Cyber Pet Quest, Lunar Rush, Omicron Protocol, Playtesting, Prototyping, Artwork
Bernie Lin
July 2023 Recap - Cyber Pet Quest, Fulfillment, ...

July was a relatively quiet month where we did a lot of playtesting of Cyber Pet Quest and preparation for GenCon, as well as wrangle the logistical beast that is shipping and fulfillment for Lunar Rush and Omicron Protocol - Critical Condition Expansion. We are now 2 days away from GenCon 2023 starting, so if you're headed to GenCon, PLEASE come by Booth 2932 to say hi to us and check out the games!

July 2023 Recap - Cyber Pet Quest, Fulfillment, and GenCon!
Insights and Musings
Bernie Lin
What are the chances? The Omicron variant...

The last week has been surreal... And since we haven’t written a blog post in a while, I thought I'd post this here to share.

What are the chances? The Omicron variant...
Brendan Kendrick
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter
Painting
Brendan Kendrick
Painting Alt Sculpt Lucky

Preparing for DunDraCon, GAMA, and JoCo cruise haven’t left me with much free time but I managed to squeeze in a couple hours of painting. Without further ado, here’s Lucky!

Painting Alt Sculpt Lucky
Painting
Brendan Kendrick
Painting Bolt and Lucky Alt Sculpts

The blog has taken a back seat since the end of the Kickstarter campaign. The holidays were busy and we had a lot of logistics to figure out as we finalized our manufacturing plan and got started producing OP. Exciting times! One of the exciting developments is that we produced our first prototypes of the alt sculpt Bolt and Lucky miniatures.

Painting Bolt and Lucky Alt Sculpts

prototyping hobby shapeways

Cleaning Shapeways "Smoothest Fine Detail" for Painting.

Cleaning Shapeways "Smoothest Fine Detail" for Painting.

SHAPEWAYS "SMOOTHEST FINE DETAIL"

As first time game developers we are lucky to live in these times of bountiful information and helpful posts on how to bring a game to life. In our research we came across this very helpful article from Gate Keeper Games about how to get miniatures made. This led us down the path to Shapeways for our first prototype miniatures and the suggestion to use the material called "Frosted Ultra High Detail" which - at the time of this writing - they now call "Smoothest Fine Detail Plastic". With this material we are able to get prototypes made at 28mm scale for less than $10/model which is a fantastic deal for a pretty good level of detail.

But it is not perfect: