Eric OaklandGoing Live Tomorrow

Hey friends! Check out this cute photo shoot image my daughter and I took for the Kickstarter Campaign which goes live this Saturday February 1st, 2025. Go check it out https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scalybeast/roomino

This was the proof copy of the book - a bit darker than the final print.

This is not a huge campaign, it’s an TEST THE WATERS campaign to see if I even liked doing it. But jumping into the indie game design community and hunting down a bunch of resources has made this a lot of fun.

December and January have been a whirlwind, taking the shoddy manuscript I had been pushing on all of you and turning it into something that I’m ready to take to market.

Tomorrow I may reach out to you individually to invite you to view the page - no obligation to become a backer of course.

Campaign ends February 15
Printing happens in March
Shipping happens in April
Online Stores happen in May (if not sooner)

I’ve already started thinking about new games to write; More for Explore ROOMS and some that go in other directions altogether. The best advice I’ve gotten is to write a bunch of bad games.

I’m changing this newsletter from a Play Tester newsletter to a community newsletter as I seek out more subscribers to follow along on this journey. So if you’re up for learning more about the journey tomorrow and beyond, then stick around. But if you gotta go, I’ve appreciated having your name on this list.

Also, Thank you to Payvand, Oliver, Reza, Aaron, Tess, June, Nick, Nora, Owen, Kenny, Owen, & Evan for playing the game and sharing with me how much you enjoyed it! And thank you to everyone else who encouraged me thus far.

See you in the next ROOM! (Is that not a killer sign off?)

-Eric

Going Live Tomorrow!

We’re Going to Roomino!

A Big KICK in the Pants