[IC] SA Semiconductor (PLEASE TAKE THE POLL AND SHARE YOUR OPINION)

[CharismaIllya]

Everyone has a voice in Cloudbank

Your input is needed to expedite relief in a decisive time!

There are three possible options on the poll, and you can vote for more than one if you want. Just select all of the options you like and submit! Here are the possible choices:

The Transistor


The Camerata


Cloudbank


Please vote and feel free to comment if you have any concerns.

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Okay, I'm back with some more stuff, including some novelties and my own terrible renders .



Seriously though, I didn't set myself up for greatness here. At least not initially. Now the keys are more aligned with one another, but I'm aware that's it's not the best render.

While I haven't finished a mockup for the electrical engineering novelty keys, I have made a bunch of novelties from functions in the game:


and a few featuring vectors of the function images:


and finally, here's a new and better organized image for the colors I used:


I'll probably clean up the renders soon and replace them (EDIT: Cleaned up renders as of 8/8/16), but for now, tell me what you like and what you don't like. Thanks!

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So cyan/blue officially won't work . C'est la vie. In lieu of that, I've come up with new versions of the two colorways I made.

This is the one for Red:


This is the one for the Camerata:


And this is one for the Camerata that uses the grey/gold mods from Red's version:


For better or for worse, we're making progress. Novelties are on the way.

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Came up with a very different keyset for the Camerata that looks like this:

Very different and pretty classy.

As for the original set, I think the gray keys with yellow legends and the red modifiers are good, but I can see where some of you are coming from with the alpha legends. I'm finding it hard to retain the feel of the set by using a darker, more blue color for the keys, but you have to do what is necessary, I guess. I'll think of something good in time and update again.

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This is a basic mockup.


And this is mockup with colored modifiers.


If this gains enough traction, I'll make some modifiers that have little circuit themed vectors like these (http://imgur.com/zEAgnnv) on them. Maybe I'll even try my hand a 3D render. In any case, what do you think?

[evangs]

Damn, this is kinda cool!


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[mind_funeral]

I like it but fear that the production alpha legends will be hard to read.

[Diokhan]

Too bad I don't like dsa/sa

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[DALExSNAIL]

Mockup one, with red esc and red arrows would be sweet i think.

I prefer cherry profile personally, but this color would be cool in SA

[CharismaIllya]

Damn, this is kinda cool!


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Thanks! It's cool to have the blessing of an actual designer. Although now I have to put together a mod kit for Minivan, don't I?

[evangs]

I can send you the kit for 40% layouts it covers pretty much everything


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[CharismaIllya]

Mockup one, with red esc and red arrows would be sweet i think.

I prefer cherry profile personally, but this color would be cool in SA

See I originally wanted to have it done by GMK, but they didn't have the colors I wanted, and I'd have to get a lot of orders to have custom colors with them, so I settled with Signature Plastics. I suppose that if I had a lot of support and a lot of people wanted Cherry, I could try GMK.

[CharismaIllya]

I can send you the kit for 40% layouts it covers pretty much everything


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Like I said, I'll take all the help I can get! 

[CharismaIllya]

I like it but fear that the production alpha legends will be hard to read.

Thanks for the feedback. I see what you mean, and I've experimented with darker blues, but it's hard to keep the feel of the set intact using only SP's default blues (http://keycapsdirect.com/images/colors/absblue.JPG). What would you recommend out of those colors?

[Pinecone]

I'm liking the idea on this one. Personally, I suggest you slim down to VBV, BDG, RAC and YCF as the primary keycap colors with the blacks/greys as the font. Don't mind me, I just really like bright sets 

[WOMBO]

i think the accents should be red/blue and the main set black/gold following the character's own theme (check what she's wearing)

[CharismaIllya]

I'm liking the idea on this one. Personally, I suggest you slim down to VBV, BDG, RAC and YCF as the primary keycap colors with the blacks/greys as the font. Don't mind me, I just really like bright sets 

Well then you're gonna love this!


I just can't find a subtle way to use all of the bright colors as bases rather than legends without throwing away most of the colors. I'm sure there's a better way to execute it that's beyond my skill, but I just can't bring myself to like anything that I make. And while I don't want to be stubborn, I'll fight for my cyan/blue alphas! I'd give them up if it was for the best, but I'd have a hard time parting ways with them.

