except instead of a hungry coyote it’s YOU, and instead of the desert, you could be in SPACE or ON A ZEPPELIN or UNDERWATER or IN A MACY’S or AT GRANDMA’S HOUSE. (The Acme catalog is basically the same though.)
I’m super proud of this game and I hope you like it too! I’m also really proud of the video we made, which I think is a lot of fun. (Posted above, or, if you’re on a feed, here it is on Kickstarter.) Hooray!
For those keeping score at home, our second volume in the Machine of Death series, This is How You Die, is still scheduled to come out in July, premiering at the San Diego Comic-Con! We’re really excited for it. But in the interim, while we wait, Kris Straub and I have been working on something else: a Machine of Death card game!
It’s called Machine of Death: The Game of Creative Assassination and it’s as wacky and ridiculous as the book is serious and reflective. I’ve been developing this game for over a year now, and I’m thrilled to announce that we’ll be launching a Kickstarter for it this week! It’s finally done and I’m excited for you to see it.
Also, over at the MOD site, I’ve just posted an interview that Kris conducted with Ryan North and me on the subject of This is How You Die. We talk a little about how we chose stories for the second book, as well as some of what we’re looking forward to about it. Here’s the link!
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