kickstartin' it

[rivendellrose]

My dear friends over at Royal Archivist Publishing have started a Kickstarter project to raise money for art to beautify their written universe. In their words:

We're launching our site and our universe in March, and while we have a guidebook about the universe full of expressive words that we think will inspire storytellers of all stripes to want to make cool stories with us, the book is kinda plain right now. It's just text. Don't get us wrong: we love words! But we also love art, and we don't have any. If you also love sci-fi and fantasy art (or horror or steampunk art) our project is right up your alley!

Check out the full info on the Kickstarter project here, or go to their website (which will be getting much prettier next month, I'm told) for more info about them in general.

(In the interest of full-disclosure, I'm doing a bit of work for them myself. But I can also personally vouch for the fact that they're good people who know how to use their resources. And that this thing is going to rock.)

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Elevator pitch? I took a quick look around but I'm curious as to how you view this, as somebody who's familiar with it.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Royal Archivist Publishing is a creative media company based on interactive storytelling in a shared science-fantasy universe. Via our website, you will be able to access our daily columns, forums, store, PDFs, and short stories, and have the chance to contribute to the canon of our expanding shared universe.

Our initial product line includes universe source-books and fiction, and we look to expand into novel lines, universe-related merchandise, sequential art, and games–both analogy and computer-based.

(That bit of marketese is from the website. ^_^)

... the shared universe thing seems to confuse people the most. The best comparison I've heard so far is that it's similar to the Marvel or DC universe in concept. Lots of stories and characters all being told within one, much larger world.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I apparently managed to miss that. (:

Shared Universe is not confusing for me. I discovered Borderlands as a teenager.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I pointed out it was on the website not to say "gee, didn't you see it?" but because it doesn't sound like my natural "speech" pattern, and I was explaining that XD

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

And I didn't mean to sound snarky--I actually did miss it, and I'm glad to be pointed toward it. Plus, I expect an elevator pitch to sound like nothing anybody would ever say in real life. (: