[IC] Domikey X Zero-G Studio - [ Midnight ] Keycaps

[Zero-G Studio]

Hey Guys！Midnight is coming, and welcome to the mysterious world!!!
In the novel, we have added an element of ancient Chinese zombies. If you are interested, you can find out about it through the search engine.

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Hey everyone!

The Zero-G “MIDNIGHT” Triple/Double Shot Cherry Profile Keycap Set is now in IC.
Please fill out this IC form if you’re interested or have any feedback:IC FORM

Introduction
The “MIDNIGHT” keycap is designed by Zero-G Studio and manufactured by Domikey.



Kits
Base





Alpha-Light




Alpha-Dark



Novelties



Spacebars



Numpad



Color Palette



SPECS
Designed by Zero-G Studio
Manufactured by Domikey
Profile: Cherry (1-1-2-3-4-4)
Material: ABS
Triple-shot legends


Renders








Artisan Caps


Deskmats


Switch：Designer x Zero-G


SPEC：
5 pin MX style linear switch
Top housing: Composite nylon
Bottom housing：Composite nylon
Stem：“LY”
Spring: Stainless steel（gold-plate）
Contacts: High-quality gold alloy
Actuation: 48g
Bottom out: 63.5g
Actuation distance: 2.0mm
Total travel: 4mm
Design by the Designer Studio ，Produce by JWK.


Kit Pricing
Please visit the Vendor community in your area to check it out after GB starts on February 25th.

GB Dates
Expected to start February 25, 2022

Vendors:
Super excited to announce that we will be working with the following vendors for DMK Midnight with
KPrepublic as our lead vendor!

GLOBAL：KPrepublic
NA: Thockeys
AU/NZ(OCE):Allcpas
CA: Ashkeebs
UK：ProtoTypist
EU：Keygem
INDIA: Rectangles
AS：Moyustudio
TW: INPAD


WHAT'S NEXT?
GB is expected to open on February 25, 2022


Timeline
Production period is estimated to be around 120-150 days after the GB ends.

Collaboration
If you are interested in collaborating, please contact us.

Contact
Discord: https://discord.gg/fVUfWJr8Xd
Mail: 43178850@qq.com
QQ：43178850
Wechat: Shawn8417

[WhatsForLunch]

Halloween set in january nice.

[Zero-G Studio]

Did you notice a Chinese zombie inside?

[taims]

Any chance for Latin Alphas to be in the Base Kit?

[stewfayew]

Two ANSI enters the same color ?

[Zero-G Studio]

Any chance for Latin Alphas to be in the Base Kit?

yes，In GB, we will provide more optional kit collocations

[Zero-G Studio]

Any chance for Latin Alphas to be in the Base Kit?

yes，In GB, we will provide more optional kit collocations

Thanks for reminding ~ this picture is wrong. I'll correct it right away

[Zero-G Studio]

Two ANSI enters the same color ?

Thanks for reminding ~ this picture is wrong. I'll correct it right away

[Cylent]

For the love of god please just upload everything to imgur. Clicking on a link just to take me to a new page that loads super slowly is painful.

Also please provide separate kit images so that I can more easily see the keys, especially the novelties. You worked so hard to make pretty illustrations, please don't hide them away!

All further critique reserved for after this is improved.

[Zero-G Studio]

For the love of god please just upload everything to imgur. Clicking on a link just to take me to a new page that loads super slowly is painful.

Also please provide separate kit images so that I can more easily see the keys, especially the novelties. You worked so hard to make pretty illustrations, please don't hide them away!

All further critique reserved for after this is improved.

It has been updated ~ thank you for your valuable suggestions

[nullinasou]

please add f13 I beg you. otherwise looking great kit

[Tyson]

Would it be possible to add 2x 1.5u R4 Super keys?

