OOOOH lookin out for all the gloomy people! Thank you for making this, it looks really cool! Definitely interested.
Ah! Thank you! On a completely different topic, I love the symbol alphas you're doing for Transmutation! The set looks so unique!
ePBT strongly incentivizes breaking out kits since they are cheap and only the base kit needs to hit moq. I would advise you follow in the footsteps of previous sets so that you can maximize compatibility and still keep the base kit affordable.
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I enjoy this! As others have noted, I would possibly look into splitting out the kitting
okay i feel obligated to give feedback now because of how much of a "circus" (- ireris) this thread is
Currently the base kit has a lot of unnecessary keys, like 1u Code, an extra 1u Fn, extra 1u Ctrl, and is also missing keys, like good spacebars. Personally I would learn about which boards have which layouts and then visit sets from the same manufacturer to kit for those layouts. At minimum, this needs revising to include a spacebars kit (or god forbid a mega add-on kit).
Oh god... I read that as "Sober" instead, and wanted nothing to with this.. GMK AA can go to hell!
Look pretty cool though, I like it.
First, I want to thank everybody for the feedback on the kitting. Its always a huge help to hear everyone's thoughts and gather from the community's experience. Now on to the kits. The main reason why this currently doesn't have any other kitting besides the base kit (with my previously designed set, I had the whole separate kitting to accommodate a wide variety of keyboards) is because with this set, I'm looking to move towards just having a base kit. The reasoning behind this is because with this set, I want to try to offer a set that is quickly delivered (or in an ideal case, readily available) and targeting a cheaper price while hopefully not sacrificing quality. To my knowledge (I could be wrong) traditionally GB's have the advantage of having a known quantity determined before they place their order with the manufacturer and the smaller side kits (spacebar, novelties, 40's, and other such kits) are usually ordered with not many extras. This avoids the problem of having the small side kits just sitting around not being sold as the base kit is usually what most people are after. While I know I can't accommodate everybody's board preference, I want to try to determine a reasonably sized base kit that covers the majority of what the average user will use. This way, it could be a one kit fits most. "most" would be whatever are the most common layouts among not just enthusiasts but also general users or people looking to get into the hobby.
I'm currently listening to the feedback from here and the google forms and determining if there's merit in trying this potentially faster method of getting the set into the hands of people who buy it. Of course, other ideas are always welcome and if the overwhelming majority wants to break things out into separate kits and go through the GB model, I'm more than happy to go that route.
Hi, I like your concept and theme! I have a few concerns.
At first I was going to comment mainly on the legibility of the alphas, but I was curious and pulled out my coated pantone book. Now, there are going to be slight differences due to monitor differences, but from what I see, 443C is completely different from your hex color, and both 2216C and 4165U are significantly darker and more saturated than what I'm seeing on my monitor. 443C is so far away to my eyes that it's beyond monitor differences imo. I am also concerned about you using both coated and uncoated with PBT plastic. I think this will lead to issues with colormatching with samples later down the road. While ePBT will work with coated pantones (I believe) uncoated pantone is highly recommended for PBT plastic. As a sidenote, this looks nothing like Boulder, idk what fishy is talking about.
There are kitting issues that others have pointed out, and you have a ways to go before you're ready for GB. However, I like your theme and colors (at least in the renders) and I think this set has a lot of potential. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want some help. GLWIC!
Thank you for the interest! It means a lot. The hex codes I used for the renders are directly from pantones site for each of the pantone colors. There will definitely be differences in color based on having the actual pantone chip (I have the gray chip in person) compared to what you see on screen. e.g. The hexcode used for all the grays is straight from
https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/443-C which happens to be #919D9D. As for the alphas. that has been brought up a few times and I am currently testing a version with 443-C as the alpha to make it stand out more. Ideally, I will have a physical prototype in hand once I've settled on the coordination of the colors. This will hopefully help even further to show people what the final results on the keycaps will look like since I know renders can be misleading.
