CBR+PNK: OVERLOAD

Quick Update
9 months ago – Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 01:48:58 PM

We’ve been working nonstop on the project, and here’s where each brochure stands in production:

Matteo Sciutteri’s Quantum Coherence and Michael Michael Elliot’s Kill Party have come together beautifully!

We’ve also been refreshing some of the covers to give them extra edge. Check out the slick new Cryptobiology cover by Aedel Fakhrie and Wonderland’s by Tazio Bettin:

AUGMENTED CODES

For everyone who backed the digital Augmented edition: you’ll soon receive an email from Emanoel with a link to download all the files. Look for an email with the subject line:
“Your CBR+PNK: Augmented Files” (and don’t forget to check your spam folder).

Final redeem codes for either DTRPG or itch.io will be sent once Overload is complete.

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We still have a couple of surprises in store—more on those when the time is right! In the meantime, thank you for your patience and support as we put our best ideas into these new expansions for CBR+PNK.

Gratitude 🙏
11 months ago – Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 06:25:56 PM

Hey Runners,

Thank you so much for an incredible campaign. Emanoel and I have so much to be grateful for. We did our best, but alas fell just a little short of the $70k Stretch Goal. Nonetheless, this campaign was a banging success. 1,465 of you spoke loudly that you wanted more CBR+PNK, and now we get to make more CBR+PNK! 

We're going to take a couple of days to decompress and then get back to it. 

Thank you, Runners.

Ray

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As with the first time, I’m blown away by the reception and support!

Thank you all for backing, sharing, and celebrating each stretch goal we hit. But also for helping us bring this to life alongside an amazing team of writers, artists, and editors.

It’s thrilling to team up with you to expand the CBR+PNK ecosystem beyond anything I imagined back in 2021.

Now, let’s focus on the roadmap. There’s much to do!

—Emanoel

//T-MINUS 16 HRS...
11 months ago – Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 02:29:20 PM

//INCOMING TRANSMISSION

16 hours to go. $6.5k until our next stretch goal. One final push...

//FINAL DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT: FARI RPGS

If we get there we unlock INSURGED by René-Pier Deshaie - a scenario that traps you in a corpo mega-prison. RP's crafted something intricately beautiful here. 

How amazing would it be in print? I bet you those UV layerss would be awfully shiny...

//COMPLETE LIST OF DESIGNER SPOTLIGHTS

• René-Pier Deshaie challenges you to break free of INSURGED.
• Emanoel Melo goes PSYCHOTRONIK while haunted by the GHOST OF ADELAIDE.
• David Lombardo explains what goes into the twist filled CRYPTOBIOLOGY.
• Matteo Sciutteri delves into time parodoxes and inspiration in TIMELOOP.
• Ray Chou dives into his degenerate roots in WONDERLAND and DARK CITY.
• Luigi Calistrato is all gas no brakes in HACKY RACES.
• Lorelock (Jack Cahan) dives deep into TRIDENT PROTOTYPE.
• Marta Palvarini explores late-stage EUROVENICE.
• Sequential James checks you into the CRESCENT PARALLAX.
• Matteo Perego erupts in SPACCANAPOLI.
• Michael Elliot cordially invites you to a KILL PARTY.
• Jota Pe Corvuja delves deep into AKUMA: LABYRINTH OF THE MIND.
• Leonardo Azevedo assures you have nothing to fear from the BASILISK and SUN OF A GLITCH.
• Vincenzo Ferriero offers you wares and reality in NETSCAPE and TREMONT PLAZA.

//ONE LAST JOB...

Runners, can we do it?!?

// $60k PAYOFF UNLOCKED!!
11 months ago – Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 01:31:57 PM

Let's gooo!!!  

$9.4k more until we unlock the prison scenario INSURGED by Fari RPG!
 

// BREAK FREE 

// LAST 48 HRS
11 months ago – Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 10:06:46 AM

//RUNNERS! We're on our last 48 hours! 

Let's get it!!! 

//WHATCHA DOING? INTERVIEW

To begin today's update, here's an interview with Emanoel, Ray, and Matt Caulder about all things CBR+PNK:

A lot of great insights if you want to learn more about the history and design process of CBR+PNK.

//STRETCH GOAL APPROACHING

As of writing, we are about $500 away from our next stretch goal, a PAYOFF UPGRADE for the entire crew! This means all of our collaborators and designers get paid more, which is in our opinion well deserved! 

Hopefully we can hit one or two more stretch goals after this next one! At $70k, we'll get a new scenario, INSURGED, by RP Deshais! And then at $80k we'll be adding another PAYOFF UPGRADE for the entire crew. Let's get it! 

//DESIGNER INTERVIEWS

For the sake of compiling all of the designer interviews, I've linked them all below:

• (NEW) Emanoel Melo goes PSYCHOTRONIK while haunted by the GHOST OF ADELAIDE.
• (NEW) David Lombardo explains what goes into the twist filled CRYPTOBIOLOGY.
• (NEW) Matteo Sciutteri delves into time parodoxes and inspiration in TIMELOOP.
• (NEW) Ray Chou dives into his degenerate roots in WONDERLAND and DARK CITY.
• Luigi Calistrato is all gas no brakes in HACKY RACES.
• Lorelock (Jack Cahan) dives deep into TRIDENT PROTOTYPE.
• Marta Palvarini explores late-stage EUROVENICE.
• Sequential James checks you into the CRESCENT PARALLAX.
• Matteo Perego erupts in SPACCANAPOLI.
• Michael Elliot cordially invites you to a KILL PARTY.
• Jota Pe Corvuja delves deep into AKUMA: LABYRINTH OF THE MIND.
• Leonardo Azevedo assures you have nothing to fear from the BASILISK and SUN OF A GLITCH.
• Vincenzo Ferriero offers you wares and reality in NETSCAPE and TREMONT PLAZA.

I'm personally really pleased with how these designer spotlights turned out. It's a lot of great content and insights from the designers, so if you haven't taken a dive yet you should! Especiaally if you're interested in designing / hacking games yourself. 

// OVERDRIVE

As we enter the last stretch of this campaign, we could use your help in spreading the word! We'd love to be able to hit a couple more stretch goals, bringing you more great CBR+PNK content and raising the pay for our collaborators. 

Thank you for all of the great support thus far. Let's end this SCORE on a bang, RUNNERS!