[Cylent]

Fantastic, ty for the fixes Zero-G. Some points of feedback:

Base kit:
-Accent Function keys aren't a popular thing to my knowledge, seems like a strange inclusion
-R2 1.5u Delete isn't a popular thing to my knowledge, seems like a strange inclusion
-Accent numpad enter should be moved to the numpad kit imo
-R1 PgDn and End should be moved to numpad kit imo
-I recommend that 1u backspace and 1u shift be turned into icons rather than text only, though this is admittedly a personal preference

Alphas:
-Both sets of alphas could have a tab key added to make it possible to cover two boards with a purchase of base + alphas

Novelties:
-I am a fan of the illustrations. However, if this is to be ABS then I would be concerned that DMK cannot make some of these illustrations with their tolerances. Have DMK approved these designs and confirmed they can manufacture them as is?

Spacebars:
-3u spacebars need a 1u to create the 3-1-3 layout. If DMK has a 1u spacebar mold so that users don't need to use 00 or B, then I recommend adding those.

Numpad:
-other than the additions already listed from the base kit, fix spelling on the title

Overall: I like this set, especially the novelties. I hope to see the set develop in a positive direction! GLWIC! 

[c0d3r]

Well,  Shift = Shif t

[Poesjuh]

Consider putting a “tab” in the Latin and Dark alpha’s kit so people buying those can fill a 60% and something else with a single purchase. It’s the one extra key needed to make that happen.


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[Zero-G Studio]

Fantastic, ty for the fixes Zero-G. Some points of feedback:

Base kit:
-Accent Function keys aren't a popular thing to my knowledge, seems like a strange inclusion
-R2 1.5u Delete isn't a popular thing to my knowledge, seems like a strange inclusion
-Accent numpad enter should be moved to the numpad kit imo
-R1 PgDn and End should be moved to numpad kit imo
-I recommend that 1u backspace and 1u shift be turned into icons rather than text only, though this is admittedly a personal preference

Alphas:
-Both sets of alphas could have a tab key added to make it possible to cover two boards with a purchase of base + alphas

Novelties:
-I am a fan of the illustrations. However, if this is to be ABS then I would be concerned that DMK cannot make some of these illustrations with their tolerances. Have DMK approved these designs and confirmed they can manufacture them as is?

Spacebars:
-3u spacebars need a 1u to create the 3-1-3 layout. If DMK has a 1u spacebar mold so that users don't need to use 00 or B, then I recommend adding those.

Numpad:
-other than the additions already listed from the base kit, fix spelling on the title

Overall: I like this set, especially the novelties. I hope to see the set develop in a positive direction! GLWIC! 

I am sorry that I could not reply your content in time due to the time difference in China.

For the above question, I think it will be clearer to explain it this way.

This collocation is due to the mold limitation of DMK. I will try to adjust the kit collocation scheme based on his existing mold to make it more convenient for you to use. In addition, I also noticed that there was no Backspace in the Alpha Kit, which was also limited by the factory mold, so I added three different colors of Backspace personalized buttons in the Novel Kit.

About NUMPAD -- this is an incident in the designer's drawing, I will fix it asap

[Zero-G Studio]

Consider putting a “tab” in the Latin and Dark alpha’s kit so people buying those can fill a 60% and something else with a single purchase. It’s the one extra key needed to make that happen.


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Dear brother, I also noticed this problem, and Cylent also raised the same problem.
This is due to factory mold restrictions. So I added 3 Backspaces of different colors in Novel KIT for everyone to use.

[Zero-G Studio]

please add f13 I beg you. otherwise looking great kit

DMK has no F13 molds for now, I will give feedback to DMK

[Zero-G Studio]

Update: The ic content has been updated after communicating with the factory for the opinions and suggestions in the above content, such as the independent distribution map of kit, the distribution adjustment of individual buttons, etc.

[h40]

You have to purchase an extra alpha set for Alice B key?

[Zero-G Studio]

You have to purchase an extra alpha set for Alice B key?

No need, I am updating kit.  I will update in the next few days.

[CookieFlow]

Fun set

Can we get Dark Alphas with Hiragana sub legends ?
I find it strange that both Alphas kit are Latin only.

Also maybe worth considering putting the dark spacebars in the Dark Alphas kit instead of the Spacebars kit?
Feels a bit strange to have to buy the spacebars kit on top of the Dark Alphas, if you want a full Dark Set.