[finalarcadia]

Here's my suggestion since I like more color Basically inverted modifiers with stealthy legends. Trying to match the sword.

[Pinecone]

I'm liking the idea on this one. Personally, I suggest you slim down to VBV, BDG, RAC and YCF as the primary keycap colors with the blacks/greys as the font. Don't mind me, I just really like bright sets 

Well then you're gonna love this!
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I just can't find a subtle way to use all of the bright colors as bases rather than legends without throwing away most of the colors. I'm sure there's a better way to execute it that's beyond my skill, but I just can't bring myself to like anything that I make. And while I don't want to be stubborn, I'll fight for my cyan/blue alphas! I'd give them up if it was for the best, but I'd have a hard time parting ways with them.

I like this ahaha Did you make this mockup or did you use a website? :O

[Dr_Alphabet]

I like the grey modifiers more than the yellow. It keeps it subtle. The yellow starts to make it look alot like the Scooby-Doo themed IC that's happening right now. That's just my pocket lint though

[Jmeferlater]

I really really enjoyed Transistor, so I thought I'd share my suggestion as well.

[CharismaIllya]

I'm liking the idea on this one. Personally, I suggest you slim down to VBV, BDG, RAC and YCF as the primary keycap colors with the blacks/greys as the font. Don't mind me, I just really like bright sets 

Well then you're gonna love this!
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I just can't find a subtle way to use all of the bright colors as bases rather than legends without throwing away most of the colors. I'm sure there's a better way to execute it that's beyond my skill, but I just can't bring myself to like anything that I make. And while I don't want to be stubborn, I'll fight for my cyan/blue alphas! I'd give them up if it was for the best, but I'd have a hard time parting ways with them.

I like this ahaha Did you make this mockup or did you use a website? :O

Between you and the other people asking for lighter options, I might try to make two sets of modifiers, one light and one dark, to account for everyone.  Personally I'm a fan of darker sets, and I think a darker set would reflect the game better, being that Cloudbank, the setting, is a rather dark place, but compromise must happen somewhere! And no, I didn't make the mockups myself. I'm using Keyboard Layout Editor atm. I was planning on making my own mockup later in Inkscape if this got people's attention, so that I could make novelties.

[TheMissingPiece]

HELL. YES.

Transistor is probably my favorite game, so I'd love a themed keyset. SA is just icing on the cake. I'd like to see some more variations on the colorway though. Maybe I'll try cooking something up this week. Maybe add some more emphasis on the Camerata, with their red, black, and white color scheme?

The novelties for this set would be amazing.

[Shados]

Suggestions:
1) Consider using stylized versions of electrical engineering symbols instead of/in addition to the circuit vectors you linked. Hell, Apple's "Option" key symbol is pretty obviously taken from the EE symbol for an SPDT toggle switch.

2) Offer red versions of the 'R', 'E', and 'D' keys, maybe as part of a secondary kit. They're even in a cluster .

[CharismaIllya]

HELL. YES.

Transistor is probably my favorite game, so I'd love a themed keyset. SA is just icing on the cake. I'd like to see some more variations on the colorway though. Maybe I'll try cooking something up this week. Maybe add some more emphasis on the Camerata, with their red, black, and white color scheme?

The novelties for this set would be amazing.

Damn I'm sleeping on the job! I had never thought to make a colorway based on the Camerata. I spun up something really quick, and dare I say it looks better and entirely different than the original.


A set for the Transistor and a set for the Camerata sounds cool, but it's basically two different sets. Is that even feasible?

[CharismaIllya]

Suggestions:
1) Consider using stylized versions of electrical engineering symbols instead of/in addition to the circuit vectors you linked. Hell, Apple's "Option" key symbol is pretty obviously taken from the EE symbol for an SPDT toggle switch.

2) Offer red versions of the 'R', 'E', and 'D' keys, maybe as part of a secondary kit. They're even in a cluster .

The RED idea is pretty cute . Another option would be to have a small "E" and "D" in the top and bottom right corners of the "R" key, respectively.

