First Article samples of all pop-up rooms!
This week, we were overjoyed to receive our final set of samples, what are known as First Articles. These are the first units off the assembly line, the last place we’ll catch any tiny issues before unleashing the beast that is a modern assembly line. Despite the fact that the team at LongPack is still on Covid lockdown, their partner factory that is specifically making the pop-up rooms is (thankfully) still open. The samples look absolutely amazing –we’ve never seen the rooms of Fogmoor Manor come to life in such high quality. See for yourself:
(apologies for the bad creepy whistling, the chicken forced us)
Since these pop-up rooms are the most complex components, it will give the LongPack team time to emerge from their total lockdown, and resume full production on the remaining game components soon. They have assured us that once they’re up and running again, The Shivers production run will be their top priority.
Pop-up rooms are now in full production!
So all 8 pop-up rooms (6 from the Core game plus the 2 expansions) are now in full production. Thank goodness! But the less complex remaining components are still on hold, waiting on a First Article sample to be produced. See this image below to see what is moving forward as of today:
In other news, we’ve started a Designer’s Diary, detailing Andy’s day-by-day progress, revelations, missteps, pitfalls, and sheer dumb luck he’s encountered on this 4-year journey. It’s currently over 48 pages of solid text. Hope to share that with you soon!
Stay tuned, we hope our next update will include a new shipping schedule (Covid-lockdowns depending). And as ever, thank you for your patience and understanding, and stay safe Shivers fans.
– The Shivers Team