Going to a convention! (Patreon)

(Updated below!)

Hey everyone!

Soon I will be promoting Space Rescue on a real-life convention... and this will be a-eh,  adult entertainment convention!

Now I've been to many cons before. But those were comic-cons & game-cons, where I was selling my comics-  and later on a cardgame I made. But opposed to previous times, now I won't be selling anything. This time I just want to show of the game, and hear what the think of it :)  

So Instead of setting up a table with goods, I'll turn my convention stand in a  four meter long gallery wall. There I will put up about 20 screenshots, so people can just walk by and get a first impression of the game.

Logo

Now to catch peoples attention I wanted to place a logo on the wall. And how cool would it be if that would be some kind of Neon Sign?  Well, Neon Signs turn out to cost a fortune...ahem!  

So, like I did so often in the past - I decided to try and make something similair myself (note: I really enjoycrafting things!).

So above you see an A3, 5 millimeter black foamboard. I printed out the mirrored logo, and glued it on the back. Then I started to cut it out by hand. And in the last picture you see me holding the result in front of a lamp.

I guess it looked fine from a distance... but I really didn't  like the rough edges of it all.

So then I looked into other options. And in the end I just decided to do some online shopping- and found a rather cheap and  effective solution!

This is a super lightweight plastic plate, lit by a ledlight; and it works :)

Buisness cards

Now if people happen to like the game -then of course they should be able to find it online as well. So, I printed a bunch of  buisness cards with the link on it. But since I have no table to put it on, I had to find another way to make them easily available.

And for that I just sticked a cardholder to the wall -using Nano tape. This  tape is super strong, and leaves no marks when removed.  So, got that covered as well!

Interaction

Now because I'm making a game, I also wanted to make the booth a bit more 'interactive' as well. So  I thought of a few things I could do.  

* Cover up the more explicit screenshots -so that people need to open a simple 'shutter' to get to see the art.

* Hand out flashlights -so people can light the screenshots they want to see. - simulating the 'point & click' experience (This con is pretty dark).

* But in the end, I went for a third idea- and decided to bring Keen along for a photo op!

Now, ideally I wanted to set up a huge cardboard cut-out for this...  but for practical reasons I went with this --> 

Scroll down to see what it's for!

Update 1: At the convention!

So after I made my initial post above, I printed out two dozen screenshot of the game -and yesterday I put those on the wall at the convention. And this is how it all came together.

Update 2: At the convention!

Now before it all  started, I had no idea if people would drop by- or like the game. But I actually met many enthousiastic people -and it was really a lot of fun to promote the game like this. So I'll probably do it again some day.  

And I think Keen would agree with me -always meeting interesting people wherever he goes! ;D

Thanks for dropping by the booth Emmely!


Next

Well, now the weekend is over- it's time to get drawing again! I'm working on some art for the Hank & Rosa storyline- and soon I'll tell you all about it.

Well,

all the best!

-Robin