subconscious confusion

So, I dreamed I had a job at an office while working on games, and I had apparently signed away merchandising rights for cash, and this Mysterious Old Man was delivering product samples to me, so I was displaying them on my cubicletop.

One of the boxes was labeled "Petime" - which confused me because even in my sleep I was pretty sure that wasn't MY character.

It turns out it was some sort of bizarre hybrid of Petime from Lucky Rabbit Reflex and (so far unseen to players) Barbara from Magical Diary. Her hair was in multiple colors (including blonde, brown, and purple) and her face was painted black to represent her ninja nature. She came with tiny little weapons and a maniacal grin.

Of course given the art design of Magical Diary I would *love* to have mix-and-match Pinky Street figures for it, but, um, not gonna happen in the waking world. :)

minecraft magnets

Build the world - on your refrigerator

quick, needs more sun

Plants vs Zombies, plushie edition (Not official products. These are instructions for how you can make your own.)

Happy Birthday, Mario

Nice cake.

OH CRAP moments

Having a customer open the case of the game she'd just bought to find - no disc inside!

THank goodness it was a customer who DID open the box and not someone going home with it. (Somehow the case we'd opened to test the discs to be sure they read correctly ended up back in the box of games and therefore got put on our display rack - we didn't opt for shrinkwrap so the problem wasn't obvious. Found the disc in a computer back home afterwards.)

We certainly sold enough to cover con fees. Having two of us makes the costs a LOT higher, but it also makes selling much more fun and much easier. There's the obvious stuff, like having someone to cover the table while you run to the bathroom or to a panel you REALLY want to go see (I had to get Lynn Flewelling to sign my book) but it's also helpful for calling people over to your booth, especially if you're slightly socially phobic. Taking turns to try and get people's attention feels less awkward. Having a boy willing to dress up in wacky costumes that get girls to want to stop and take his picture, also a bonus. Usually he would drag people to the table, then if they looked vaguely interested (that is, stuck around for more than a few seconds instead of hrming and moving on) I could start telling them stuff.

All the business cards I'd brought were gone by the end of the first day so we had to print out little paper strips. Hopefully some people will visit.

I know I've heard that it's important at an Artist's Alley to try and have things in different price ranges, and that wasn't really possible for us here. I'm not sure what would fall into the category between free and $10 really... we could sell demo discs for a buck but that feels awkward, surely demo discs should be free?

Anyway, don't know if/when I'll be doing such a thing again, but it was fun while it lasted. Discs will be made available for sale eventually but far too busy right now.

it comes in boxes

So, our little print run of Date Warp discs arrived!





(And I am terrible at marketing speak and had an awful time trying to make these up and figure out what to say on them. I think they look pretty good, but it's still embarassing to think about, I hate trying to sell myself. There is also an image on the disc and the inside cover but I'm not scanning that, you'll just have to get one yourself.)

These are intended to be sold at Yaoi-Con. The leftovers (and I'm sure there will be plenty; it's not like we have experience at selling hard copies!) I will offer up after the event (or pass on to a Certain Someone Else to resell, depending on how many there are).

well, on the bright side...

... at least anyone choosing to wear a 'Dickwolves' shirt is helpfully labeling themselves to be a bit of an ass so you know to avoid them?

Sigh.

i never did make a 'game food' tag

but these are some cool cupcakes

(I recognise most of them, which may mean they're too close to my age and culture for some other readers to get!)

musical ripples

Apparently Aquaria is putting out an official soundtrack.

The music is cool - but we want a sequel! Alas...

katamari

crocheted magnet ball to roll around and pick things up. cute!

http://amysbabies.wordpress.com/magnetic-katamari-pattern/

i am easily amused, still

Mario Chess

I suck at chess, and I'd probably prefer a fantasy chess set to a Mario one even if I played, but it's sort of cute.

economic collapse

Apparently FileFront is shutting down their servers at the end of the month. This may mean something to someone who reads this... maybe...

best campaign ever

What's better than having an epic D&D marathon to raise a character from level 1 to level 30 in just ten days?

Doing it on the beach. In Hawaii. As a custom vacation package.

game-baking

http://www.antairgames.com/blog/the-great-indie-bake-off-2008/

Some prizes, but mostly just a wacky advertising method, I expect.

With this and that earlier post on cupcakes, do I need a 'Game Food' tag? :)

novelty ice cubes

tetris style

I pretty much never use ice anyway, though.