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Thanks for the support guys. Just spoke to Jason and we'll defo be offering up a 40s kit. Will mock it up asap.
I love the theme, but I think the one thing missing is some representation of that good ol' green screen.
Battery key is brilliant. All over this.It‘s super brilliant, but when used with a red LED, it also might give you that bad gut feeling of low battery and having no new ones around..! (aka running around the house and searching for devices less important so you can take the batteries from them..)
This is sexcellent. Any chance for a red/blue/yellow/green themed arrow pack or something? I'm getting heavy SNES controller vibesShow Image(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/nintendo/images/f/ff/SnesController2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080915172650&path-prefix=en)
Set looks so similar in theme and color to snes
https://originative.co/snes-co
I don’t know know sherryton’s timeframe but he tends to do things like announce sets when in stock to buy.
Proxy EU and i'm in
KMK Labs.
I love the theme, but I think the one thing missing is some representation of that good ol' green screen.
Couldn't agree more. But this will most likely be a launch day buy for me. That color combo is perfect.
Love the theme and colors of this set. I don't think you have to go crazy with novelties, even just a couple artisans such as the translucent cap (green to represent the screen) or an artisan, like Rama's wave cap to represent the ridges on the back would be fun ;D
Would love to see some text modifier, such as 'select' and 'start' along with the the magenta color arrow keys.
This is completely extra, but I love the IC picture based off the original box and would think it would be neat to have a deskpad with that kind of design or aesthetic.
Some sort of 1.5u OS key like “super” (for Mac users) would be great! Also agree with some sort of WASD ACCENT, since this is a game-inspired kit
Thanks for the support guys. Just spoke to Jason and we'll defo be offering up a 40s kit. Will mock it up asap.
Don’t forget about the Minivan. 😁
Battery key is brilliant. All over this.
Set looks so similar in theme and color to snes
https://originative.co/snes-co
I don’t know know sherryton’s timeframe but he tends to do things like announce sets when in stock to buy.
For what it's worth I like the darker colors of your set + matching text on the mods better than the originative set. Not feeling SNES CO at all.
Interested at least, and would buy for sure with good novelties.
Only thing with the base set is that I would prefer the R3 "Ctrl" to be "Control" to be consistent with other keys.
Also, a nice touch to the newer GMK sets is the R4 Caps Lock. I don't think it is necessary (even to me), but I think it should be considered if it does push up the price too much.
This is just adorable. I'm not really into the retro GMK aesthetic, but I really like this! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for novelties (something subtle like Start and Select keys would be to my taste). The battery key is already basically an awesome subtle novelty and I'm glad it's in the base set!
I think this set would be really neat on a small ortho board like a Planck... I'm just concerned about the cost and number of leftover keys if I want to go that route ;)
Also if I use this set for an ortho board I'd probably want Dvorak support -- any word on a colevrak kit?
1.25 Blanks please
Also, I would personally not join if "Control" legends are there, "Ctrl" is more elegant, "Control" always looks awkward on 1.25 keycaps and 1.75 stepped keycap (I use the 1.75 Stepped "Ctrl")
Awesome keyset in general, you can count me in if you change your mind about the "Control" :)
Some sort of 1.5u OS key like “super” (for Mac users) would be great! Also agree with some sort of WASD ACCENT, since this is a game-inspired kit
I appreciate the desire for a Super key, but I think Code is a decent OS agnostic key. Catering to Mac, Windows and Linux users seperately with all the different size variations would unfortunately increase the cost significantly.
1.25 Blanks please
Also, I would personally not join if "Control" legends are there, "Ctrl" is more elegant, "Control" always looks awkward on 1.25 keycaps and 1.75 stepped keycap (I use the 1.75 Stepped "Ctrl")
Awesome keyset in general, you can count me in if you change your mind about the "Control" :)
Are you only concerned about the R4 Control keys, or the R3 as well? I personally prefer the full word and think it fits the set better but if there's a general opinion that Ctrl is better then people can speak up and I'll go with the vote.
I'm definitely in so long as there's a kit that includes the windowed keys
Looks so good!
But is there any chance to add 2u shift?
1.25 Blanks please
Also, I would personally not join if "Control" legends are there, "Ctrl" is more elegant, "Control" always looks awkward on 1.25 keycaps and 1.75 stepped keycap (I use the 1.75 Stepped "Ctrl")
Awesome keyset in general, you can count me in if you change your mind about the "Control" :)
Are you only concerned about the R4 Control keys, or the R3 as well? I personally prefer the full word and think it fits the set better but if there's a general opinion that Ctrl is better then people can speak up and I'll go with the vote.
Everyone has their opinion and tastes, and almost everyone is very religious about their opinions
But objectively speaking, the 1.25U area is very low, GMK legends are left-aligned, and there's beauty in that, if the legends for center-aligned for example, I think we would all agree that it wouldn't look as good, now comes why I don't like "Control" on 1.25 areas, because it spans almost the entire area, and the "Control" legend looks as if it was mis-properly center-aligned, rather than an elegantly and beautiful left-aligned legend
Since I don't use the R4 "Control", my problem is more with the R3 1.75U Stepped "Control" - the stepped area is 1.25U, there's a 0.5U gap there, if the R3 1.75U Stepped keycap becomes "Ctrl" - I'll be very happy
You can see a 1.75 Stepped "Ctrl" here: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-livingspeedbump-gmk-mint-dolch <- very elegent looking, simple, un-crowded
(Also 1.25 blanks please)
Personally liked the spacebar kit more when it included both colors. :( And no 2U in the spacebar kit if I'm reading right.
I want this, but I know it's gonna have to have a ton of meme layout kits added to it.
Personally liked the spacebar kit more when it included both colors. :( And no 2U in the spacebar kit if I'm reading right.
Splitting this way makes the 40s kit and the spacebar kit better balanced I think. I've matched the Terminal r2 spacebar and 40s kits which I think work well and aren't too expensive. I think I might add that 2u accent colour spacebar to the spacebar kit though.
Could you share which pantones you're matching to?
Cool set, any plans on making an Ergodox kit for it?
This is so cool - are the legends more purple or blue? Right in between?
Are there any plan of spliting up the base kit into numpad kit and non-numpad base kit?
Since I have got lots of numpad key unused at home which feel a kind of waste.
Btw, I am a fan of 40%~60%, which may not be the majority?
Can you test pink/accent color for mods legend? Will give a good contrast to blue on alphas. Just a suggestion.
What about an extra set of the A and B key in accent color?Awesome idea, love it! also could imagine a (1u?) start and select might be cool. Sure would look dope on a planck. :)
What about an extra set of the A and B key in accent color?
What about an extra set of the A and B key in accent color?
Could be two keys on the right side in like m and k
What about an extra set of the A and B key in accent color?Awesome idea, love it! also could imagine a (1u?) start and select might be cool. Sure would look dope on a planck. :)
This makes me so nostalgic, I'm in. Still have my working OG Gameboy :)
Definitely interested in this set, looks super nice. Can't wait for it to get to group buy
Look at this fancy boi spelling Color with a U in it
Please deliver set to my mailbox asap. Thanks.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes! YES!
Oh wait, I might have too many keysets lying around... :/
I might be a bit naive, but have you tried contacting Nintendo to ask for color codes ?
I don't think this would have much chances to succeed, but if it allows you to not spend 4k$ on a gameboy...
I didnt read anything posted above me, so this might have been asked already, but any chance at a green and black/dark grey key somewhere as an accent to match the screen. :p
Maybe just as an ESC or Enter key.
Or will you?? We could do a groupbuy for a 4k Gameboy, you send it to GMK and then after color matching sell it again and pay back the GB participents.. just make sure to not buy a sealed one..I might be a bit naive, but have you tried contacting Nintendo to ask for color codes ?
I don't think this would have much chances to succeed, but if it allows you to not spend 4k$ on a gameboy...
I think any attempts to contact Nintendo would be a bad idea. Don't worry, I won't spend 4K on a Gameboy.
Even though I'm not a huge GMK fan, I am interested if the colors turn out right. Something about the pink/purple of the Gameboy just does it for me.
Yeah, everything makes sense. Sounds like you‘ve given this much more thoughts than any of us, respect! :)What about an extra set of the A and B key in accent color?
Could be two keys on the right side in like m and kWhat about an extra set of the A and B key in accent color?Awesome idea, love it! also could imagine a (1u?) start and select might be cool. Sure would look dope on a planck. :)
I've toyed with the idea of having two accented alpha keys but TBH it sounds better in principle than it looks. I also added black arrow keys initially but discarded the idea as it didn't look great. The Start and Select keys are also an idea that I've played around with a little bit, but the problem is where to incorporate them. R4 mod keys would be nice but really need to be made in a few sizes, so it starts to get expensive pretty quickly. I agree that 1u Start and Select would look cool on a Planck but I think some of the text modifiers in the current 40s kit will require new moulds anyway (still need to clarify this), so I'm very wary of adding more stuff to it. And I'm not sure making a novelties kit of start and select keys in various sizes would be appealing enough. I'll keep thinking on it anyway. Thanks for the input guys.
What about an extra set of the A and B key in accent color?
Could be two keys on the right side in like m and kWhat about an extra set of the A and B key in accent color?Awesome idea, love it! also could imagine a (1u?) start and select might be cool. Sure would look dope on a planck. :)
I've toyed with the idea of having two accented alpha keys but TBH it sounds better in principle than it looks. I also added black arrow keys initially but discarded the idea as it didn't look great. The Start and Select keys are also an idea that I've played around with a little bit, but the problem is where to incorporate them. R4 mod keys would be nice but really need to be made in a few sizes, so it starts to get expensive pretty quickly. I agree that 1u Start and Select would look cool on a Planck but I think some of the text modifiers in the current 40s kit will require new moulds anyway (still need to clarify this), so I'm very wary of adding more stuff to it. And I'm not sure making a novelties kit of start and select keys in various sizes would be appealing enough. I'll keep thinking on it anyway. Thanks for the input guys.
How about black arrow keys with accent colors for the text? ;D
I'd actually like to see an optional arrows pack the same color as the Gameboy's d-pad.
I'd actually like to see an optional arrows pack the same color as the Gameboy's d-pad.
Same. Although it would look better with a Maxkey style arrow legend.
hmm will it match to Zephyr Eggplant Purple? :>Who knows until it comes out. Eyeball it.
Love the theme and colors of this set. I don't think you have to go crazy with novelties, even just a couple artisans such as the translucent cap (green to represent the screen) or an artisan, like Rama's wave cap to represent the ridges on the back would be fun ;D
Would love to see some text modifier, such as 'select' and 'start' along with the the magenta color arrow keys.
This is completely extra, but I love the IC picture based off the original box and would think it would be neat to have a deskpad with that kind of design or aesthetic.
I'd actually like to see an optional arrows pack the same color as the Gameboy's d-pad.
That's what I was thinking too. And maybe some Select and Start novelties too
Love the theme and colors of this set. I don't think you have to go crazy with novelties, even just a couple artisans such as the translucent cap (green to represent the screen) or an artisan, like Rama's wave cap to represent the ridges on the back would be fun ;D
Would love to see some text modifier, such as 'select' and 'start' along with the the magenta color arrow keys.
This is completely extra, but I love the IC picture based off the original box and would think it would be neat to have a deskpad with that kind of design or aesthetic.I'd actually like to see an optional arrows pack the same color as the Gameboy's d-pad.
That's what I was thinking too. And maybe some Select and Start novelties too
Haha I mentioned those when the IC was first posted and don't know if it was seen. Hopefully since more people seem interested, there might be some of those included. :thumb:
It would be amazing if you offered a 40s kit and icon mods.Seconding icon mods.
Oh, and we're hoping to run the GB within two months from now. :thumb:
Aren't the A-B buttons on the gameboy red? The magenta really throws me off the theme although it probably does look better than red would.
Aren't the A-B buttons on the gameboy red? The magenta really throws me off the theme although it probably does look better than red would.
Not sure if it's been mentioned, but caps lock "select" and enter "start" novelties would be fitting.
Futurecrime,
Great work! I'm curious to know where you get the keycap color samples with the labels. Also, I've seen other people with Pantone color wheels. As someone who is interested in designing keycaps, where would I find these things?
Thanks for the help. :thumb:
Is there any cost to be saved by having only some of the colours be custom? Might as well go for max accuracy if GMK have the actual Gameboy to sample from.
Futurecrime,
Great work! I'm curious to know where you get the keycap color samples with the labels. Also, I've seen other people with Pantone color wheels. As someone who is interested in designing keycaps, where would I find these things?
Thanks for the help. :thumb:
They used to give them to people, now they sell them.
https://uniqey.net/en/gmk-color-ring?c=11
Is there any cost to be saved by having only some of the colours be custom? Might as well go for max accuracy if GMK have the actual Gameboy to sample from.
This. Wouldn't mind paying more if the colors were spot-on.
Is there any cost to be saved by having only some of the colours be custom? Might as well go for max accuracy if GMK have the actual Gameboy to sample from.
I personally like the look of the lighter mod color in the renders. It seems like the color you’re matching to the gameboy will be significantly darker. Is that a fair assumption?
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Even though RO1 is more accurate, I like MG1 better!
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From that last gameboy pic, seems the modifiers will be darker than the renders. Which I like more honestly.
Are you leaning towards DY for the legend colour? I like it!
I also prefer the lighter mod color, it definitely blends in better with the set. It'd be understandable however if you decide to choose a darker color to best match the Gameboy.
Is there any cost to be saved by having only some of the colours be custom? Might as well go for max accuracy if GMK have the actual Gameboy to sample from.
This. Wouldn't mind paying more if the colors were spot-on.
Excited for this. Is there any planned timeline at all?
Excited for this. Is there any planned timeline at all?
Couple of weeks hopefully. Just waiting on quotes and renders.
I don't have Gameboy nostalgia, but I like the colour scheme. Dark purple legends on white background is a classic also on computers keyboards (e.g. Wyse, Sun), as is an accent colour on the Return key.
I don't see why the Insert, Home and PgUp keys need to have a different text colour though. Personally I prefer that the Return/Enter key should be named "Return" but I don't understand why the numpad-Enter should also be "Return".
BTW, I think it a missed opportunity to not name the Windows key "Start" (the "Start menu"!) and the Menu key "Select". (Although, "Select" has a different meaning on vintage terminal keyboards, not many people remember it)
These are fantastic. Any place where I can join an email listing to receive updates? Sorry, I'm new to this forum. ^^"
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I got a really nice condition box-fresh-lookin' Gameboy on ebay and it arrived today. This is the Gameboy GMK will try to match the cap colours to.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/90WX0mw.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/W5ncs4Y.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/V9PxkOi.jpg)
Renders are in progress, the kit has seen a few changes now. Big update very soon and group buy shouldn't be too far off (my guess is November, but possibly earlier). And sorry if you've commented and I haven't addressed it specifically, but I am reading everything and taking everything into consideration. Peace.
Just wondering why the arrow keys are not black? Otherwise, looks great!
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Any idea of launch date yet? O.O
Any idea of launch date yet? O.O
November 1st :D
https://thekey.company/products/gmk-dmg
Is there no windowed capslock anymore?
Is there no windowed capslock anymore?
Don't worry, we've added it back in.
No black arrow keys?Sup, that would be very nichce
No black arrow keys?Sup, that would be very nichce
Any chance we can make Backspace 1 line instead of
Back
Space?
+1 on the black arrow keys, hope they happen! would really complete the Gameboy theme
I don’t want the black arrow keys. If they become a thing, I really hope normal colored arrow keys will be included as well
You should ask about the new spacebars Carbon is using for the spacebar kit. Unless I’m missing something they are adding 2.25 and 2.75 convex. For my alice I’d love to be able to do 2.25, 1, 2.75 all convex. :P
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I don’t want the black arrow keys. If they become a thing, I really hope normal colored arrow keys will be included as well
+1 I'm a fan of the grey arrow keys proposed in the renders
You should ask about the new spacebars Carbon is using for the spacebar kit. Unless I’m missing something they are adding 2.25 and 2.75 convex. For my alice I’d love to be able to do 2.25, 1, 2.75 all convex. :P
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Can you change the r2/r3 pgU keys to purple text color instead? The magenta accent will stick out like a sore thumb on 65% layouts.
any chance for an artisan from RAMA? like tiny alu R1 gameboy? :)
I actually much prefer the deeper purple with this set than the more pink color shown in the layout pics. Which is the actual color - the darker purple of the renders or the lighter (almost pink) of the layout pic?
So, will the set be more purple like the most recent renders or more pink like everything from the original ic showed
(I think the most recent renders look the best)
whoop totally excited for this!
Can you change the r2/r3 pgU keys to purple text color instead? The magenta accent will stick out like a sore thumb on 65% layouts.
Congratulations. This has now been fixed!any chance for an artisan from RAMA? like tiny alu R1 gameboy? :)
Sorry no Rama artisan for this. But there's some really nice artisan makers working on some DMG caps. Stay tuned.
Do I order now on KeyCompany, or wait for the proxies website?
Buying from Australia.
Looking at the render on TKC, some keys were removed from the base kit render shown in the OP. The R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn are gone. There's no R4 1U Ctrl or Alt for the bottom row anymore. The 1U R4 Code keys are gone. There are other deletions as well; that's just where I lost interest and stopped. Check the new kit render shown on TKC (not the one in this thread) carefully before ordering.
Do I order now on KeyCompany, or wait for the proxies website?
Buying from Australia.
if you're from AU, you should prolly order from zF
For anyone that didn’t know, the GB is open now.
I’m in!
how long will this run? i dont think i can get in this week but next week is freee haha
Looking at the render on TKC, some keys were removed from the base kit render shown in the OP. The R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn are gone. There's no R4 1U Ctrl or Alt for the bottom row anymore. The 1U R4 Code keys are gone. There are other deletions as well; that's just where I lost interest and stopped. Check the new kit render shown on TKC (not the one in this thread) carefully before ordering.
There was a big update at the top of the first post and in this thread saying the base kit had changed. The render wasn't available at the time. We were working up to the wire to get this ready and it happened to go up on TKC before it was updated here. TKC is in Michigan, I'm in London so we are in different time zones. Hopefully that explains why there was a lag before this thread was updated (we're not trying to mislead anyone!). I've put the new render there now.
Regarding the key changes, we responded to feedback and made changes accordingly. As with any key set GB, a balance has to be struck between compatibility and cost. Sorry if we got rid of specific caps that you want but the kit covers a multitude of layouts and hopefully some novelties or alternative caps can be used in their stead. There are R4 1u Start and Select and 4x R4 1u button novelty caps to replace the Ctrl Alt and Code keys you mentioned, for example. Lots of people requested novelties for the set so we added a load. I'm sorry that you've decided it's not for you, hopefully most people will still find the caps they want in this final kit.
Looking at the render on TKC, some keys were removed from the base kit render shown in the OP. The R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn are gone. There's no R4 1U Ctrl or Alt for the bottom row anymore. The 1U R4 Code keys are gone. There are other deletions as well; that's just where I lost interest and stopped. Check the new kit render shown on TKC (not the one in this thread) carefully before ordering.
There was a big update at the top of the first post and in this thread saying the base kit had changed. The render wasn't available at the time. We were working up to the wire to get this ready and it happened to go up on TKC before it was updated here. TKC is in Michigan, I'm in London so we are in different time zones. Hopefully that explains why there was a lag before this thread was updated (we're not trying to mislead anyone!). I've put the new render there now.
Regarding the key changes, we responded to feedback and made changes accordingly. As with any key set GB, a balance has to be struck between compatibility and cost. Sorry if we got rid of specific caps that you want but the kit covers a multitude of layouts and hopefully some novelties or alternative caps can be used in their stead. There are R4 1u Start and Select and 4x R4 1u button novelty caps to replace the Ctrl Alt and Code keys you mentioned, for example. Lots of people requested novelties for the set so we added a load. I'm sorry that you've decided it's not for you, hopefully most people will still find the caps they want in this final kit.
I like the start and select and the button ones, but while I like them, I think putting the dpad ones in the base kit was a mistake. With 2 new molds, a new color and 4 extra keys, they alone likely added 10-15 to the base cost. Gmk has a per color kit cost.
I could care less about removing code tho.
EDIT: I’m still getting 1-2 in a few weeks.
I just ordered! So excited to get this set! Quick question? Do you know if we need to get the Pocket Modifiers for the Candy Bar Keyboard?
Now that the GB is open, shouldn't there be a proper GB thread? Is it still just waiting to be approved?none submitted :(
Now that the GB is open, shouldn't there be a proper GB thread? Is it still just waiting to be approved?none submitted :(
No woirries! Just send me a PM when it's submitted so I can approve asap :) GL with GB !Now that the GB is open, shouldn't there be a proper GB thread? Is it still just waiting to be approved?none submitted :(
It'll be submitted later today. Jason at TKC is moving house so it's all been very hectic getting this launch sorted. Sorry guys!