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Bag Tag - Design Feedback... Feedback

Dear Insane Children, 

Thank you! For all the feedback on the Cheshire Kitten Adoption Certificate

In this post I'll explain why I've rejected all your comments! Yay! 

Er, yeah, seriously... Here goes!

First, Priscilla ask...

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Cheshire Kitten Adoption Certificate (Tag)

Dear Insane Children, 

Above I've shared a draft of what the Cheshire Kitten Adoption Certificate tag might look like. And I would like your feedback on the design, contents, and placement. Here's the idea so far... 

  • This tag will measure 10x10cm 
  • It will...

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Upon a Sea of Red - Weekly Livestream

Dear Insane Children, 

We're set for another YouTube Livestream and hope you'll join us for the fun!

We'll review the latest art, story, and design for Alice: Asylum and (if we have time) continue our play-through of "Sea of Solitude." It's (roughly) the same tim...

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Non-Euclidean Worlds

Dear Insane Children, 

A recent concept image from Jennifer for a Croquet Coaster found in the Circus Domain got me thinking about Escher-esque design concepts. There are a number of game developers implementing non-euclidean geometry in game engines and this is work I...

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Cheshire Kitten Collector Set - Mid-July Update

Dear Insane Children, 

Got TONS done during this Stream-Free week. Really appreciate everyone's understanding and patience while we took a break from YouTube/Discord stuff and focused on business development tasks related to Alice: Asylum, Pirate Jam 2020, and Mysterious. Yay!

St...

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Down The Rabbit Hole (of BD)

Dear Insane Children, 

Last week I took multiple people + Lulu to the hospital (multiple times) (different hospitals) plus tried to stay on top of the usual business of updates, design work, streaming, etc. All of which meant a pretty insane week with not a lot of time left for all the...

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Crowd Design Session #14

Dear Insane Children, 

For those of you who missed it, here's THE LINK to yesterday's Crowd Design Session. 

We had a great discussion around the general topic of the Circus Realm, Denial, Th...

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Mysterious Labels

Dear Insane Children, 

A quick heads-up for all of you who receive Art Prints from us - either via the 3/$35 Tier, the $75 Tier, or when you order directly from Mysterious....

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Certified Insane Around the World

Dear Insane Children, 

Insane Children around the world are receiving their Certified Insane Tags and sharing their madness online. A few Instagram posts are shared above.

I'm glad to see everyone is happy with the results of this effort. Even more happy that we ...

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Happiness in Contradiction

Dear Insane Children, 

Apologies for being quiet lately - I've been playing hospital ambulance driver and nurse for a sick doggo and a pregnant wife. Everyone is doing alright now but Lulu required a bit of minor surgery and Yan's hospital visits are now becoming weekly. Only 8 weeks l...

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Dare to Enter the Cheshire Lair?

Dear Insane Children, 

Get ready for another weekly Livestream on YouTube!

Hit THIS LINK to set a reminder. 

2019-06-26 03:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Slumber to Chaos

Dear Insane Children, 

First up, a NOTICE regarding the next Crowd Design Session! Here's the timetable:

We host these sessions on our Discord Server. H...

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Illusion and Dissonance

Dear Insane Children, 

Our team of artists and designers, powered by your support, continue cranking out some really amazing ideas. The main effort these days is focused on the events that lead us into the story of Alice: Asylum... The Fire, Alice's confrontation with Chaos, and her tr...

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Cheshire Kitten Update + Livestream + Red Queen

Dear Insane Children, 

During our last Crowd Design Session we discussed the possibility of seeing Lizzie represented as the Red Queen. Hit THIS LINK to jump to that part of the discussion - wh...

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FREE "Madness Returns" Design Materials

Dear Insane Children, 

I've just posted the Discord Crowd Design Session from last week over on YouTube. If you missed the live event you can listen/watch what we got up to via THIS LINK View Post

Final (?) Revisions to the Cheshire Plush

Dear Insane Children, 

Omri's supplied us with a (final?) revisions sheet for the Cheshire Kitten Plush. This is based on your feedback here on Patreon and via our weekly livestreams over on YouTube. 

