adagio_burner's blog

The samples arrived last week.

Let's just say they were far from perfect :(. There were numerous defects - scratches, wrong assembly etc. I filled at least two pages writing back to the manufacturer.

It's a good thing we ordered samples. It would be a disaster if the final product was of this quality. This way, we have at least some sense of control.

Just got some pictures of the wooden components from the manufacturer. They are making progress!

The next step is to receive samples of all game parts, approve them (hopefully :)), wire the first payment, and then the production starts.

We had to pay some extra fee for getting the samples manufactured (not included in the original negotiated price -- one lesson learned is to keep that in mind). I think going through the samples approval process is a must, however. Otherwise, you can not really be sure what you get. No pictures can tell you the whole story.

As we are closing on a deal with a Chinese manufacturer to produce Galaxy's Edge, I thought I'd start a blog on that.

Here I intend to describe an experience of printing a game in China from start to finish -- I think this may be of interest to many on this forum. We are a very small company and GE is our second game to be published.

At this point of time, here is what already happened: