GOD DAMN! Well-deserved 

Building a business from the ground up really changes how you view technical infrastructure. In my experience, once you start scaling outside your local market, the biggest hurdle isn't the product, but the friction in international settlements. I’ve found that transitioning to a dedicated cross-border payment gateway was a game-changer for my operations, as the low-latency foundation keeps transaction data synchronized across different regions. Having that level of architectural stability is what finally allowed me to focus on growth instead of troubleshooting payment delays.

Looks good, but doubt it will sell with this price

New price is $325 

In last year or so I started to re-play my old PC games from the time when I was a kid.
It is so nice to be able to play them on current hardware. There are some compatiblilty issues, but some of them are fine.

Played so far:

-The Thing Remastered
-Return to Castle Wolfenstein
-Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 1
-Project IGI 1
-Project IGI 2

Hey all! Excited to announce that KAM Iridescent is now available as a yuzukeycaps.com creation!

You can view it here (note: links include my affiliate code, which increases the share I get from Yuzu on any sets purchased)

For those unfamiliar with Yuzu, they partner with Keyreative to produce keycaps on-demand. Via their online configurator, you can customise and order exactly the keys you want - any keyboard / language / layout. Each keycap's colour and legends can be customised. They also partner with designers for "Creations", where you can start from an already designed set instead of from scratch (and designers get a design fee).

First, here are some photos of the final product / R2 Yuzu samples in indirect sunlight (imgur album with more photos here) - there are also nicer photos by the pro photographer Yuzu works with on the Yuzu website




Boards: CKC Discipline, Minivan, Promise87, LAZYDESIGNERS Bolt

Why Yuzu?
Part of the reason why this set was paused for so long was due to the current state of the keyboard market - given the niche appeal of the set, I was worried about whether a GB could succeed. (Another part was due to some RL stuff for me - I really appreciate everyone's patience!)

Yuzu's on-demand model means avoiding the uncertainty and MOQ of a GB, plus gets the set to people's hands faster compared to a GB (Yuzu usually processes orders within 1-2 weeks). I also really like how with Yuzu folks can customize the set to be exactly the keys they want and need - vs in a GB, less popular items like international support, having legends on your gradient, etc would not have enough demand to make separate kits for.

e.g. if you're a 60-65% user, you could get your numrow in gradient colours but with legends; if you're a 40%s user you can get gradient qwerty legends. And this is possible for colemak/dvorak/any language, not just querty english

The Yuzu team have also been great to work with throughout this process!

Changes vs IC
Some changes from the original IC were necessary:
* KAM instead of KAT: Yuzu does not support KAT and it isn't on the immediate roadmap. The original IC had a lot of interest in KAM too, so I felt this would be acceptable.
* Different colours: The set uses Yuzu's set colours instead of custom Pantones. I picked the closest ones based on Yuzu colour samples, but there are still differences:
    * Yuzu's stock white is different
    * The yuzu colours overall are a bit more muted/darker - the gradient becomes more pastel-like than rainbow-like
    * The purple became more blue-ish while the pink became more purple-ish
* Cost: Cost for a full kit (e.g. base kit) is higher compared to usual GB pricing, due to the on-demand aspect, but it is comparable/cheaper if you only order the keys you need for a specific keyboard (e.g. a standard 65% is ~$64, a standard TKL is ~$81)

Here are some photos of the R1 Yuzu samples with the original KAT samples for reference (after getting these, I ordered R2 samples with smaller legends and different blue on the alphas/mods, which is what the final set uses)


Overall I'm happy with these compromises and feel my original vision for the set is still being achieved.

How to order on Yuzu
To make customisation a bit easier (specifically, adding multi-colour novelties is a bit difficult), i've made KAM versions of the IC kits (base, 40s/ortho, ergo, numpad) & examples of gradient numrow and qwerty row with legends. you can either get started by picking a specific keyboard, or by copying one of those kits and deleting all the keys you don't want (would strongly recommend deleting to reduce cost / avoid getting keys you don't need!)

To get started, go to the creation page, from there you can click "Create my keycaps" and choose a specific keyboard from the Yuzu playground, or open the URL to one of the premade kits & "Copy" and edit.

I've also made a Notion guide that explains how to configure things in Yuzu: feel free to also ask questions here or in my Discord server, happy to help!

Phew! Thanks for reading and if you supported this set anywhere along the way, a sincere thank you for your support and patience! Would love to see any photos of the set on your keyboards, please feel free to share here, tag me on ig (@minicap.cat) etc

here's the link to the yuzu creation again!