[Zero-G Studio]

Fun set

Can we get Dark Alphas with Hiragana sub legends ?
I find it strange that both Alphas kit are Latin only.

Also maybe worth considering putting the dark spacebars in the Dark Alphas kit instead of the Spacebars kit?
Feels a bit strange to have to buy the spacebars kit on top of the Dark Alphas, if you want a full Dark Set.

Thank you very much for your reply and suggestions~

Your suggestion is very good, allowing users to easily match a complete dark suit, what is currently shown is not the final GB solution.

We will update later on the GB purchase plan. Thank you again for liking our designs.

[konstantin]

The following keys in the base kit lack the appropriate hiragana sublegends, which effectively renders them unusable (you'd be left with “holes” in the sublegends if you were to put these keys on a keyboard):
• R1 `~ろ (mod-colored), `¬ろ, 2"ふ, 3£あぁ, \|む
• R3 '@け, #~む
• R4 \|ろ (optional)
(missing sublegends underlined)

The ,<ね and -_ほ keys are missing quaternary sublegends in the top-right corner: 、 and ー, respectively. Correct: ,<ね、, -_ほー.
Here's an example set that has correct sublegends.

Both of your alpha kits are missing a R1 1u \| key as well as all ISO keys.

1.75u spacekeys are only used by a few 40s boards. Since your set doesn't have 40s support, these keys serve no purpose and should be removed from the spacebars kit.
That is, unless the way DMK has their tooling set up disallows that. In which case, this is an issue that they should fix for all of their other sets as well. As a matter of fact, that applies to all of these suggestions.

There are a few other issues here that are typical of DMK kitting, but these are the most obvious ones.

[Zero-G Studio]

The following keys in the base kit lack the appropriate hiragana sublegends, which effectively renders them unusable (you'd be left with “holes” in the sublegends if you were to put these keys on a keyboard):
• R1 `~ろ (mod-colored), `¬ろ, 2"ふ, 3£あぁ, \|む
• R3 '@け, #~む
• R4 \|ろ (optional)
(missing sublegends underlined)

The ,<ね and -_ほ keys are missing quaternary sublegends in the top-right corner: 、 and ー, respectively. Correct: ,<ね、, -_ほー.
Here's an example set that has correct sublegends.

Both of your alpha kits are missing a R1 1u \| key as well as all ISO keys.

1.75u spacekeys are only used by a few 40s boards. Since your set doesn't have 40s support, these keys serve no purpose and should be removed from the spacebars kit.
That is, unless the way DMK has their tooling set up disallows that. In which case, this is an issue that they should fix for all of their other sets as well. As a matter of fact, that applies to all of these suggestions.

There are a few other issues here that are typical of DMK kitting, but these are the most obvious ones.

Thank you very much for such professional advice. I have reported these issues to DMK, and DMK has incorporated your comments into the scope of the follow-up mold supplement plan, which will be comprehensively considered in the follow-up development plan.

For your question:
• R1 `~ろ (mod colored), `¬ろ, 2"ふ, 3£あぁ, \|む
• R3 '@け, #~む
• R4 \|ろ
DMK currently does not have an open ISO Japanese root stencil, so only existing ISO characters can be provided.

About Both of your alpha kits are missing a R1 1u \| key as well as all ISO keys.
The new layout we are working on has been adjusted to add R1 1u \| , and a set of inverse ISO has been added

1.75u spacekeys is DMK's mold production requirement, and we have eliminated the cost of this key.

We will add GB in future updates according to your comments. Thank you again for giving such professional advice.

[ampp33]

It may just be me buy the Discord invite link is giving me an "invalid invite" error

[Zero-G Studio]

It may just be me buy the Discord invite link is giving me an "invalid invite" error

so sorry~This is my mistake！This is the new address：https://discord.gg/fVUfWJr8Xd

[Zero-G Studio]

Update January 13, 2022:
1. The blue-purple 6.25u and 7u spaces are added to the base
2. Alpha-Dark added black 6.25u, 7u spaces
3. In order to better match Alpha-Dark, we added ISO-Dark for him

[BloremBipsum]

Great looking set and loving the novelties and deskmat! GLWIC

[Zero-G Studio]

Great looking set and loving the novelties and deskmat! GLWIC

I'm very glad to be liked by you~ I added a Chinese zombie to the novel

[Zero-G Studio]

According to user feedback requirements, we will join DARK BASE, I don't know if you will like this decision.
In addition, Craftsman keycaps and desk pads and cables are already contacting manufacturers for proofing. It will be shown in IC later.