We had a fun livestream yesterday in which the Cheshire K...

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Botanical Mechanical Livestream

Dear Insane Children, 

It's been a whirlwind of days - showing off the highlights of China and Shanghai. Seeing it fresh through the eyes of uninitiated American tourists... I can't help but be impressed by all the progress and development made since when I first arrived in Asia 15 yea...

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Rutledge Tag Backerkit Email


Hi Everyone

Font Lord here.

Just wanted to let you all know that I have taken all the current data from Patreon, and squeezed it through some 1337 A.I. algorithms (me sitting at ...

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Exploring, Shock, and Family

Dear Insane Children, 

American here with a long-overdue update. First, an apology for the delay since my last post. As many of you know, my mother, step-father, and Yan's mom are all visiting Shanghai these days. This is my mother's first visit to China since I left the US 15 years ag...

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Cheshire Plush - Version 2 Production Sample

Dear Insane Children, 

This morning we received a revised Production Sample for the Cheshire Kitten Plush. 

This is still a Work In Progress. We are still collecting feedback and working towards a Final Production Model. This IS NOT the Fina...

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Memory is a Fairytale

Dear Insane Children, 

Do you know how memory works? Many people believe they remember things like a video recording - each moment captured frame by frame, filled with sound, sight, and emotion. And that events can be recalled, even years later, full of detail and meaning. 

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End o' the Month Update

Hi Everyone  

Fontlord here, taking a little time out from lording over my fontly subjects to remind you about all the different options that you could do before being charged at the beginning of June.  

Of course, if you're simply wanting the Rutledge Tags, make sure you'r...

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Dinah in the Living Room with the Oil Lamp

Dear Insane Children, 

A bit of murder scene reconstruction going on with our art team. They're trying to define the setting, characters, set pieces, and timeline for "Slumber" - the period of time prior to the fire (Pryor Fire). 

Jen  sends along a 3D mock-up and says,...

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Crowd Design Session for Today

Dear Insane Children, 

Just a quick heads-up that we'll host a Crowd Design Session over on Discord in a few hours. That's at 6PM PST on May 27th (9AM on the 28th here in Shanghai).

What's Discord? Check out 2019-05-27 22:37:20 +0000 UTC View Post

How To PM US - Updated! - With LULU!

 Dear Insane Children, 

If you have a question or concern, Please PM US! That's the BEST WAY to get your question answered quickly!

We can't promise to see and answer every comment you leave on Posts or in the Community section.

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Rutledge Asylum - "Certified Insane" Tag

Dear Insane Children, 

You have only until May 31st to take advantage of this offer.  Is it still May 31st where you are? You can still qualify. Act now!

A reminder that we'll ship a uniquely numbered Asylum Patient Tag View Post

Slumber Before the Fire

Dear Insane Children, 

It is the nature of Chaos to arrive when we least expect it. Order and calm are the natural origin of Chaos. And Chaos is the precursor to order. Like sleep turns to waking and waking to sleep. Somewhere in the divide is Slumber - that space where time passes wit...

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Cheshire Kitten Plush - Goal Explainer

Dear Insane Children, 

The Cheshire Kitten Plush Collector Set Patreon Goal is UNLOCKED! Yay!

All Patrons at $50 (or more) for the month of August 2019, will receive the Cheshire Kitten Collector Set mailed anywhere in the world (free shipping). 

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Asylum UI & UX

Dear Insane Children, 

Today we're taking a look at the User Interface and User Experience for Asylum. Want to take a quick refresher on the concepts of UI/UX? Check out 2019-05-21 07:02:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Chainsaws and China Cups

Dear Insane Children,

Were I sharing this with any other type of children I'd ... well, I'd not share it! Blood and violence ahead! 

Today we have a collection of weapon design ideas from Alex. With blood! Yay!

Of what's presented here, Alex says the following: 

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