Coronavirus and how it affects us.
almost 5 years ago
– Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 06:49:54 PM
Hello backers. We just wanted to give you all an official update on the situation in China surrounding the coronavirus, and how this will affect our estimated production time.
We've had quite a few inquiries asking if/how we have been affected by the outbreak. Unfortunately like most of China, we have been affected by the outbreak, and the situation is worse than we initially expected.
The situation is as follows:
Work on the dice was planned to commence on the 5th of February, this is the date the factories should have reopened after Chinese New Year. This was mentioned in our previous update.
The Chinese Government then extended Chinese New Year to last until the 9th of February, hoping that this would prevent the outbreak from spreading further. Most workers travel home over Chinese New Year, so the last thing you would want is all the workers traveling back and potentially spreading the virus more.
On the 9th of February, we got an update that the quarantine was extended until the 17th of February, and yesterday got word from the factory that it will remain "closed" until the 27th of February. Due to lack of information a number of staff returning from home did end up arriving at the factory, the staff inside currently have accommodation inside the factory. Therefore we do have some functionality within the factory, however, this is extremely limited.
We are in consistent communication with the factory, and so far none of the workers have contracted the virus. Once we get a solid answer on how our original timelines have been affected we will release another update. Sadly right now the lack of information from the Chinese government makes it very difficult to work out solid ETAs.
Thank you for your patience during this time and we hope you understand, that the situation is somewhat out of our control. As always messages and Instagram DMs are welcome should you have any issues or concerns.
