atwwong Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Congrats to all the winners and thank you @Ben from Plaion for the fun. We are hoping you take more than one suggestion - perhaps as many as possible, into consideration. Cheers! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 @RickR has Mr Run and Jump already so he kindly has let it go to someone else. And the winner is... 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpieboy Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Great to see I won the posters. They look amazing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, Magpieboy said: Great to see I won the posters. They look amazing. They are on good quality paper and of course packaged in a tube. 😁 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 19 hours ago, Brad_from_the_80s said: Congrats to the winners! Since, that's done, another suggestion... Probably came up somewhere in 18 pages, but... SwordQuest box set (4 games), complete with comics, instruction guides and some tiny little plastic replica treasures 🤪 I kind of dismiss this kind of suggestion because of the costs of all the parts, but I been thinking that I may have this all the wrong way around because you cant freely download the physical parts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 16 hours ago, tradyblix said: Congratulations. Now sell it on eBay. do you see what they're going for ? lol I have and it pissed me off seeing it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 13 hours ago, kamakazi said: Thank you for the prizes. Now that I think about it, replacement shells for the hardware would be cool to see. Check out this momento I took home from the plastics factory. All the plastic parts straight hot out of the mold with the runners still intact. 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatles2001 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Congrats to all🎉, and thx atari age for a awesome contest.👏 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 33 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: I have and it pissed me off seeing it. Unfortunately this had to be expected. Greed is everywhere. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_from_the_80s Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Ben from Plaion said: I kind of dismiss this kind of suggestion because of the costs of all the parts, but I been thinking that I may have this all the wrong way around because you cant freely download the physical parts. Exactly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emyxox71 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Amazing! I'm so happy! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 5 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said: @RickR has Mr Run and Jump already so he kindly has let it go to someone else. And the winner is... Thanks so much! I'm happy to have it go to someone else, but I really do appreciate the contest and the conversation. Happy holidays to all! 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 19 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said: It's such a cool thing. I'll draw up a p&l forecast tomorrow and share it. Ball Park figures Start up costs $10k CAD design $70k tooling Per unit costs $20 COGS inc all regulatory compliance $3 Shipping $17 Tax $45 Other costs $15 Profit Sales forecast 1000 units at $100 would be a $65,000USD loss Break even would be around 6000 units. I dont think its viable to think we would sell more then 1000 units. No way anyone in charge would greenlight a project like this. Could always go down the route of 3D printing, but its too amateurish for me And this is the reality of making things in 2023 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warboss Gegguz Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 16 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: And this is the reality of making things in 2023 I mean, in all fairness, it's really not worth the money to spend so much on such a niche item. The 2600+ is already relatively niche (at least in its current state) so you're selling to a niche market of a niche market... It'd be a cool little retro throwback, but it basically serves no purpose outside of aesthetics. If you have a TV stand and/or a cardboard box for games, you basically have everything this is. And I'd imagine that's also why the original sold so few units, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatles2001 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 12/15/2023 at 3:25 AM, karri said: There is a lot of user created heroquest adventures and a lovely PC version as well. I have been tinkering with the idea for some time. In the Amiga version the magical music track and the beautiful graphics create the atmosphere. The game is turn based for up to 4 players so a single controller is ok. When I checked the licenses years ago they allowed fans to make games based on heroquest but not with the same character names or graphics. The fan version by Gerwin Broers seems to be gone. I actually have a Raspberry Pi zero version of it that I made for Ropecon. In this game I used light sensitive pegs so you could play it on a TV screen lying down on a table. Like a real board game! This is really great info thank you so much. I play the Amiga version, and tabletop version. I also play Dark Quest which shares alot of the same themes and mechanics, on steam and switch. If any homebrew for the Atari comes along that would be a great addition too. Your digital board is really neat, what are the pieces exactly? Would love more info on this, so I could try to replicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 14 minutes ago, beatles2001 said: Your digital board is really neat, what are the pieces exactly? Would love more info on this, so I could try to replicate. The "digital board" was just an ordinary TV. The pegs were 3D printed with a small hearing aid battery and a chip that turned light intensity into frequency. As a peg transmitter I had an IR led. But at the day of the show one of my pegs burned so I had to improvise and soldered two wires instead of the IR to one peg. And also used just a single peg for all player movement instead of 4 pegs as I had planned. The TV emitted black squares to see if the peg moved. So when you lifted the peg the Pi Zero could sense it. Then it also knew how many steps you could move so it scanned to possible destinations until it found your peg again. I also had a DMX hat for controlling the ambient light to match was happened in the game. And background music to match the actions. Unfortunately I did not get a small room to set the mood so the ambient surrounding was not so great. By the way. The 32 inch TV also broke after the week-end. And my wife said that if I break our TV with my stupid hobbies we are not getting a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 33 minutes ago, Warboss Gegguz said: I mean, in all fairness, it's really not worth the money to spend so much on such a niche item. The 2600+ is already relatively niche (at least in its current state) so you're selling to a niche market of a niche market... It'd be a cool little retro throwback, but it basically serves no purpose outside of aesthetics. If you have a TV stand and/or a cardboard box for games, you basically have everything this is. And I'd imagine that's also why the original sold so few units, lol. Exactly. Making a hit product is hard, because if it was easy everyone would do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microjak Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 How about a nice Atari embossed dust cover instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 21 minutes ago, Microjak said: How about a nice Atari embossed dust cover instead? I'd rather concentrate on bringing new games to market. And anyway whats wrong with the cover that you got in the box? 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIK710_0 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 it was already a nice welcome gift to find an anti-dust cover in the package! 🤗 Really appreciated 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: And anyway whats wrong with the cover that you got in the box? The was none in the press kit. Or did I miss it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 Just now, Thomas Jentzsch said: The was none in the press kit. Or did I miss it? Ha no, didn't bother as wanted to ensure a WOW! moment opening up VIP box. Sure I can rustle you up one from the next manufacture run! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddigor2 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I know the contest is over but, I would like to see more standard release carts. I don't want to open and play my rare 1 of 500 copies of save mary and Fatal run. -Matt 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microjak Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 24 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: I'd rather concentrate on bringing new games to market. And anyway whats wrong with the cover that you got in the box? Fair enough although I haven’t opened mine yet and you’ve ruined the surprise 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Congrats to all the winners! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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