First Bull Run - Released Jan 2, 2025

Yes, it is a sequel following the same character. I imagine there will be a way to import your old character once it is published, but I doubt it would work on dashingdon. For now, I have included the same character creation questions to allow the player to recreate their character from the first game if they played it.

In the part I have written so far, I have included the old regiment and surviving characters from First Bull Run, as well as some references to your character’s experience of the battle. I am quite pleased with how the story is coming along, and excited for the future!

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Correct on both counts.

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Update to the sequel for paid subscribers on Patreon :slight_smile:

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Have you considered making each campaign a paid episode under the same game, ala Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven? I feel like a system like that might work well for the style of game you have here, instead of a bunch of smaller games released separately.

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I had not considered that, but it sounds like a good idea. I will have to look into it.

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Scheduled release date of January 2nd, 2025! I’m excited to finally be in production!

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Congratulations!

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Congrats!

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Having a January release is cool because it gives you the best chance of a strong first calender year :wink:

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If it’s ok, could you share the final cover art with us?

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The images I used are all iterations of this one. I hope it looks as cool as I think it does!

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Thats fire my man & congrats on getting published.

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Less than 3 months to publish… I am excited for the release!

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Very excited to kick as much Confederate butt as I can before losing the battle.

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Would love if you’d review the game once it comes out! :slight_smile:

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I’m just curious, how was the process like? Did K. also provide a content review for the game?

Best of luck!

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My game did receive content review, but I passed without any issues. The process was quite easy and straightforward. Only issue was that I didn’t have a scene list, and I later found out that some of the pictures I used might not be 100% public domain, so I replaced them just to play it safe.

Thank you!

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If I may ask, how did you find out? I’m also planning to use a lot of public domain art assets for my next game, but running everything through Google Lens and AI art checkers is a gigantic headache… and I’m still afraid something might have slipped through somewhere.

Copyright is always a pain to work with, but a necessary one. :cry:

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It is a huge pain. I had to search every single one in google. Fortunately, most were from Wikipedia, and Wikipedia lists the rights on the picture. Also, pictures taken by people who died in the 1800s are pretty much all public domain by now. There were a few where someone posting the picture claimed rights to it, so I took those out. From reading the copyright rules, I don’t think they can legally lay claim to pictures taken in 1862, but we decided to play it safe, because those rules are unbelievably complex.

I chose them quickly when I made the game, not really expecting to finish it, and leaving the problem for later. Then I was thinking about it, and I remembered that I had some doubt about the copyrights, so I brought it up with K and then I took care of it.

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On Henry Hill where the Federals deployed two batteries in advance of infantry support.

At the end is the Henry House where Rebel Sharpshooters fired on them from. Guns are 10 pounder parrot rifles.

Thomas Jackson deployed his brigade on the reverse slope of the hill where that statue is to shelter them from fire until he advanced. Taken from where Ricketts’ battery was.

Widow Henry was killed when the federal battery shot back at the rebels and buried near her house.

Matthew’s Hill to the front where the fighting started.


View from the rebel side where their 2 batteries of six pounder smoothbores were.

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