STREETS OF STEEL: The SideScrollin' Beat'em Up Boardgame

ALL MINIS COMPLETE!
over 5 years ago – Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 03:00:42 PM

Hello-

We have a quick and simple update for you today. This weekend was a major milestone, in that the final mini of the set, Telekinetikid (your Kickstarter Exclusive mini), is complete! Designing and sculpting the minis for our games is among the most time-intensive and difficult tasks so we are thrilled to finish them up. All of the remaining tasks are simple by comparison.

That said, due to intense "day-job" hours, the only other progress made these past 2 weeks was that The rulebook continued to be finalized, and we have been working with BackerKit to hone it for release. Backerkit coming soon.

We will be back with another update on our new schedule (of 2-3 weeks), and hope to have checked-off a few more of the final tasks for Streets of Steel production.

If you would like to see more, incremental process and behind the scenes media, please follow our Instagram and Facebook pages.

Thanks!

- Your friends at Wild Power Games

Summer's Over...
over 5 years ago – Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 01:00:11 AM

Hello!

We hope you have been enjoying your summer! We are making good progress toward the finish line and wanted to share our progress.

SCULPTS

The sculpting of minis is coming to a close, which is a MAJOR milestone!
Dumb Ape is complete, rounding out the LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 2 sets, and he is really fun! He will be a nice, chunky mini roaming the streets.

The only remaining mini is Telekinetikid, and he is almost finished. We do not have a final render of him (since he is not done) but we do have this fun gif for ya’. We were experimenting with using real wind simulation as a way to get Kid’s windbreaker to look like it is being affected by the hovering business. Check it out… it is pretty sweet.

He should be done very soon. We will post in the next update, but also check out our social media for more frequent, mini blips.

WHAT’S LEFT?

With all card, street and rules art done, here is an informal list of the items still on the docket, that need to be finished to go into full production:

• Telekinetikid mini (almost done) Rulebook finalized (almost there, in final layout) 
• Boxes designed (covers and sides are complete, backs and UPC not complete) 
• Card “Iconification” pass (we had always thought that we would attempt to iconify the rules text on the cards, and liked our early tests. Now we need to put it to all cards to be sure it holds up) 
• Final design for vacuum tray (manufacturer needs final components before we can lock-in) 
• Wild Power Surprise art (partly complete)

That is not a long list, so we are are getting very excited to finish up!

BACKERKIT

In case anyone missed the Backerkit mention in the last update, we are re-posting this info from last one for your convenience, as we know that not everyone has the time to read every update:

We have been spending lots of time with Backerkit, and are prepping for the backerkit launch. As you may know from past use, backers can use Backerkit to alter their info very late into the cycle of the pre-production. We want this to remain open as long as possible to ensure that everyone’s shipping addresses are nice and current.

FUTURE UPDATES

August was a whirlwind month for us due to very busy SOS production, sales of High Heavens, “day-jobs”, and some much needed summer vacation for the folks on the SOS team (and their families). In the future we will try to have more updates, more often, shooting for one every 2-3 weeks. If we think it will be a quiet period, we will still pop in and say hi.

Speak to you soon! 

Wild Power Games

Square Peg, Berserker Joe, WulfPak sculpts - Streets - Retail Kits - Backerkit & FulFillment Partners
almost 6 years ago – Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 11:18:16 PM

Happy Summer!

We continue to make progress on the project, and thought we would drop an update for the weekend.

BACKERKIT & RETAIL KITS

We have been spending lots of time with Backerkit, and are prepping for the backerkit launch. As you may know from past use, backers can use Backerkit to alter their info very late into the cycle of the pre-production. We want this to remain open as long as possible to ensure that everyone’s shipping addresses are nice and current.

Within Backerkit, there will be pledge levels/add-one to accommodate the stores that were interested in ordering cases. Keep an eye out for that, store-owners.

SCULPTS

Square Peg Square Peg! Square Peg Square Peg!
Peg and her adorable Potect-O-Bot are complete! This one was a blast to sculpt. She may be my new favorite mini. Also, enjoy some pics of Berserker Joe. 

 
The Wulfpak is also almost done, leaving only Telekinetikid and Dumb Ape remaining… here is a sneak peek preview of the Wulfpak mini.

STREETS

We have been making all of the alternate streets and sidewalks, as well as adding in-world probs and set dressing. This is strangely difficult, since we want the gameplay elements (like the Threat Level number and beacons, Hazards, etc) to be super clear. The street artists was having some fun and maaaaybe went a little to far, but we might sneak ~it~ in.

RULES

Still cranking on the final version of the rulebook. Not much to see here.

MANUFACTURING and FULFILLMENT

Our manufacturer is locked in, and we started planning the vacuum tray and essential form factors. More on this soon!
Fulfillment will be through BlackBox, as they have locations around the world, hopefully making international shipping care-free.

OK... that is all the news that is fit to print. We will be back soon when we have more fun stuff to show.

Bye for now!
Wild Power Games

Remember Ninja Magazine?
almost 6 years ago – Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 11:51:03 PM

Hello Everyone-

We hope your summer has been fantastic so far, and we wanted to pop in with a quick update. Here at Wild Power Games, we have been cranking on the remaining elements needed for the game that were unlocked thanks to our Stretch Goals.

Here is a peek at some of the things we have been up to!

DEAD HEROES

Eli Faris, the WPG artist that brought you the Boss Mutie and Killgaroo dashboard portraits, has been working through the unique “Dead Hero” dashboard backs. These have been pretty entertaining to make, and the set of 9 (4 LVL 1 heroes, 4 LVL 2 heroes and Kinetikid) should be done this week.

MY NINJAS

The Sack O’ Shurikens card is complete. This should be a treat for those of you that were kids in the 80’s, and remember going to the convenience store to look at NINJA MAGAZINE and dream of ordering some sweet throwing stars. Well, now you have a whole bag of ‘em.

EARTHQUAKE!

We have also, of course, been playing the game more. Once the Event Cards kicked in as a Stretch Goal, we started playing with them more seriously and... oh man are they fun. We are so glad they were funded! During one game, we drew an Earthquake Card which shifted the whole board around, just before Boss Mutie showed up. It was super fun, and allowed Square Peg (Ryan’s new fave Hero), to work the perimeter and run Protect-O-Bots into the fray while Berserker Joe got juiced up and bashed-up the boss.

That’s all for now. In the future, we will continue to send Updates when we have amassed enough good stuff to show.

Have a great one!
- Wild Power Games

OH @!#?@! WE DID IT!
almost 6 years ago – Fri, Jun 08, 2018 at 12:06:20 AM

Hello Backers and THANK YOU SO MUCH!

HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND.

Thanks to you, the backers, Streets Of Steel will be brought into this world in it’s most awesome incarnation. Huge thanks to you all for funding EVERY Stretch Goal that we had planned.

Speaking of that, the mysterious, final Stretch Goal will be... developer’s choice! We are concocting and pricing out some fun stuff for you, and it will be a SURPRISE for when you get your package. This final item will be in every LEVEL 1 box, regardless of Purely Pixels or Minis. We were very careful this whole time, not to overextend our project behind the scenes, so that we can have a truly successful campaign.

Before we go rest (for the first time in 30 days), we leave you with some new art that is being generated as you read this!

Berserker Joe's Standee is done, and the sculpt is underway!

In future Updates, you will see the remaining, funded art assets generated here. Until then…

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!

-Ryan & the Wild Power Games crew.