GMK Vaporwave returns for a second round with minor adjustments to its glitchy aesthetic keycaps. Janglad takes over design duties, inviting community input via a survey. New renders and kits, including Hiragana and novelties, are expected in Q4 2021.
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Community Feedback & Sentiment
Feedback Highlights
Positive (5)
"Excited for the return of this keycap set."
"Loves the original colors and wants them to stay."
"Looking forward to new novelties and deskmat."
"I fully support trying out new colors if it improves the set."
"Happy to see the set return and will definitely join."
Negative (5)
"Disappointed about changes to UK ISO support being removed."
"Concerns over the readability of alpha legends."
"I prefer the original colors instead of the new ones."
"Desire for more 40% kit support."
"Hope for no sublegends in the base kit."
Suggestions (5)
Provide a side-by-side comparison of old vs. new colors.
Consider running two base kits, one with Latin alphas and another with sublegends.
Make sure to include more 40s key support in the base kit.
Add a deskmat to complement the keycaps.
Include sunset novelty which fits the vaporwave theme.
Questions (5)
Will there be a hiragana kit this time?
What are the new color adjustments?
Will UK ISO support be reinstated?
Can we see a preview of the novelties?
What will the shipping timeline look like for GB?
Duckeebs Analysis
The thread shows a robust engagement with a total of 120 comments. Positive sentiment is predominant but balanced by a significant number of suggestions and concerns. The community expresses high interest, particularly in maintaining or improving aesthetic qualities of the R2 set.
Project Specs
- Name
- GMK Vaporwave R2
- Release year
- 2021
- Profile
- Cherry
- Sculpted
- -
- Material
- ABS
- Layout Standard
- -
- Sub-Legends
- -
- Wall thickness
- -
- Legend method
- Doubleshot
- Color palette
- Glitchy aesthetics, holographic