Singularity Piecepack Third Edition WIP
Added 2023-02-08 19:00:03 +0000 UTCHi all,
The updated third edition of the singularity Piecepack is shaping up and ready for everyone's feedback and ideas. Functionally the third edition is the same as the second. Same number of tiles, tokens, etc. The big difference is that visually its been updated to try match the third edition of the Singularity Deck.
As a reminder, here is what the Singularity Piecepack Second Edition Tile Design looked like:
And here is what I'm thinking for the third edition:
The back grid has a bit more pizzaz (later on I'll show it in more detail), the fronts have edge-to-edge color like the third edition of the singularity deck, the frame around the dice is a bit different, and the suit and dice icons have been updated to match the style of the third edition.
The biggest difference, is that I de-emphasized the top left corner.
For most piecepack designs the front is asymmetrical and has a defined orientation as seen here:
As a result, some piecepack games use tile orientation as a mechanic. In order for the Singularity Piecepack to maintain compatibility with those games there needs to be something to indicate tile orientation, hence the corner marker in both the second and third editions. That said, for the third edition, I didn't think it needed to be as prominent as it was in the second edition. I'm open to differing opinions though.
The new back. Functionally it is still a grid divider, but I wanted it to have a bit more visual overlap with the Singularity Deck back.
Here is a mock up of the back in a grid:
Here is a look at all of the tiles of the clubs suit:
Here is a look at the tokens. The little arrows are to indicate token orientation.
The only change here, is that instead of a spiral token, I swapped it for an x. The spiral token was always a bit of a weird one in the original piecepack design as it was the ace token. The Singularity Piecepack second edition had both a 1 token/tile and an ace tile/spiral token. Given that pretty much every game for the piecepack, just treats the ace as a 1 and the Singularity piecepack already has a 1 tile/token, the spiral/x/ace token is a bit redundant. I'm still thinking about if there is something better to do for this aspect of the design, so I'm open to ideas.
Anyways, here is a look at everything all together:
I'd love to hear any ideas or thoughts!
Comments
I've played around with doing a 3D printable version, which could give folks nice chunky tiles and tokens I'd have to gauge interest in something like that though, since the Piecepack is a niche in the board gaming hobby and 3D printing one would be a niche in a niche. I appreciate your feedback on the colors. As far as this version of the Singularity Piecepack though, the edge-to-edge (pretty in-your-face colors) are probably the one aspect of the design that is unlikely to change. This is just because it's one of the defining visual characteristics of the Singularity Deck Third Edition that this Piecepack is meant to match (https://www.singularity.games/singularity-deck). That said, I'm happy to create a Print and Play version that matches more of what your looking for. It would actually be great to know what drew you to this particular project/version of the piecepack. I ask because the piecepack tends to get less attention than some of my other projects. So as someone more interested in it, your feedback is particularly valuable. Do you like the aesthetic (ignoring the color concern)? Do you like that the piecepack has 6-12 suits compared to the usual 4? The fact that the grid is present on both the front and back? Something else entirely? Thanks!
2023-02-12 20:08:18 +0000 UTCAhh... well. I figured that was a little too fancy to be print on demand. C'est la vie. For what it's worth I think the full color tiles you have here look a little garish. You've done well to keep the all the same tone, but the variety of colors is a little much on the eye. I wonder if you inverted it so the symbols were colored and the background was white, if that would look better? This is a matter of personal preference.
Dylan Green
2023-02-11 22:41:33 +0000 UTCHi Dylan. I'm excited you're here! Hopefully, I didn't set your expectations too high with the picture of the plastic set. Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware there aren't any Print on demand services that do anything that nice. When the design for this new edition of the Piecepack is done, the print and play files will be made available (for free) to all patrons and the design will be posted to the game crafter. Patrons will get discount codes to bring the price down, but the sets can still be a bit expensive given they print them one at a time. To get an idea of what it will look like you can see more info on the current version here: https://www.singularity.games/singularity-piecepack If you want to download the current print and play files go the patron drive link found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/huge-thanks-link-28259219 and go to this folder ->Singularity Piecepack -> Singularity Piecepack 2 Also, I post the NanDeck layouts and art assets for patrons so they can make their own custom versions if they want. For what it's worth, if you like that plastic set you can actually pick them up pretty cheap (around 20 bucks). Just search for "The Infinite Board Game: Introducing the Amazing piecepack System." Of course it doesn't overlap with the Singularity Deck and it lacks a few features that the Singularity Piecepack has, but its the nicest/cheapest piecepack you can get component-wise. All that said, if you have any ideas for the design of Singularity Piecepack, I'd love to hear them.
2023-02-11 20:04:20 +0000 UTCThis is actually what got me to join, so I'm excited. Is there a way we will be able to get a classy plastic set like you have shown here?
Dylan Green
2023-02-11 19:02:44 +0000 UTC