As for the novelties, there's a lot of options. I'd feel compelled to use the symbol for a transistor, for obvious reasons, as well as the symbols for ground and diode because they look nice. Aside from that, though, I wanted to make a set of novelties for some of the commands in the game(http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51f265f9e4b08fce1a8bb278/t/55828570e4b0d9be39c2980c/1434617204376/). Any number of things would look good, and I suppose we could make them all. I know that Carbon had a ton of novelties, but I don't think this'll be as popular as carbon. Nevertheless we can try!

[shower_king]

i realy like the VBV green but the green legend on blue alpha is less detectable for me.
i prefer green legend on darker alpha or something like that
The mod is rather good and keep it , the yellow is so comfortable.

[JaccoW]

For a color/legibility reference:






If the colors are too close together they just sort of disappear. (Check the high-res version of the BoB)

[user 18]

Huge fan of the game, and I like the idea, but neither set is doing anything for me.

[Aricil]

I REALLY like the bottom-est one. Where it's white and red and black. There hasn't been a really good red/black set that I can think of. At least not one that's been popular.

[eksuen]

Huge fan of the game, and I like the idea, but neither set is doing anything for me.

I'm in the same boat. If I had seen these sets on their own, I wouldn't have thought they were referencing or inspired by Transistor. I think it might be the lack of novelties right now that would make the theme more apparent.

But who knows? Perhaps they'll grow on me. I am rooting for this project to succeed either way.

[CharismaIllya]

For a color/legibility reference:

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If the colors are too close together they just sort of disappear. (Check the high-res version of the BoB)

Thanks for these. I also emailed SP for some info, and apparently VBV doesn't work very well as a legend unless the cap itself is a very dark color. So the cyan/blue legends won't be happening no matter what. I was thinking of doing some combination of cyan, grey, gold, and cream, but I haven't ironed it out yet.

[CharismaIllya]

Huge fan of the game, and I like the idea, but neither set is doing anything for me.

I'm in the same boat. If I had seen these sets on their own, I wouldn't have thought they were referencing or inspired by Transistor. I think it might be the lack of novelties right now that would make the theme more apparent.

But who knows? Perhaps they'll grow on me. I am rooting for this project to succeed either way.

I can see where you're coming from. I'm pouring over pictures of Cloudbank at the moment and I'm finding it challenging to visualize any clear theme that I can translate into a keyset. In future designs I'll try to add more cream colored accents like the floors and the lights of the city.

Like a said a little earlier, cyan on blue won't work, so I'll have to come up with something else. I don't know if gray on cyan will work any better (just took a good look at it after posting, and I think not), but I came up with this in the meantime:

Tell me if you think it's any better. And I'm sorry that I can't do any novelties yet. I'm stuck in Keyboard Layout Editor until I make a template of my own. For now, though, I put a little flare on the esc key. It's not much, but it's something.

[DALExSNAIL]

I still think the very first mockup in the thread is my fav. Love it.

[eksuen]

Huge fan of the game, and I like the idea, but neither set is doing anything for me.

I'm in the same boat. If I had seen these sets on their own, I wouldn't have thought they were referencing or inspired by Transistor. I think it might be the lack of novelties right now that would make the theme more apparent.

But who knows? Perhaps they'll grow on me. I am rooting for this project to succeed either way.

I can see where you're coming from. I'm pouring over pictures of Cloudbank at the moment and I'm finding it challenging to visualize any clear theme that I can translate into a keyset. In future designs I'll try to add more cream colored accents like the floors and the lights of the city.

Like a said a little earlier, cyan on blue won't work, so I'll have to come up with something else. I don't know if gray on cyan will work any better (just took a good look at it after posting, and I think not), but I came up with this in the meantime:
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Tell me if you think it's any better. And I'm sorry that I can't do any novelties yet. I'm stuck in Keyboard Layout Editor until I make a template of my own. For now, though, I put a little flare on the esc key. It's not much, but it's something.

I don't know. I don't dislike it, but it doesn't make me giddy with excitement either.

I like the idea for the escape key, though. Personally, I think it'd be cool if you integrated the abilities and/or functions from the game into the keyset a la Danger Zone's Wingman pack.

[CharismaIllya]

Huge fan of the game, and I like the idea, but neither set is doing anything for me.

I'm in the same boat. If I had seen these sets on their own, I wouldn't have thought they were referencing or inspired by Transistor. I think it might be the lack of novelties right now that would make the theme more apparent.

But who knows? Perhaps they'll grow on me. I am rooting for this project to succeed either way.

I can see where you're coming from. I'm pouring over pictures of Cloudbank at the moment and I'm finding it challenging to visualize any clear theme that I can translate into a keyset. In future designs I'll try to add more cream colored accents like the floors and the lights of the city.

Like a said a little earlier, cyan on blue won't work, so I'll have to come up with something else. I don't know if gray on cyan will work any better (just took a good look at it after posting, and I think not), but I came up with this in the meantime:
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Tell me if you think it's any better. And I'm sorry that I can't do any novelties yet. I'm stuck in Keyboard Layout Editor until I make a template of my own. For now, though, I put a little flare on the esc key. It's not much, but it's something.

I don't know. I don't dislike it, but it doesn't make me giddy with excitement either.

I like the idea for the escape key, though. Personally, I think it'd be cool if you integrated the abilities and/or functions from the game into the keyset a la Danger Zone's Wingman pack.

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That was the master plan. The ones I'm already pretty sure of are esc as Turn() and tab as Jaunt(). I was also thinking of making a Breach() key for backspace and Void() and Tap() keys for ctrl and alt respectively. On top of that, there would be a novelty set that had electrical engineering graphics on it like /u/shados suggested. The symbols for transistor and ground would look good on a keycap.

As for the colorway, do you have any suggestions? Do you think I should ditch the idea of grey/gold keys for cream/gold and see where it goes? This one's definitely going to be hard to pin down, but I'm confident that It'll be something special when we do.

[CharismaIllya]

I still think the very first mockup in the thread is my fav. Love it.

Thanks! As much as I like that one too, I think the people saying VBV on BDG will be hard to read are right. But as much as I hate to give them up, I'm confident that we'll come up with something even better to replace it. That aside, best wishes to you on your NGNL set. It's coming along nicely!

[DALExSNAIL]

I still think the very first mockup in the thread is my fav. Love it.

Thanks! As much as I like that one too, I think the people saying VBV on BDG will be hard to read are right. But as much as I hate to give them up, I'm confident that we'll come up with something even better to replace it. That aside, best wishes to you on your NGNL set. It's coming along nicely!

Thanks!

Try the first layout with all yellow lettering and a red ESC key. Please please please, sholdnt take long right? haha

[kenmai9]

im liking the bottom two a lot!

[DALExSNAIL]

Nvm fam, I gotchu

[CharismaIllya]

Nvm fam, I gotchu

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Just when I had finished this, too:


It doesn't look half bad like this.

[DALExSNAIL]

Nvm fam, I gotchu

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Just when I had finished this, too:
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It doesn't look half bad like this.

Lovin it, but maybe a diff color on the red?

[CharismaIllya]

im liking the bottom two a lot!

Thanks! I'm trying to consolidate the two designs so that I might be able to have them as a part of the same set (two sets of alphas and one set of mods ala Midnight/Twilight), but I'm not even sure if I should bother. Do have a preference for one mod color or the other?

[CharismaIllya]

Nvm fam, I gotchu

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Just when I had finished this, too:
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It doesn't look half bad like this.

Lovin it, but maybe a diff color on the red?

Definitely looks a little McDonalds-y. I tried the darkest red SP offers.

[DALExSNAIL]

Nvm fam, I gotchu

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Just when I had finished this, too:
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It doesn't look half bad like this.

Lovin it, but maybe a diff color on the red?

Definitely looks a little McDonalds-y. I tried the darkest red SP offers.
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Meant on the legends haha


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[Data]

This set almost looks like Jukebox took a dark turn down a sci-fi path. Like a 1950s sock hop that got crashed by a squad of time traveling alien bounty hunters.

[CharismaIllya]

Here's my own ****ty render of the set:

I threw in some more simple novelty ideas, but there are a lot more cool novelty prospects that I'm thinking of, like vector images of the various function icons, a Junction Jan's cap, and a Camerata/Cloudbank logo cap. As always, I'm open to suggestions.

And as a side note, I was messing around in KLE with color schemes for video games, and I figured there might be some interest for GMK Overwatch:

It's a little similar to carbon, but it really can't be helped, what with the orange/white color scheme. If enough people like it, I'll either switch gears or ask someone else to handle it. Either way, it's out there. Thoughts?

