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Show HN: Pivit, an elegant game with simple rules and masterful strategy
- jessaustin 14y agoI think you'd be better off aiming a bit lower. Raising $50k for something as prosaic as a board game seems too optimistic. Would it be possible to make cheaper game pieces? $0.25 for a small chunk of plastic seems excessive when you're manufacturing 40,000 of them. Although the pieces are beautiful: much better than tokens stamped out of a flat sheet and then printed. The $35/box paper costs seem high as well. You could actually just sell the pieces in a plastic bag and tell people to use their own chessboards. If you made a cheaper version to start you could always come out with a premium version later (and possibly make two sales to your really enthusiastic customers). But good on you for not skimping. If you reach your funding goal I don't see any reason you couldn't ship this product.
- tylerneylon 14y agoI understand that the price is on the high end for a board game funding goal. I see craftsmanship and high quality as part of what the game is, fundamentally. It feels different to play chess in an app, with a cheap chess set, and with a finely crafted board and set of pieces; and I care about that difference.