Showing posts with label Obsidian Twilight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obsidian Twilight. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Campaign Setting with Toolkits

One of the more interesting things I discovered while working on Obsidian Apocalypse, is that when you build a campaign work, you never really know how people are going to use it to play their game.  When we built Obsidian Twilight (the predecessor to Obsidian Apocalypse), I thought of it as a zombie apocalypse setting but others thought it was a post apocalypse good versus evil setting. While even more thought that it would be more gothic / classic horror.  


The reason is that people have their own interpretation of the word “horror”.  So that is why we have a “generic” setting for Obsidian Apocalypse plus four custom toolkits that you can make your own custom setting and people have really responded to it. So I am wondering, is this something people would like to see campaign setting do in the future: One main “generic” concept of the setting a several toolkits to customize it any way that you might like to?  Please let me know what you think. Thanks! 

Friday, December 13, 2013

Obsidian Apocalypse: The circle is now complete…

A few days ago, our editor sent me the last corrections that I needed to do on the book.  I finished off the last little bit of corrections this morning and I now exporting out the high res version that I can upload so you donors can download.  

That is right people; the PDF of Obsidian Apocalypse is now 100% completed.

So how do you get you copy is your next question?

The plan is to upload the finished PDF to DriveThruRPG.com and RPGNow.com where we will send out a special code to all the donors so they can get their FREE COPY of the PDF.  I am planning to upload the interior pages of the book for Print On Demand (POD) versions this weekend, so we can start ordering the full color versions and soon as possible and get them out by the start of the new year. 


As always, thank you for your support of this project, from beginning to end. We could not have done this without you.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Another Race for Obsidian Twilight that is returning as a monster in Obsidian Apocalypse, the Uzamati


This has one of the coolest ideas that came up race-wise for Obsidian Twilight, but with the revamp for Obsidian Apocalypse there was NO WAY we could do this as a race for the setting. The Uzamati, while AMAZINGLY cool, were “broken” due to their powerful abilities when compared to the other races of Obsidian Twilight who were ALREADY on the powerful side of playable races. Guess those who did not donated to the Obsidian Apocalypse kickstarter are going to have to wait and see what we did. Talk to you later...

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Obsidian Apocalypse: World of Abaddon available this week...

Here is a little some thing to get you interested in what is going to happen in this setting and for the upcoming Kickstarter project. You can expect to see it some time this week, but best of all it is COMPLETELY FREE!!! Start saving your money Pathfinder fans, Obsidian Apocalypse is going to be the biggest Kickstarter event of the year. Talk to you later...

Monday, June 11, 2012

Obsidian Apocalypse: The Iconic headshots

So with any good setting you need a group of icons that really help define the look and feel of what they typical player character might be in this setting.  With that we have our first image of the Obsidian Apocalypse Iconics. Here is the name of the iconics:


While these is a rough draft and of course there will be changes, you can see where we are going with the update to the original Obsidian Twilight setting. 

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Obsidian Apocalypse: Color test for Asi Magnor

Here is the latest update to the Asi Magnor image. A little color makes him even more scary. What do you think? I think Obsidian Apocalypse is going to be even more incredible than I think it is going to be.  Talk to you later...

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Obsidian Apocalypse: Second draft sketch of Asi Magnor

So you can see that we picked #2. We think it give more power in the images.  This looks like it is going to be a great image. Talk to you later...

Friday, June 8, 2012

Obsidian Apocalypse: Sample page layout test

Some sample page layout I am working on. Just trying to make sure we get the right look. What do you think about it?

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Rough draft sketches of Asi Magnor for Obsidian Apocalypse...

Since the original art for Asi Magnor was not the one I wanted to use in the Obsidian Twilight, the first thing I did when assigning new artwork was getting Asi a whole new character design for Obsidian Apocalypse. And with that, here are the four sketches from our artist to choose which one we like. So Pathfinder RPG and Paizo fans, which sketch do you like the best? Let us know! Talk to you later...

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Obsidian Apocalypse: Five Artists now onboard…


We are took another step in the direction to helping make ObsidianApocalypse an amazing success with the signing of FIVE artists to work on this project, including several of the original artists who worked on ObsidianTwilight.  This is the part of designing a world that I love the most, the visual appeal of the Obsidian Apocalypse setting.  I feel that people do judge a book by its cover and I want to make sure that we have the best looking cover (and interior artwork) possible. When the artwork for a campaign setting is right, it only helps make the work MORE believable and real.  We want Obsidian Apocalypse to be the most visually striking and appealing artwork dealing with such a powerful subjects and genres as post-apocalypse and survival horror. Both of these genres have been built with iconic images and we also would like to capture that feeling with our setting. 

While we will be using some artwork from the original Obsidian Twilight setting, we will be updating a few of the original drawing to give them more impact such as the character design of Harrowed race and Asi Magnor for example.  Plus the addition of more headshot portraits and half page images only help make this project a greater success. I would like our artwork and graphic design to rival that of Paizo’s.  I hope to release an Obsidian Apocalypse: World of Abaddon starter book very soon so people can get a taste of what we have done and what we have planned and give you that first glimpse into this amazing setting.  Talk to you later…

Sunday, May 27, 2012

I guess this images just says it all...

