Vol. 6, Sunday 11.03.19
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Meet our newest Patron Supporter: Anja
Anja Mertl, founder and CEO of DeVo Media, DeVo Group LLC / DeVo Fit ™, became our latest Patron Supporter. In addition to being a skilled marketer, serial entrepreneur, and fitness coach, Anja is someone whom I greatly respect. Her high energy is contagious so if anyone is looking for some impactful marketing media strategy and implementation consider having a quick chat with Anja.
Thank you for your support Anja. I look forward to sharing the future with you and our other supporters!
Texas sized thank-yous to each of you!
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Mini behind the scenes: The Broken Bottle
The Broken Bottle, our first Immersive Digital Story, has a long history and has been the catalyst for the creation of our team. Above is a handful of our speed sketches from one of our Design Studios (inspired by the book "The Lean Startup"). We have tons of sketches, moodboards, docs, flow sheets, list, and more all over the place. Being spread across the world has had its challenges nonetheless, we're having a blast. I am privileged to be working with such a collaborative group of creatives.
I hope you all enjoy our silly sketches which led to many epiphanies and the app you will see soon. We could probably write a book on international virtual collaboration.
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Speaking of The Broken Bottle: Update
First, thank you all for your patience as we finalize our App development. We recognize we're delayed and are working hard on iterations to ring out the final set of bugs. Our dev team is small so it takes a little extra time though, have no fear we never give up and everyday we're making progress. We'll continue to keep you updated. Thank you again for your support and understanding! It keeps us going.
Isn't this art awesome by the way?! Anh, who has been helping us create original art for over three years, delights all of us with her ability to translate our imaginations into visual reality. If you're looking for someone to help with your art work, let me know.
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Ninjas, WWI, and more: Another sneak peak!
Did you think that was it? Nah, The Broken Bottle is the appetizer. While we are "plating" The Broken Bottle, we are also in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Our writers are hard at work crafting some really exciting stories. How they will be told is yet to be fully revealed. The Broken Bottle is going to be a big moment for us and will be used for all of us (MVPs being the players) to form the future of storytelling.
Josh Irvin, lead writer on The Broken Bottle, is currently working on a second story about two brothers in WWI, their relationship, and the grey morality of total war. Exploring themes similar to Valiant Hearts and inspired by studies of historical narratives and WWI propaganda. Being a historian now well into his PhD program, Irvin’s story seeks to capture both the spirit of the war while combining it with a fair degree of historical accuracy.
We're here to stay and this is only the beginning. We're excited to share with you all!
Bonus: Number of the week
~20
Ok so we lost count. Our team has some proud nerd elements to it. We collectively have greater or slightly less than 20 weapons from our favorite shows, movies, and books. Our HQ office armory is going to be crazy! Lightsabers, swords of all kinds, wands, daggers, katanas, and more haha! I love it. Below is a picture of a couple of our weapons of choice.
Can any of you identify them??
