Steam Early Access is a great way to get the game in front of a wider audience, and get feedback from the general public to help make Spirit Island the best game it can possibly be. A game in Early Access is under active development and it will be updated regularly.
The current version allows you to play full games with 1-4 Spirits. Most of the content of the core game of Spirit Island is implemented and playable: all Spirits, Power cards, Scenarios, and 2 Adversaries.
One of the most important aspects of Early Access is hearing from you, the players. You can send feedback (like suggestions or bug reports) directly in-game. Handelabra Games will directly respond to players who send feedback, and take all feedback into consideration during development. A public Trello board will be available to keep tabs on the development progress. And they welcome discussions on the Steam community forum & their Discord channel.
When can I start playing?
If you’ve already backed the campaign, and your pledge includes a Steam Key for Spirit Island, you will receive an email from BackerKit letting you know when your key or keys become available! While you can redeem your key any time, the game won’t become playable until next Thursday, April 16th at the actual release.
We’re excited to get Spirit Island onto the digital tabletop, and we know you are too so tell your friends! They can add the game to their Steam wish list at any time to be notified when the game is available. Handelabra Games is even offering a 15% discount for the first week! Your efforts in spreading the word lead to enough pre-orders to achieve ALL stretch goals, so don’t let up now!
Without your support, this day may have never come, so thank you for all your efforts. In less than a week, you’ll be working with the Dahan to protect the island!
Printing, Backerkit, and more!
about 4 years ago
– Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 07:06:10 PM
Hello, and welcome to your April update!
This update we will talk about our timeline, Backerkit, a Kickstarter campaign for R. Eric Reuss’ new game calledFor Science!, an all-new Spirit Spotlight, and the effects of COVID-19 on our company.
Timeline
Spirit Island: Jagged Earth is being printed as we speak! The factory is back online and has told us that they are hoping to finish the printing and assembly process in late May or early June.
Backerkit
We believe that we have finally solved the Backerkit issue of overcharging for shipping. We have also emailed all of our Brazilian backers to ask for additional shipping information. If you are a backer in Brazil and you have not received an email from us, please email [email protected].
Based on the timeline from our manufacturing partner, we will officially close the Backerkit on May 8th, so please update your shipping addresses now by logging into your account or emailing us at [email protected].
For Science!
Eric has created a new co-op game!
For Science!is a real-time, dexterity, and spatial co-op where you first design Cures using cards, then build the Cures using wooden blocks. If a Cure is too hard for you to build, you can always go back and re-design a new one - but the clock is constantly running, and you only have 15 minutes!
The For Science! Kickstarter campaign launches today, April 7th, at 1 PM CST and is running for 24 days, so go check it out! For Science!
Spirit Spotlight
Here’s another Spirit Spotlight, this one all about Lightning's Swift Strike!
COVID-19
Greater Than Games is currently practicing social distancing. The majority of our staff are on remote work currently, with the exception of our warehouse staff, which is reduced but still practicing social distancing while still working.
We miss being able to go out and play games, and I'm sure many of you are in a similar position. With that in mind, our team worked to create some print-and-play-at-home content to help during this time! Upcoming content for Spirit Island: Jagged Earth is now available, as well as Medium, Lost in the Woods and BRAWL, an older title from Cheapass Games.
In addition to that, we are also running three weekly live streams throughout the month of April where we play GTG games on Tabletop Simulator and answer questions.
Backerkit Update
about 4 years ago
– Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 03:31:24 AM
Hello, folks! Maggie here with a small update about Backerkit. We have worked with the Backerkit team to resolve some of the issues we were facing.
Any new EU pre-orders should be charged VAT per item for the country it's shipping to and a $15 base shipping fee. All new non-EU, CA, UK or US shipments should be charged $49 per item.
See Update #19 for more details about shipping prices.
We are working with Backerkit currently to adjust previously placed orders. We will keep everyone informed as we go, and we will be keeping the Backerkit open until we have resolved these issues. Once we have posted that everything is resolved, we will give everyone a week before we lock the Backerkit.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
- Maggie
Backerkit, Production and More Spirit Spotlights!
about 4 years ago
– Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 02:18:39 AM
Hi, folks! Maggie here with your March update!
Let’s talk about where we are in the production process, Backerkit, and show off another awesome Spirit Spotlight!
Production Process
We were planning on production beginning by the end of the month, but the factories have been closed due to Coronavirus. We have not heard when they will begin production on Jagged Earth, but there is news that factories should be reopening in the next few weeks
The premium token pack is being produced by a different manufacturer, Panda, and they are officially operational already so we production will begin soon on those packs.
We will communicate any new information that we receive from our manufacturing partner Liya to you in next month’s update.
Backerkit
We will be closing Backerkit a little earlier than we initially planned. Our Backerkit is closing on March 17th. Please email [email protected] for any assistance with Backerkit.
Additionally, we will be sending an email to all Brazilian backers asking for further information so we can accurately ship their packages. Please be on the lookout for that email this week, and if you are a Brazilian backer that does not receive an email by March 17th, email [email protected].
Spirit Spotlight video
Thank you all - we’re looking forward to sharing news of printing and production success with you soon!
- Maggie
Spirit Spotlight: Ocean's Hungry Grasp
about 4 years ago
– Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 02:01:26 AM
Sorry for the delay folks! This video took some extra elbow grease, but thanks to Trevor, our amazing Media Producer, it is ready!
