Heyo, lovely humans!
Next Friday we'll be replacing think tanks with a new format where I discuss the materials i'm researching for the upcoming series and how to distill them into content for the show. Think tanks as we know them now will become a spur-of-the-moment thing that we do when we have ...
2018-11-02 18:08:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, helpful humans!
This time around things are (yet again) a little more podcast-y, as I dive into the convoluted logic I had to riddle out in order to devise a premise for this short story. This definitely isn't set in stone yet—it still bears some discussion with the competition winner—b...
2018-11-01 19:07:06 +0000 UTC View PostHello, helpful humans! How you're all enjoying the spookiest day of the year~
As for me, I got all my creepy jubilations out of the way last weekend. Now I'm just excited to be getting back to work.
It's been a little while now since I've just been able to buckle down and work hard on ...
2018-10-31 20:19:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello, all you helpful, loveliful humans!
I am officially one single step away from sending this bookmark off to the printers and putting our first truly custom piece of merch in your hands! I just have to figure out which of these I like best for the final product...
2018-10-31 19:04:33 +0000 UTC
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Hello all you lovely, helpful humans!
Unfortunately, I have a little bit of bad news. We've tried asking for your opinions on which material we should share for our sneak peeks, but it turns out there isn't always enough diversity of non-spoily, interesting, 5-minute-conversation-worthy material o...
2018-10-30 05:11:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, helpful humans!
Big news about tonight's think tank! We want to try something new and open it up to all our patrons. Only engineers will be able to participate and type in chat, but if you're a patron, you can listen in and read the messages!
We've decided on a winner for the competition, now join us as we take a look around their world!
This'll be important for anyone participating in tomorrow's think tank session, where I'll be pitching a bunch of different angles to tell the story from. If you watch this, you'll be starting off ...
2018-10-25 22:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, all you helpful humans!
Benji here, and I've just been wondering: out of everything we do here on the Tale Foundry Patreon, what matters most to you? What really makes you glad you're a part of this community? What rewards get you all excited? And on the flipside, what could you care less ab...
2018-10-25 21:13:47 +0000 UTC View PostHello hello, helpful humans!
We've got a think tank coming up in two days, and this one's going to be something pretty special. This time we're not only discussing story ideas again; we're discussing story ideas for for the setting created by the winner of our competiti...
2018-10-24 21:13:29 +0000 UTC View PostHello, lovely squishy human meat people!
Sorry I missed this yesterday! There's been a ridiculous amount of stuff going on in the background/periphery of Tale Foundry and Chloe's currently on a week-long (maybe even a bit longer than that) break, so the whole show + community is resting on my shou...
2018-10-24 20:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the work week, helpful humans! I hope your Monday is treating you well.
At last, we're finally done judging for the competition. We have our champion. That means we can actually begin work on the short story, which means we have something to share again!
There are a...
2018-10-22 18:10:13 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, helpful humans!
Nothing special to report here. The weekend's just coming to a close and we'll be back into it tomorrow. I spent a lot of time basking in the presence of friends and reading good literature over the last two days. It was exactly what I needed. The energy is coming back to me ...
2018-10-21 22:28:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello, helpful human helpers!
Since no sneap peep is going up today, I just wanted to spend this slot on another little progress update. None of the fancy footwork we do in our weekly progress updates, just a little notice about what's going on on our end.
First, we've finally finished c...
2018-10-18 16:06:11 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, helpful human legion~
I bring you tidings! News of great progress and good fortune. Basically, this week was pretty solid for us. Not a whole lot actually happened, but the things that did have us stoked.
So, let's hop to it, shall we?
Where are we now? 2018-10-16 23:35:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry everyone!
We're really just in limbo here, waiting on the results for the World Anvil competition to come back so we can start work on the short story video.
Once we've finished that up, we'll be back into a new production cycle and we'll have plenty to share! For now we're just ...
2018-10-15 22:31:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, all you helpful humans!
I have a question for you, but first let me explain what you're seeing here...
This is the first official look at what will become the second bookmark in our DFTBA store when we release the new line of merch. It should be done well after the 2018-10-12 21:19:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all y'all helpful humans!
I have a really interesting and personal question for you guys. This is something we've been wondering for a long time. The more answers we can get to this, the better our longevity and our progress to a bigger, better, faster, more efficient Foundry will become. Your...
2018-10-11 16:34:34 +0000 UTC View PostSorry guys! Unfortunately today's video sneak peek is going to be delayed until tomorrow.
Look forward to it then!
I'll see you all in the think tank tomorrow!
—Benji 2018-10-11 15:46:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the middle of the week, all you helpful humans. The time is fast approaching to put the squeeze on your beautiful brains for new ideas, so let's talk about it!
As always, we'll be holding the think tank on this Friday, October 12th, from 6:30pm-7:30pm CST!&...
Hello hello!
We're always thinking about the rewards we offer you and how we can make your experience as a part of this community more enjoyable. And finally, after some time, we came to the realization that the custom avatar reward just isn't delivering. It wasn't getting claimed very often...
2018-10-09 22:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostHello, helpful humans, and welcome to the middle of the week! Kinda...
A lot's happened since the last update—some rough stuff, and some lovely, lovely stuff as well. I'm excited to share all of it with you guys here.
So, let's get started!
Where are we? 2018-10-09 21:09:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Phew. Alrighty. Now that we're finally done with that list video, it looks like we're kind of in an inter-video limbo as we wait for the World Anvil competition to finish up (on the 13th). When we get there, we'll start sharing peeks of the process behind the forthcoming short story.
For ...
2018-10-08 21:16:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is long overdue.
In January of this year we opened a GoFundMe campaign for my mother who was (and to some extent still is) going through some terrible times. Because of the cascade of events and how much she was giving in terms of time and money to help the people around her stay...
2018-10-08 21:01:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This week you guys are getting a peek at how I tweak my thumbnails! It's actually a pretty rigorous process, so there's a bit to see here! Who'd have thought something so small could take such a great amount of effort to produce.
It'll be another TEN DAYS before we get to begin any kind o...
2018-10-04 23:52:07 +0000 UTC View Post
We have finally released the second video in our worldbuilding series with World Anvil!
If you want to join the worldbuilding competition and haven't yet, check out World Anvil's video guides here: 2018-10-03 23:35:40 +0000 UTC View Post
If you've unlocked the Name in the scrolling background text reward, prepare to find yourself in the text of the upcoming video! It'll be out within the next 24 hours!
Here. This should help you navigate:
2018-10-03 07:18:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello and happy Tuesday, all you helpful humans!
I'll begin by saying that this week has been a vast improvement over the last several. I'll get into why deeper into the body of the post, but suffice to say that things are going to be far more positive this time around, which is a change ...
2018-10-02 21:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow humans!
We had an interesting discussion with our mod team on the Discord yesterday that lead us to an interesting revelation and a question to follow up. It seems that our Custom Avatar reward has not been all that popular, considering the number of people who have unlocked...
2018-10-02 02:01:21 +0000 UTC View PostSorry guys! We're right at the end of this video's (ridiculously long) production cycle, and there's really only one final piece of the process to share: the thumbnail creation process.
So expect a timelapse + commentary on Thursday!
Thanks for everything. We'...
2018-10-01 20:50:55 +0000 UTC View Post
It's only in the concepting phase still, but I thought I'd share with you guys what it looks like just to get there. Artistic collaboration is a super, super intense process.
Also, apologies if I'm a little tired and rambly this time around. We'd just returned from a patreon creator meet-...
2018-09-27 20:46:09 +0000 UTC View Post