Bad Seal Studios

No dates

The road, as it is.

This is the order of the work, not a promise of when. Nothing below is a ship date. The studio is looking for donations of every size, and for people who want to help. Help is not a job. Nobody is paid for joining.

  1. 1Now

    Underway

    The studio is personally funded. There is no outside budget. Art, the 2,300-card registry, Adventure Mode 1.0, the Kryptids cover, World Builder sheets, and this site exist. Nothing is playable yet.

  2. 2The first slice

    Next

    The first thing that should be playable: a menu, a character, Seal City by day and night, a card shop, a pack, a collection, a quest, a fight that uses the cards, a place to rest, and a way to see other people. That shape is drawn. It is not built.

  3. 3Beta

    After the slice

    Beta gameplay comes after that slice exists. There is no date on it. The beta fund is a gift toward getting there.

  4. 4The line around the game

    Same world, still early

    Physical cards, Adventure Mode on a table, the comic, buildable miniatures, and a web card game with a heavy ranking ladder. The web client is not playable. Nothing is minted.

  5. 5Later

    Not this phase

    A soundtrack follows the comic. The NFT layer stays unnamed until there is a chain and a mint, which there is not.

Vertical slice board: what the first playable Solomon’s Seal build should look like

What the first build should contain

Taken from the vertical-slice board. These are the rooms of the first playable build. They are not features you can use today.

  1. 1.Start, and a main menu
  2. 2.Character creation
  3. 3.Seal City, day and night
  4. 4.Card shops and markets
  5. 5.Opening a pack
  6. 6.The collection
  7. 7.Quests and missions
  8. 8.A fight that is both action and cards
  9. 9.Fishing, the apartment, a vehicle, an investigation
  10. 10.Nearby players, a lobby, a duel

Donations

Any size. All of it is a gift.

Money toward the beta, from a small gift to a large one. A donation is not a wage, not equity, and not a preorder. Stripe takes the card.

Give to the fund

Help

Be part of it. This is not paid.

Code, art, writing, playtests, or simply showing up because you want to be in the studio. That is help. It is not employment. Nobody is paid for it. A written deal, if one ever exists, is a later conversation. Signing the book does not hire you.

I want to help