Well I have wanted to update Obsidian Twilight to an updated version which we are calling Obsidian Apocalypse and after much debate it looks like this is going to be a Kickstarter project.  We started working on this a few month ago but we ran into some issues.  We have now handled those issues are are moving forward with this with full steam.  Expect to hear and see more and more over the upcoming months of the changes we have planned  for this setting and the big name that we are going to attempt to recruit for this project, including the possible recruitment of the biggest name in Pathfinder horror based games, Richard Pett. That is right, WE WANT RICHARD PETT ON THIS PROJECT and we are not taking "NO" for an answer.  Keep checking back for updates on this upcoming masterpiece of Post-Apocalyptic Survival Horror for Pathfinder fantasy.  Talk to you later...

Thursday, May 3, 2012

63 Days into PaizoCon: Deciding on the books to take

I decided on having at least four to six books ready for PaizoCon.  The four that I know we are bringing are: NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Book, Enemies of NeoExodus: Folding Circle, Enemies of NeoExodus: First Ones and A Place Beyond Hell. I need to do layout out on two of them to get them ready to send off to Lightning Source to get them printed and then shipped off to Paizo. I need to do this AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to make sure everything is is done and ready.  So for those who read this blog, when should be the last two books that we take to PaizoCon. Let us know what you think. Talk to you later...

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Looks like Pirates of the Bronze Sky is back on…


Chris Field emailed me this week and said he was about to start releasing material for Pirates of the Bronze Sky.  That made me very happy since people keep asking me, “When are you going to release something for Pirates of the Bronze Sky? I so want to buy it.” I am glad for all the interest in the project, but since I have been focusing on NeoExodus many of the other side projects like Obsidian Twilight and Xao: Island of Iron and Silk have taken a back seat.  But with the release of The Sky Sailor -A NewCore Class for the PFRPG it looks like Chris is moving into a very active release schedule.  So if you are interested in Pirates of the Bronze Sky, I suggest you start saving your money.  Talk to you later…  

Monday, February 27, 2012

Obsidian Evolved's Uzamati race draft released for Pathfinder

Just I just uploaded the draft version of the Uzamati race for Obsidian Evolved. Go to Paizo.com message board where you can download a copy of it and get in on the conversation.  Tell us what we have done right, what we have done wrong and what more you would like to see.  Thanks for your support with this upcoming setting. Talk to you later...

Friday, February 24, 2012

Every Pathfinder focused Kickstarter project has been successful since Dec 10, 2010

This was an interesting little fact that I just happen to notice while looking at new Pathfinderfinder projects to donate to, but every Pathfinder focused Kickstarter project has been successful raising money since Dec 10, 2010.  Even Sailing the Starlit Sea looks like it is going to be a success. Sounds crazy right? Or is it something else? A lot of people are starting to take notice of Kickstarter due to the amazing successes of The Order of the Stick Reprint Drive and Double Fine Adventure.  So if you are a 3PP and you make Pathfinder products, what have you been waiting for to start your own kickstarter project?  LPJ Design has a new kickstarter project, NeoExodus Adventure: Origin of Man for Pathfinder RPG, starting in less than a month and most likely are going to do a kickstarter project for the update release of the Obsidian Twilight game line, tentatively called Obsidian Evolved just in time for Halloween. Just something to think about next time you are not sure you want to try kickstarter.  Talk to you later...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

LPJ Design Facebook membership drive and Obsidian Twilight Update

So I have decided that I am going to make the month of March the membership drive for the LPJ Design Facebook page. I know a lot of you who come to the blob site don't always make it over to our Facebook page which means you are missing out on some really cool stuff like original sketches and artwork, previews of upcoming products for example.  So take a second and head over to our Facebook page and "LIKE US" and be like all the cool kids in town.

I am also working on the update of Obsidian Twilight  which I am tentatively calling Obsidian Evolved. I have started on reworking the races and have completed the Exalted, Genesai, Infernals and Harrowed. They have been updated, slightly depowered in some case and brought more inline with Pathfinder racial constraints based on the upcoming Advanced Race Playtest and the Advanced Player's Guide.  Including finally giving Exalted the option to have wings if they want (what kind of angel hybrid doesn't have wings?) or a venomous bite attack for Infernals. This is going to be a lot of fun and I am thinking about doing something crazy like selling it to previous owner of Obsidian Twilight for $1 and the new Obsidian Evolved for only $5 for the first 30 days of sales. I am going to add new content including psionic rules set (based off of Dreamscarred Press' Psionics Unleashed) to make sure this feels perfectly like survival horror for Pathfinder done right.   I am planning on a October release just in time for Halloween.  Start saving your pennies be cause LPJ Design is very busy!  Talk to you later...

Thursday, January 19, 2012

More stolen good ideas from the video game industry to use for table top RPG companies...

Here are some videos of DLC (Downloadable Content if you didn't know) for various video games that would work well for tabletop RPG companies to think about doing as marketing add-ons for their big ticket items like a setting projects.  We have done this with the Psionic Cavian race release and Races of Obsidian Twilight: Uzamati for example. Small little cool items that we planned to release witht he original prodct but not may have fit that make a great add-on. Just something to think about for the future when you are working.  Talk to you later...