OCULUS is designed to be one of the first worker decks for cardists, while maintaining superior handle, design and affordability.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
OCULUS and Draconian STICKERS
over 8 years ago
– Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 09:05:23 PM
Hey Everyone,
It's Randy, designer of the OCULUS Deck. Thank you all for your amazing support!
Some of you may already know, I have a solo project that's active right now as well. The Draconian and Knights Decks are a trio of premium playing cards that have a medieval / Game of Thrones / Dragons vibe to them. They will be printed by Legends Playing Cards, which uses the same printer as Hanson Chien Productions. Like the OCULUS Back, the Back Card for the Draconian Wildfire Deck is perfect for Cardistry moves!
As our way of thanks, Mike and I didn't want to do just a normal cross-promo between our two projects. We wanted to have a COMPLIMENTARY gift for Backers who are part of both projects.* That gift is the custom Diecut pair of Vinyl Stickers seen below - one with the OCULUS octagon design and one with the Draconian's Dragon Spade!
*The pair of Vinyl Stickers are FREE for any Backer who pledges for $24 or more for EACH of the two projects.
Another Week Down!
over 8 years ago
– Sat, Oct 07, 2017 at 10:22:40 AM
Just wanted to touch base and let everyone know where we are with things.
Where are we now?
Over the week we passed the 200% funding mark! As of today we are 213% funded and broke 400 for backers- which is incredible!
YES YOU!
Where does that leave us in terms of the $14K stretch goal?
We are roughly 165 decks away from hitting that goal with 12 days to go and that's plenty of time! Feel free to share the campaign on social media to help us reach it. We've already sent HCPC all of the files and they're just waiting on the green light to add the embossing files in.
Next week?!
If you follow Randy (@midnightplayingcards) or myself (@thedoc318) Instagram, you may have noticed a couple images popping up. We will be doing a cross-promo set of freebie items with another campaign on Kickstarter, but you'll have to wait until Monday to find out the details!
Have a great weekend!
-Mike
Week 2 Update
over 8 years ago
– Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 05:04:06 PM
I just wanted to touch base and let you know we are still heading towards the second stretch goal and are now 195% funded- which is pretty awesome! Over the week I received several emails and messages on here and Instagram about the meaning of the puzzle piece logo on the flat tuck render and so I thought that I would just clear up what that is about.
The easily recognizable logo is Randy Butterfield's Midnight Playing Cards logo, the puzzle piece is mine. Why a puzzle piece? The puzzle piece represents a major part of my life that has been dedicated to working with and alongside individuals on the Autism spectrum. How does that relate to playing cards at all? I use playing cards daily as we work on anything from social skills to developing better hand coordination and dexterity. After mentioning that I wanted something to symbolize that and incorporated somehow, Randy sent me the image he created and I loved it!
That's all for this week!
-Mike
This cross promotion is one that I feel catches the growing trend of us using our phones to capture pictures and videos of anything and everything (I'm looking right at you cardists!). We get stuck trying to make our shots unique and often only have our phone on hand and that's why this fits in really well with OCULUS.
RevolCam - With three high quality camera lenses, an adjustable brightness LED and Selfie Mirror, RevolCam is smartphone photography reinvented. Click Here or on the picture to head over and have a look.
And They're Off!
over 8 years ago
– Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 04:54:13 PM
We have officially sent the files over to Hanson at HCPC in order to get a head start on things. Also, here's a look at the uncut sheet for those of you that have been asking about the order of the cards and debating on trying to get one.
I'll be sending out another update at the end of the weekto let you know where we are progress wise in terms of reaching the embossing stretch goal.
-Mike
If you haven't checked out Kameleon Playing Cards by Cardistry Collective, click here to check them out! Cardistry Collective has chosen to keep the tier prices low to help cardist get more for less and the quality high as they will also be printing Hanson Chien Production Co..
10K Stretch Goal Unlocked!
over 8 years ago
– Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 07:48:00 AM
Less than 8 hours after the last update that projected would hit our 10K stretch goal around the end of next- we hit it! Each tuck case will now have a UV spot overlay on different areas of it. For those of you that are unfamiliar with UV spotting, here's an example.
UV Spot Overlay Example
We are now 169% funded with 23 days to go! We will have another update or 2 this week to let you know when we send the files over to Hanson at HCPC and an end of the week summary of where we are. Thanks again for the being a part of this and feel free to pass the word along! Have a great week!
-Mike
Last thing! I promise! As Maidens Playing Cards by Joker and the Thief are in their final week of funding, here's your chance to be part of creating a 100% custom deck of playing cards that you'll be proud to show off to your friends CLICK HERE to head over to Pledge Now!