[effectiveduck]

I absolutely love Transistors art style, that game is so damn pretty!

I'm a big fan of the 'Red' render and while I'm pretty much exclusively cherry profile these days I'm very interested 

Also need some humming in here

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[Niomosy]

I'm liking the idea on this one. Personally, I suggest you slim down to VBV, BDG, RAC and YCF as the primary keycap colors with the blacks/greys as the font. Don't mind me, I just really like bright sets 

Well then you're gonna love this!
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I just can't find a subtle way to use all of the bright colors as bases rather than legends without throwing away most of the colors. I'm sure there's a better way to execute it that's beyond my skill, but I just can't bring myself to like anything that I make. And while I don't want to be stubborn, I'll fight for my cyan/blue alphas! I'd give them up if it was for the best, but I'd have a hard time parting ways with them.

Now what would might be interesting with the all-black-legends setup is DCS or DSA PBT dyesub if you can get the right colors.

[CharismaIllya]

I'm liking the idea on this one. Personally, I suggest you slim down to VBV, BDG, RAC and YCF as the primary keycap colors with the blacks/greys as the font. Don't mind me, I just really like bright sets 

Well then you're gonna love this!
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I just can't find a subtle way to use all of the bright colors as bases rather than legends without throwing away most of the colors. I'm sure there's a better way to execute it that's beyond my skill, but I just can't bring myself to like anything that I make. And while I don't want to be stubborn, I'll fight for my cyan/blue alphas! I'd give them up if it was for the best, but I'd have a hard time parting ways with them.

Now what would might be interesting with the all-black-legends setup is DCS or DSA PBT dyesub if you can get the right colors.

I'm not particularly interested in that sort of thing, but here's a mockup anyways:

The green is VCE, the yellow is YR, and the red is RBH.

I'm just not into bright sets like this, and it's not very Transistor-esque, but feel free to do whatever you want with the colors.

[CharismaIllya]

Here are the novelties I've come up with so far:




I'm aware that some of the vector images may be too thin for the molding process, so I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I'll have a set up soon that's based on electrical engineering symbols (http://imgur.com/3TKc52n - I'm sorry that the symbols are so small ).

[eksuen]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

[shangrila500]

Snazzy, I like it quite a bit!

[WOMBO]

camerata one looks amazing

[CharismaIllya]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

That does look pretty neat.


A little Dolch-y, but that's not a bad thing.

I also tried it with VBV legends:


Not bad at all

[CharismaIllya]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

camerata one looks amazing

I was messing around with the colors and came up with this, which I think is pretty cool:



What do you think? Should I stick with the white/red alphas, or does this look good?

[eksuen]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

camerata one looks amazing

I was messing around with the colors and came up with this, which I think is pretty cool:

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What do you think? Should I stick with the white/red alphas, or does this look good?

I like the white/red alphas more. I am partial to lighter alphas with darker mods. I know that some people prefer the converse though.

[CharismaIllya]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

camerata one looks amazing

I was messing around with the colors and came up with this, which I think is pretty cool:

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What do you think? Should I stick with the white/red alphas, or does this look good?

I like the white/red alphas more. I am partial to lighter alphas with darker mods. I know that some people prefer the converse though.

Yep, everybody has their preferences. I don't really know how to feel about the new one either, so I'll sideline it for now. As for your first request for green accents, here's what I have beyond the KLE renders I made earlier:



I have to say that I think this version and its inverse with the grey/gold alphas are probably the best ones so far. All of the game's main colors seem to get representation.

[japanitrat]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

camerata one looks amazing

I was messing around with the colors and came up with this, which I think is pretty cool:

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What do you think? Should I stick with the white/red alphas, or does this look good?

I like the white/red alphas more. I am partial to lighter alphas with darker mods. I know that some people prefer the converse though.

Yep, everybody has their preferences. I don't really know how to feel about the new one either, so I'll sideline it for now. As for your first request for green accents, here's what I have beyond the KLE renders I made earlier:

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I have to say that I think this version and its inverse with the grey/gold alphas are probably the best ones so far. All of the game's main colors seem to get representation.

Hm, I am not sure about that. The game has a lot of browns, yellows and oranges to frame the blue accents. Representing them in just the legends is not enough, imho.

