Vortex00 Updates: March 03 2014
Site updates:
Lot of new people have signed up for the site since I opened registration for a bit. I will probably delete users who I think are bots thoguh. Like when a lot of people sign up from the same domain in a relatively short time period.
I will start posting some videos on a new(ish) mmd r-18 site and see how it goes.
So far the maiko hentai video is posted. http://trollvids.com/user/Vortex00
Project Updates:
I think I finished what I want to have to have in umcc. It is in a quick final test then I’m going to just fwoosh~! it out there. So I should have the game available soon. I will probably update the game later on with suggestions.
Canceled UMCC on Kickstarter today, It was a ongoing unnecessary burden on my shoulders. I have no ill will towards the site or even any people who dislike the game from just watching the video. I’d actually say it was a success all things considered. I am just not the type of “social” guy that runs around and asks people for money while constrained to the “all or nothing” requirement. The requirement kind of holds you hostage in almost every single situation. It is very uncomfortable. Pretty glad I am free to just do my own thing. I’d rather just sell stuff like traditional. I have a lots to say about the whole experience but that will be later. I got a lot of love and lot of hate, so I’m pretty sure I have got the inside scooperz on both the good, bad and technicalities of using Kickstarter.
I thought about doing a umichan like underwater diving game. Nothing major, same areas. But just the diving minigame and maybe the minigame from umichan deluxe. Can use the same data from UMCC for swim skill. But level it up to lvl 10 in this game. This game would just the focus on stuff at the beach, and swimsuits and all that. Perhaps play as Kyle.
ARIA demo is playable, going to add a bit of the story in there, just a small intro. going to have test soon on the for balance/difficulty.
I also want to see if I can recreate Crystal Hunter. A old 2D pixel RPG game I make in RPG toolkit a long time ago.
Product updates:
The China manufacturer totally messed up the oppai mousepads in a communication breakdown. very frustrating. They are not unusable, but they used to wrong drawing. Idk it is a long story. It is what it is. Anyways they on the way to the US. I have exactly nooooo idea how I’m going to get rid of a thousand of them heh.
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Holy shit a thousand oppai mousepads? O_o
Well god damn all I can say is this is what sucks about doing business with a different country that talks a different language. Fuck if only such a company would be in your area would be much cheaper to do than go get it on a different continent country.
As for Kickstarter yeah new users have sign up to your site. So damn I guess you got expose more from doing just that. Which is a good thing in the long run.
yeah 1k was the minimum. mass produce, or no produce.
Wow man, thats a lot of mouse pads… It just sucks it had problems during manufacturing… I still want one, haha.
About the new guys. Yeah, there were quite the number asking about joining the forum on the places you posted the game too. I think most already got their account.
The pads don’t look terrible, but definitely not what I wanted to be used.
I stopped reading the other forums, I can’t make games or draw like anyone else but me. Some of the places I posted were really positive thoguh. I mentioned them to you already. I will update certain threads later when the game has finished this round of testing.
Nadando em mouse pads hahaha…. Boa sorte com os projetos o/. Estou enviando energias positivas de apoio.
Yes way too many pads.
Thanks for the support!
I’m really surprised there are so many people that are being so picky about your art. You have improved so much since your first Maiko game. Sure, the art isn’t flawless, but that’s part of your style, and a big part of the charm. You’re doing what a lot of us wish we could do with our imagination. I’m glad to see that you’re not just giving up because of the feedback. I know it’s pretty cliche, but if you look at all those other successful people, their successes were born by learning from their “failures”. So stick with it!
I was surprised also. But now I just keep it moving. I am much more hardened to criticism than I was previously.
Yeah I can remember the Neurotically Yours, the Foamy and Germaine stuff on Newgorunds. People hated that dudes art lol. Especially after he was reusing it for each episode. Now he has to stop posting episodes in the flash portal because they automatically get daily first and people think it is unfair.
Awesome news, well except the mousepads of course, sorry to hear they didn’t go to plan.
However the rest of the update is great stuff, and I can’t wait to see it.
I also look forwards to hearing your views on kickstarter, I have a group of friends who started a game through it and i’ve seen many so called “failed” kickstarter projects that went on to better things or re started later in another way with much more support.
Keep up the good work, as always
and thanks for keeping us in the loop
-Stormal
Thanks, I’ll starting writing down my thoughts on it today.
Out of curiosity how much did the mouse pads costs to make? Like if I wanted a custom printed mouse pad how much would that cost me?
In general you’ll be out about $600 to $1k, not including shipping.
they are about $0.6 to $1.6 each to make depending on the materials they are made with, from the pad fabric, the material for the underside of the pad, to the type of gel and the amount of gel. But the lowest quantity I have seen was in the amount of a 500 minimum order. And those guys did not even reply to my work request lol. In my previous experience, I talked one company into only making only 100 but the communication with them was extremely frustrating and they tried to charge me will all kinds other stuff during the sample process to see how the final result will look. I think they did this to make up the difference for only getting 100 pads. If I make any more I’m going for only 100 or none at all.
anyone in US that makes just 1 at a decent price even something like $50, I think would make some nice money. Haven’t been able to find that thoguh. I tried to make one myself but the result was terrible lol.
I think I could make some just not with gel. it would be squishy foam type stuff that you find in arts and craft stores.
basically stacking some of these possibly for the curve of the breasts (or curve of anything):
http://www.staples.com/SS-9-inch-X-12-inch-EVA-Foam-Sheet-Assorted/product_13727
……or since I have 1k maybe I can just re-fabric them somehow lol. That might be interesting.