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Yes, it's not a joke, I'm up and ready to start publishing and soon [whispering]Augusssst[whispering] I'll launch the first free product!
Of course ALL will be under PFRPG and maybe some other systems. And of course ALL will be done with top notch, close to Pathfinder-nice writting, artwork, cartography and layout.
The Froggie Studio will focus on Designing and producing RPGs of our own line and to help other produce their games. I'll continue to offer artwork, cartography and graphic design to other companies and also offer a full developing process to your products. You'll bring us your manuscript, we'll get it PDF/Printer ready.
I'll give more details right after PaizoCon
The studio is in the brewing process and soon will be released into the wild, any suggestions and comments are most appreciated.
Suggestions/comments on stuff like:
-If you are a Indie start-up publisher, what would you like to be offered by an outsuorcing RPG studio?
-If you don't publish, but would like to have some of your personal RPG material professionally developed, what would you need?
-As a gamer, what kind of unique material/resources have you not find yet with the current 3pp?
The froggie studio will be a brand new and fresh one, but I've been running around and picking some interesting brains and there's a bit of know-how under my belt ;)
Frog on!
PS: Knowing that there are plenty of other (bigger and older) frogs in the gaming industry, the name butterfrog may not be final, lest I incour the wrath of the Frog Gods!
Wow! This is really cool, am hoping this works out for you Hugo, gawds knows your art has been all over enough of the gaming world to make sure we all know your name by now, lol. I'm looking forward to seeing what type of material your company will be releasing. I love to see an artist get to design, it always interests me to see what comes out of a creative mind when the tethers come off and it is allowed to create. Can't wait.
Can't wait.
Well, you can count that the visual part will be just as important as the writen material, without -of course- taking any imporntance away from it.
:)
Thanks guys!
Of course the idea is to get way more than I can handle, so I'll be outsourcing a lot of stuff. A big part of the Buttefrog Studio is to be a managing/outsourcing business, so I'll be relying a lot on freelancers :)
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Best of luck Hugo! Looking forward to seeing what you produce, and, if you need any help, please let me know.
As for, as a player, what I'd like to see...
• Setting neutral information that could enhance Golarion or Midgard.
• New monsters. Because there are never enough monsters ;)
• ARG compliant races.
• New magic items that break the mold a bit.
• And most of all, a good design sense that compliments the source material :)
Awesome, Hugo!
Sounds interesting, looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
For a name maybe demonic tadpoles would work. :)
Frogses is taking over the worldses...
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Ribbett, The more frogs the better. Eat flies with my blessing.
Bill
Ps. Let's grab a beer or three this weekend!
Well, coming from Papa frog, this means A LOT to me!
I'll take you up on that beer and stalk you on PaizoCon until I can have a word with you ;)
Thanks Bill!
Outsourcing eh? Well, I uh.. know a guy. I hear he's pretty good.
I've heard and I've seen the works, he IS pretty good :)
Go butterfrog and give us great products!
I'll do my very best!
First I want to see a picture of a butterfrog...
Is it a Monarch Dart butterfrog or more like Blue Mountain Swallowtail butterbullfrog?
If Hugo and Bill like the idea, then so be it; but it sounds to me like a real lose-lose proposition. It will lead to both companies constantly explaining "No, that's the other frog publisher," and we'll both be lucky if we even get a chance to explain that, because most potential customers don't bother to ask questions, they simply leave the website or put the book back on the shelf. "Product X must be out of print because I went to Frog site Y and it's not on there any more."
When you guys get together for a beer, it might be worth talking about how to address issues of customer confusion, because I think they will be legion.
Obviously I'm not speaking on behalf of FGG, since Bill already answered the question, but this is why I'm "poison dart" frog. IMO it's a bad idea for all concerned.
First I want to see a picture of a butterfrog...
Is it a Monarch Dart butterfrog or more like Blue Mountain Swallowtail butterbullfrog?
It's more on the side of a butterbettlefrog, the ones fond of deep rocky ponds and mossy streams.
Croak!
Obviously I'm not speaking on behalf of FGG, since Bill already answered the question, but this is why I'm "poison dart" frog. IMO it's a bad idea for all concerned.
At firts I thought you were joking, but a few words later I see you are dead serious. Good choice on the frog name :)
I do agree with you and even thou I'm thrilled Bill siad it was ok, I do think there could be some confusion in the future and I do consider not keeping the name (to my 13 year old moniker regret) for both our sake.
The thing that makes me consider keeping it, is that in the end, why couldn't be another frog around? After all, there are a few companies sharing the names of Dungeon, Dragon, Sorcerer, Sword... (etc, etc). Maybe the older frogsters woulnd't mind another friendly frog hopping around :)
Thanks for the input, it is beign conidered.