[rndr]

Reserved

[Zero-G Studio]

2022/01/21 update：
1. We are currently communicating with the design of resin artisans. Because it is approaching the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, the progress will be slightly delayed.
2. The design of the table mat has actually been shown in the header of the article. We will let the factory do proofing after the holiday and show it to everyone.
3. The color card of the keycap is also sent to the manufacturer at the same time, and the proofing will be confirmed after the Spring Festival.
thanks for your support.

[despare]

Can you add 1u R3 novelties to the kit. It would be great for boards with a vertical macro column.

[Zero-G Studio]

Can you add 1u R3 novelties to the kit. It would be great for boards with a vertical macro column.

I thought about adding 1u R3 novelties to the kit. I have also asked many users their matching plans, and most of them said that they can use 1u R1 instead. They hope to better fit the 80% kit. So I gave three 1U novelties. Let novelties be better used by everyone.
I'll communicate this idea to the team and then update, would love to hear from you.

[Zero-G Studio]

Update January 27, 2022:
1. We have added two sets of BASE for you to choose and buy, namely BASE LIGHT DOU and BASE DARK DOU
2. We also give three kinds of ALPHA separately for you to choose according to your matching needs
3. Regarding the novelties kit, we have added the design of R3 1U according to the needs. We are modifying and optimizing it now. We will meet you later.
4. The design of the table mat has been shown in the header image.
5. This time our artisans design is to cooperate with a very famous designer in China. Because the production will be very limited, it will be a super limited product.
    It is not directly available for purchase through group buying.
    I expect to update the rendering of this artisans and the acquisition rules synchronously in early February.

Thanks again to my friends who like the midnight design.
If you like it, I hope you can share it with your friends.

If you have any good ideas, please let me know at any time. thx！

[Handke]

Please add scoops, provide info about ABS safety: where do you buy it? Does it have some additives, like flame retardant, anti yellowing etc?

Copy GMK legends too, they should be exactly the same.

[Zero-G Studio]

Please add scoops, provide info about ABS safety: where do you buy it? Does it have some additives, like flame retardant, anti yellowing etc?

Copy GMK legends too, they should be exactly the same.

I don't quite understand what you mean, do you want the manufacturer to provide information about ABS material?

[Handke]

Please add scoops, provide info about ABS safety: where do you buy it? Does it have some additives, like flame retardant, anti yellowing etc?

Copy GMK legends too, they should be exactly the same.

I don't quite understand what you mean, do you want the manufacturer to provide information about ABS material?

 

[teddo]

Another tripleshot set really looking forward too, especially the 僵死 novelties

[Handke]

title is wrong?

***Stuido***

[Sandy]

I’m excited to see what dmk does this year

[Zero-G Studio]

Another tripleshot set really looking forward too, especially the 僵死 novelties

wow! ~~You can type "僵尸" in Chinese, it's amazing.

[Zero-G Studio]

title is wrong?

***Stuido***

hahahahha, it was a stupid mistake, I have fixed it.

[Zero-G Studio]

I’m excited to see what dmk does this year

Hope you can like this design

[Kwub]

Liking the colors, especially on the dark base! Any chance for a 6u spacebar in any of the kits?

[Sandy]

Can you add 6u?

[mr_foggy]

extra tab in alpha kits pls.

[Zero-G Studio]

Liking the colors, especially on the dark base! Any chance for a 6u spacebar in any of the kits?

My dear bro I am so sorry. Maybe I didn't add the 6U space this time, because according to the IC situation, there are very few users of the 6u space, and I can't reach the MOQ of the manufacturer.

[Zero-G Studio]

extra tab in alpha kits pls.

Your wishes may not come true in alpha. But I will meet your needs in other ways. I'll update around February 10th.