[WOMBO]

blue accents with a child kit for red accents would be awesome imo

[japanitrat]

As for the novelties:

1. Copyright?
2. Probably way too detailed for Double Shot caps :/

[AresTheGod]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

That does look pretty neat.

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Love this one !

[MaNiFeX]

great colors!  Love the Red/Black/Yellow

[CharismaIllya]

As for the novelties:

1. Copyright?
2. Probably way too detailed for Double Shot caps :/

Well copyright isn't stopping GMK Hydro, so it won't stop me . You're right about the images being too complex though. Void() and Cull() will likely work with some modification, and maybe Bounce() as well, but Breach() will probably not make it there. I was working on a version of Jaunt() that would work, but I'm not done with it yet. As for the gripe about the lack of oranges and browns, I've really been trying to address this. Every time I add orange or brown as a keycap color instead of a legend color, the set becomes too bright. I'm sure there's a good way to do it, but I haven't found it quite yet. Do you have anything in mind?

[japanitrat]

You know that Transistor is an indie title, right? I think they might actually be cool with the keyset if you just ask them (after you have a great set with support from the community hehe)

[CharismaIllya]

You know that Transistor is an indie title, right? I think they might actually be cool with the keyset if you just ask them (after you have a great set with support from the community hehe)

Yes, I am aware that Transistor is an indie game, and yes, I was planning on contacting Supergiant before I officially used any of their assets or anything similar to them. Though I guess I sounded like I would use them without asking before. Call it a joke in poor taste. Anyways, I don't know how they'd react to a request like that, but I'd hope they'd like the idea. And yeah, I'd love it I people liked my idea, but it still needs work, and people might not like it then anyways. Here's to hoping.

[japanitrat]

Sorry, this wasn't intented to sound ill-intended. Just saying that indies should be supported as much as possible I wonder if they would even contribute to the keyset (help on the colors or novelties) if we ask them nicely. Would need a good intro of the scene and the specific idea, probably.

Anyhow, good luck on the set! looking forward too more iterations!

[kenmai9]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

camerata one looks amazing

I was messing around with the colors and came up with this, which I think is pretty cool:

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What do you think? Should I stick with the white/red alphas, or does this look good?

I like the white/red alphas more. I am partial to lighter alphas with darker mods. I know that some people prefer the converse though.

Yep, everybody has their preferences. I don't really know how to feel about the new one either, so I'll sideline it for now. As for your first request for green accents, here's what I have beyond the KLE renders I made earlier:

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I have to say that I think this version and its inverse with the grey/gold alphas are probably the best ones so far. All of the game's main colors seem to get representation.

thats pretty tight dude. how does it look with gold legends on the alphas and pink legends on the mods?

[CharismaIllya]

I like where this is headed.

Personally, I think the Camerata set with some VBV colored accent keys would look neat.

camerata one looks amazing

I was messing around with the colors and came up with this, which I think is pretty cool:

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What do you think? Should I stick with the white/red alphas, or does this look good?

I like the white/red alphas more. I am partial to lighter alphas with darker mods. I know that some people prefer the converse though.

Yep, everybody has their preferences. I don't really know how to feel about the new one either, so I'll sideline it for now. As for your first request for green accents, here's what I have beyond the KLE renders I made earlier:

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I have to say that I think this version and its inverse with the grey/gold alphas are probably the best ones so far. All of the game's main colors seem to get representation.

thats pretty tight dude. how does it look with gold legends on the alphas and pink legends on the mods?

Looks like this:



Maybe it would look cooler if I made the alpha legends darker and the modifier legends lighter.

[CharismaIllya]

Sorry, this wasn't intented to sound ill-intended. Just saying that indies should be supported as much as possible I wonder if they would even contribute to the keyset (help on the colors or novelties) if we ask them nicely. Would need a good intro of the scene and the specific idea, probably.

Anyhow, good luck on the set! looking forward too more iterations!

Thanks! It didn't really sound ill intended at all. I asked for criticism and I got some. Can't really complain about that. Anyways, with regard to your suggestion, I came up with this, which really puts the orange accents in the forefront:



The alpha colors are taken from the menus: dark, cool black with cyan details, and the modifiers are taken from the burnt orange and red dusk of the city skyline. The modifiers are for the Camerata/Process. I think it's a little indulgent, but every step is progress.