Keeping the Butter theme, a friend of mine once wanted to start a band called "The Undead Buttermuffins."
As far as I know, he wouldn't mind you using the name. I would buy whatever your first product was and give a copy to him if you were "Undead Buttermuffin Publishing," or something like that.
-Aaron
It's worth noting that I trust Bill's business judgement more than I trust my own, so if he doesn't have reservations about it, then I trust him on that.
To me, it's purely the practical questions of (1) will people get confused, and (2) will that cause problems for one or both companies.
Don't get me wrong, either, I think a rising tide lifts all boats as far as RPGs go, so I want you to succeed and to succeed BIG. I think that cross-promotion is one of the most powerful tools out there, so I want FGG to talk about you and vice versa. All that will help both companies. Cooperation is the most powerful tool in a niche industry like RPGs. It's just that I've seen (granted, it was in other industries) situations where product confusion generates upset customers for absolutely no reason other than that they couldn't figure out which products came from whom.
Congratulations Hugo, best of luck to you.
Good luck and don't get in over your head. Know your limits and work within them while stretching those limits. I for one am rooting for you to succeed.
Know your limits and work within them while stretching those limits
...I still have to work on that... :D
Thanks guys, the support is very appreciated!
Know your limits and work within them while stretching those limits...I still have to work on that... :D
Thanks guys, the support is very appreciated!
~sharpens my knife~ Frog legs got taken off the menu. Behave or they will be put back on the menu.
~GRINS~
P.S. - I just don't want you to end up as Nick Logue did. (I am just glad that he is recovering from his fall. He is too good of a person.)
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Well, if you decide to replace your frog motif, I'm sure you could go with ButterBadger: "Guaranteed Great, Or We'll Rip Your Face Off!" :)
In all seriousness, you've already been turning out gorgeous professional art for a while now, so launching your own pro studio seems almost overdue. Good luck and knock their socks off!... or poke their eyes out!... whatever is most applicable for artists.
Cooperation is the most powerful tool in a niche industry like RPGs.
Again, I agree 101% with you. I always try to promote the people who I work with, and so far it has worked great (most of the time).
I think working among publishers with a positive and supporting atitude is the best way to work, that's how I've gotten this far (not too far anyway... :P). Sometimes I do get too involved in other people's projects, which is bad for my schedule, but great for my customer's relationship.
P.S. - I just don't want you to end up as Nick Logue did. (I am just glad that he is recovering from his fall. He is too good of a person.)
Yes, that's a very good bad example... and knowing my s¿current timing/schedulling, believe me I'll thread very carefully around it.
Well, if you decide to replace your frog motif, I'm sure you could go with ButterBadger: "Guaranteed Great, Or We'll Rip Your Face Off!" :)
I'd have to get Mike's approval to get the badger name :D
Great news Hugo!
(or should that be "Good news everyone!"...?)
Unfortunately, these news only makes me even more antsy about resurrecting past ideas about doing something similar with a certain artist friend of mine... Curse you Frogman! :-p
Great news Hugo!
(or should that be "Good news everyone!"...?)Unfortunately, these news only makes me even more antsy about resurrecting past ideas about doing something similar with a certain artist friend of mine... Curse you Frogman! :-p
Well, do it! As easy as to put a foot in fron of the other and so on ;)
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P.S. - I just don't want you to end up as Nick Logue did. (I am just glad that he is recovering from his fall. He is too good of a person.)Yes, that's a very good bad example... and knowing my s¿current timing/schedulling, believe me I'll thread very carefully around it.
Maintaining a disciplined schedule as a freelancer is probably the hardest part of doing this!
Great to hear Hugo. As a fan of your work in many products I wish you all the best and hope to see many new enterprises!
So, need any Freelancers? ;)
Thanks for the kind words!
Of course I'll be building up (and poking you guys) a hefty Freelancer's database for all professions (writer, editor, designer, illustrator, cartographer, cheerleader, game master, etc.)
You'll bring us your manuscript, we'll get it PDF/Printer ready.Ooh, my favorite bit of the post.
Actually this is also one that I'm very interested in developing to a very useful service.
There are plenty of people out there offering their freelance services, but sometimes the person in need of such services has very little to none knowledge about what he needs, where to get it or what are the best options to develope his project.
We'll be helping to develop your project by pointing out to appropriate freelancers, or by directly taking care of the whole producing/publishing process, as an intermediating manager between the freelancers and the project owner, giving the owner the advice and know-how needed to develop his projects to the quality he requires.
In short, you'll be able to outsource you production and art direction with us. :)
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The King in the South! :)
I'd like to try sending you some material, if you have place for one more. ^-^
I'd like to try sending you some material, if you have place for one more. ^-^
please do!