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WASD Custom Keyboard Part II
I’ve had a lot of great feedback about my custom designed keyboard from WASD Keyboard both online and in person. Since the inspiration for my keyboard, ADOM, is getting a refresh Indigogo campaign, I thought now might be a great time to revisit things.
First of all, how does the keyboard wear over time? Here’s what it looked like when it was new:
And here’s what it looks like now:
Clearly my lighting is not optimal, but the important thing to notice is that the frequently used black keys are fading out. Especially noticeable on the shift and enter keys, the images are on their way to disappearing entirely. This in sharp contrast to the rest of the colors, all of which are still vibrant and sharp, including the home row keys.
My theory is that due to the burning process, the black keys are not scorched as deeply as the rest of the colors and therefor it doesn’t take much physical wear to remove the images. Advice: don’t use black for keys you’ll use a lot.
As far as the mechanical aspects go, this keyboard has held up really well! It’s as smooth and fun to use as the day I got it in the mail, and I suspect it will be for a long time to come.
Click on through to see some details on creating the layout for the board!
ADOM: The Power of the Crowd
Ancient Domains of Mystery is about to be back in active development, thanks to people like you and me!
One of the largest and most immersive roguelikes in existence, ADOM is an amazing combination of most elements the rpg genre has to offer. It has lots of monsters, loot, dungeons, character types, and even a story with multiple endings. Unfortunately is also has bugs and no graphics, but both of these are about to get fixed.
The Resurrect ADOM development project on indiegogo.com aims to pay for developer time to fix bugs, add graphics, and add content. Just three days into the 60 day funding period and fans of the decades old game have already pledged more than 25% of the total goal. Being someone who helped an already great game become greater gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. If you haven’t yet contributed and would like a warm fuzzy in you, click on over and help out!
The campaign has featured on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Adventures of a Newbie Roguelike Dev, and is trending like wildfire on reddit!