[William_S_Jones]

I love this set & hope it makes it to production. I don't have any takeaways & love it how it is!

[user 18]

Sorry, this wasn't intented to sound ill-intended. Just saying that indies should be supported as much as possible I wonder if they would even contribute to the keyset (help on the colors or novelties) if we ask them nicely. Would need a good intro of the scene and the specific idea, probably.

Anyhow, good luck on the set! looking forward too more iterations!

Thanks! It didn't really sound ill intended at all. I asked for criticism and I got some. Can't really complain about that. Anyways, with regard to your suggestion, I came up with this, which really puts the orange accents in the forefront:

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The alpha colors are taken from the menus: dark, cool black with cyan details, and the modifiers are taken from the burnt orange and red dusk of the city skyline. The modifiers are for the Camerata/Process. I think it's a little indulgent, but every step is progress.

This is definitely one of my favourites from this thread. Perhaps something with a little more contrast for the mod legends?

[CharismaIllya]

Sorry, this wasn't intented to sound ill-intended. Just saying that indies should be supported as much as possible I wonder if they would even contribute to the keyset (help on the colors or novelties) if we ask them nicely. Would need a good intro of the scene and the specific idea, probably.

Anyhow, good luck on the set! looking forward too more iterations!

Thanks! It didn't really sound ill intended at all. I asked for criticism and I got some. Can't really complain about that. Anyways, with regard to your suggestion, I came up with this, which really puts the orange accents in the forefront:

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The alpha colors are taken from the menus: dark, cool black with cyan details, and the modifiers are taken from the burnt orange and red dusk of the city skyline. The modifiers are for the Camerata/Process. I think it's a little indulgent, but every step is progress.

This is definitely one of my favourites from this thread. Perhaps something with a little more contrast for the mod legends?

Well here's a version with brown legends, which was the reddish color that looked the most clear:



After using brown and looking through some more pictures like these (http://imgur.com/a/qbv7x), though, I did one with gold/brown modifiers that I think looks nice and thematic:



I could work with either of these.

[CharismaIllya]

I love this set & hope it makes it to production. I don't have any takeaways & love it how it is!

Thanks! It's nice to know that someone liked the first design. Although the set will probably change some more before I try making something out of it, I hope it still ends up being something you like .

[gerankle]

I'm liking the idea on this one. Personally, I suggest you slim down to VBV, BDG, RAC and YCF as the primary keycap colors with the blacks/greys as the font. Don't mind me, I just really like bright sets 

Well then you're gonna love this!
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I just can't find a subtle way to use all of the bright colors as bases rather than legends without throwing away most of the colors. I'm sure there's a better way to execute it that's beyond my skill, but I just can't bring myself to like anything that I make. And while I don't want to be stubborn, I'll fight for my cyan/blue alphas! I'd give them up if it was for the best, but I'd have a hard time parting ways with them.

I think this is the best color combination. The colors fit the concentrations found in the sword a lot better IMO.

Would buy. Great game, would be a great keycap set. Also, love the novelties.

[CharismaIllya]

I'm liking the idea on this one. Personally, I suggest you slim down to VBV, BDG, RAC and YCF as the primary keycap colors with the blacks/greys as the font. Don't mind me, I just really like bright sets 

Well then you're gonna love this!
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I just can't find a subtle way to use all of the bright colors as bases rather than legends without throwing away most of the colors. I'm sure there's a better way to execute it that's beyond my skill, but I just can't bring myself to like anything that I make. And while I don't want to be stubborn, I'll fight for my cyan/blue alphas! I'd give them up if it was for the best, but I'd have a hard time parting ways with them.

I think this is the best color combination. The colors fit the concentrations found in the sword a lot better IMO.

Would buy. Great game, would be a great keycap set. Also, love the novelties.

It seemed like quite a few people liked that version, but I thought it was too bright to represent the game. I redid it with darker mods though, and I like it quite a bit now.

With red/white accents:


With black/red accents:


Do these do anything for you?

[kingnestea]

vote for the beige black version

[gerankle]

It seemed like quite a few people liked that version, but I thought it was too bright to represent the game. I redid it with darker mods though, and I like it quite a bit now.

With red/white accents:
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With black/red accents:
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Do these do anything for you?

They don't seem darker than the original? And they're both the same picture haha. Wrong uploads?

[CharismaIllya]

It seemed like quite a few people liked that version, but I thought it was too bright to represent the game. I redid it with darker mods though, and I like it quite a bit now.

With red/white accents:
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With black/red accents:
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Do these do anything for you?

They don't seem darker than the original? And they're both the same picture haha. Wrong uploads?

Ha yeah, that was the wrong upload. Here's the other one:



And as for the colors, compare YCF to YG here:



It's less vibrant, which I think is nice.

[CharismaIllya]

vote for the beige black version

Do you think it would help to make a poll and see which version is the most popular? Everyone seems to want something different .

[gerankle]

It seems there are a few possible options, all of which are up in the air a bit. I think focusing on the themes would be good. The three I've seen here are the Camerata, the Transistor, and the city?

Maybe narrow down designs for all three and then poll for most interest?

I feel like based on the design for the sword (and its wielder, Red), this design has been the most fitting. It has the yellow of the recent designs, but the text color from the old design.



As for the Camerata, this one looked great! But with the novelties of course.

[CharismaIllya]

It seems there are a few possible options, all of which are up in the air a bit. I think focusing on the themes would be good. The three I've seen here are the Camerata, the Transistor, and the city?

Maybe narrow down designs for all three and then poll for most interest?

I feel like based on the design for the sword (and its wielder, Red), this design has been the most fitting. It has the yellow of the recent designs, but the text color from the old design.

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As for the Camerata, this one looked great! But with the novelties of course.

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Camerata set will have gold legends on the accents, like this:



And the other set looks like this:



A sort of inverted version of the original.

I'll put these three up in a poll and update the post tomorrow.

[qrin]

Ah I love the Camerata set! Not so much a fan of the blue and yellow but it looks beautiful as well!

[CharismaIllya]

Shameless bump to give visibility to my poll . Really appreciate the input.

[AresTheGod]

My vote goes for the Camerata, love the red/white !

[CharismaIllya]

My vote goes for the Camerata, love the red/white !

Thanks for the input! I don't think I'll have a tremendous amount of votes, but the Camerata set seemed popular, so my money is on that one.

[Geckt]

Camerata 1, if the yellow is red instead on the black caps would be really nice. The yellow seems out of place somehow.

[chuckdee]

I like the novelties!  Kill the windows key.  And my vote is for camerata.

[Vigrith]

I actually like Cloudbank the best out of the original post, but the blue accent dolch-ey looking Camerata with VBV legends is even better (from post #50)!

[CharismaIllya]

Camerata 1, if the yellow is red instead on the black caps would be really nice. The yellow seems out of place somehow.

Like this?



It looks good, but I like it when the legends contrast more. Does white do anything for you?



I wanted to avoid white because I think it looks kind of generic, but it doesn't look bad.

I like the novelties!  Kill the windows key.  And my vote is for camerata.

Thanks! Don't know about the image novelties, but I'm rather happy with the text novelties myself. And yeah the windows key is just a placeholder. It'll probably just say "super" like the rest of the SP sets I've seen.

I actually like Cloudbank the best out of the original post, but the blue accent dolch-ey looking Camerata with VBV legends is even better (from post #50)!

See, I'm finding myself in a bit of a turmoil over this. People seem to like the Camerata set the most, and I agree that it's the most cohesive of the three, plus there hasn't been a white/red set in a while, but I'm not sure I'd call it Transistor themed. I think that both the current and the original Cloudbank set (I don't think I ever shared the original:

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. I thought it was too similar to the recent Midnight set) are the sets that best represent the game, so I'd like to save the Transistor theme for either of those sets if it ever happens, and push ahead with the Camerata set under a new theme (I was thinking Communist propaganda, but that overlaps too much with Yuri). The other thing is that I'm dying to use VBV in a set. I've never seen it used before (Jukebox and Midnight used VCO), and it's a beautiful color, so I was really hoping to make it to market with one of those designs.

All that aside, the VBV legends on white caps is just impossible to read, so the alphas just wouldn't work, but the VBV accents are nice. I hope I or someone else can find a way to use them for something. Thanks for the support!