I currently have a lot of Uniwork that will be taking up the rest of the month. Spiderbane is on the backburner, however once again, most of what I am waiting for is in someone elses hands. If at the end of the month there is no progress on the art, I may have to release the book artless.

Quick update, I am still waiting on art.

I am now moving on to properly starting the final book. It looks like the entire game (core + 3 armies) will be done by the end of april, assuming nothing happens, and ignoring art.

Aton's art is now being done. I am hopeful I will be able to release the base package by the end of the month.

Have started rewiting the Rethnas lore; what I had was OK, but was a bit vague on details I now think are better off being fleshed out.

Work is still ongoing. I can confirm that I am still just waiting on art for the Aton war-book. Once that art is in, I will release. It's later than I would have liked, but it isn't really my fault.

Work on the Dominion book is ongoing. I am looking into proofreading it soon.

There are 27 different models in the Dominion army (not including upgrade options and buildings), while this number is a little deceptive given the nature of squads in Spiderbane, I still feel pretty proud. That said, about 10 of those models are "commanders" or expensive "specialists".

Things are still moving, but the art is being delayed by the ongoing clear skies. My artist is an astronomer so looking at the stars takes priority.

On the plus side, I have had time to finish doing a pass over the Dominion book. At this rate, it might well be ready by the end of the month.

I was thinking the Dominion book was done as far as writing goes... only to realize I needed to add a section as I forgot to discuss one of the most important aspects of their lore.

One of the most painful parts of worldbuilding is realizing abruptly, that one of the fundemental parts of it just doesn't quite make sense.

Final edits to the text for Aton will be over the weekend. After that, all that will be left is art.

I will start doing work on the other two books while waiting on art. I am aiming to be ready by the end of April, though I am not promising anything yet.

I am anticipating the initial release of Spiderbane + the first army book, will be early to mid March.

I could release the core book as early as tommorow, but it would be a bit pointless without an army for players to actually use.

I know it's been a while, far longer than things should have taken being honest, but as of now, the core rulebook is finished.

The first War-book (Which contains an actual army to play) is still in the design stage, but is feature complete. Just need to work on layout, pictures and proofreading.

Just did a test run of my spider faction fighting itself. The result is a hilariously messy battle. Both sides teleporting and airdropping onto eachothers side of the field until the concept of "battlelines" collapsed entirely.

Exactly as intended.

The Lore for the 4 books that will make up the initial release for spiderbane is mostly complete now.

Core rulebook is done.
Aton (Main human faction) is done.
Dominion (Evil faction) is mostly done,.
Rethnas (The spiders the game is named after) is still in progress.

Advice to any creators out there: There comes a point in every development cycle, where you must throw caution to the wind, and let somone else see your work.

If you are sitting on a project that is feature complete but "half finished", and it's been in that state for a while, show it to someone.

[1/2]When in the late stages of designing something, one of the biggest fears is encountering an issue that requires some major changes to fix.

That is the situation I find myself in with Cavalry while designing spiderbane. Turns out certain cavalry builds are literally unbeatable.

I have been doing some balance tests, and the difference between "this specific army is poorly constructed" and "this faction is underpowered" is far harder to see than I would like.