OK, we’re live! Thank you all for stopping by and checking out the preview last time, and please spread the word on this project! We’re looking forward to getting the dragons made, especially, but all 4 designs are fun additions to the Tinker line of goodies.
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Tinker Gearcoins… Now With More Mad Science!
Posted in Administrative, art, tagged art, coin, design, Gearcoin, Kickstarter, steampunk, Tinker on July 18, 2014| 4 Comments »
The Tinker Gearcoin project funded, thank you everyone!
Of course, we still have some time to go and room to grow, so we’re doing something kinda crazy. We want to design a 12th coin, but we’re crowdsourcing the design. Sort of. It’s like Magic the Gathering, when they do their “You Design The Card”; we’re going to ask a series of polls and let the community decide on what we do with the design of the coin. We’re starting with this (36mm diameter, image not to scale):
…which will be a “driver” coin. That smaller gear’s round center will be a big hole, right through the coin, so you can put a pencil or finger in it as a handle to crank the coin around. Or it can be a pendant, earring or something else. It’s weird, it’s wacky, and I really don’t know where it will wind up.
So if you have a moment and are interested, please check out the campaign over here, spread the word, and join us for the crazy ride ahead!
Thanks!
Tesh
Tinker Gearcoins
Posted in Administrative, art, tagged coins, game, Gearpunk, Kickstarter, steampunk, Tinker on July 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Yes, I still have things I’d like to write about games, game design, art and photography… but I’m neck deep in the whole “finding a job” thing. I promise, we’re not going dark here at the blog, we’re just really busy.
In the meantime, though, I have a new Kickstarter campaign fired up!
There are some other photos kicking around on Pinterest over here, if you want to see some more details of the prototype coins. I’m really looking forward to getting these little gems made and sent out to people. They have a lot of tinkering potential, I think, being coins that can actually function as gears. The Gearchips were toothed well, but these Gearcoins have a hole in the middle for a pin, so they can be pinned to something and spin freely.
It’s going to be fun, seeing what people come up with.
Thanks, everyone! Please spread the word if you have a moment. This one, like the Tinker Dice campaign, will definitely benefit from stretch goals, so the more the merrier!
Oh, and we got some word that the Gearpunk Dice should be done soon. We’re getting the latest prototypes in the mail Monday, and I’m hoping we can approve them for full production. They sent us a photo to tide us over, but I’ll post some beauty shots as soon as I can.
Next time, I’m going to try to finish up a bit of a rant about Marvel Puzzle Quest… again.