53 pointsby Rabidgremlina month ago12 comments
  • sokoloffa month ago
    A sample (or a small portfolio of sample) images would help people grasp what this does. Or a sample project.

    (It’s not like it’s super-complicated, but people like pictures.)

    • hamburglara month ago
      Definitely needs a landing page with samples because I can’t figure out what this is and I’m on a phone and really the only information I’m presented with is that it kinda doesn’t work on a phone.
    • Rabidgremlina month ago
      yep, agree
  • duttisha month ago
    You could let people post public inserts for specific games, start building up a library.
    • RyanODa month ago
      Yes to this.

      Why should more than one person create a layout for Risk, for example? Start storing these in a library, bearing in mind that most games have multiple releases with their own specs. Think of a site like Thingiverse.

      • Rabidgremlina month ago
        Interesting idea. Definitely something I could add.
  • sejjea month ago
    I can't find a photo of what it does. I'm on mobile so I can't use it according to your popup.

    Your subreddit also doesn't include even one photo or screenshot. I would expect to see both for this product.

    Is it useful? I don't even know what it does yet.

    • a month ago
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    • Rabidgremlina month ago
      I'll hopefully get a video up soon
    • kwanbixa month ago
      Was thinking exactly the same.
  • hn92726819a month ago
    For anyone (like me) wondering what this is. Foamcore is foam with paper on each end (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamcore)

    Looks like people use it to organize board games: https://www.orderofgamers.com/abomination-foamcore-v1/

  • sfRattana month ago
    Very neat tool!

    I've looked into cutting foam for board game storage, but I don't love the 5mm or so thickness. For games with lots of different little bits and pieces, the many walls to divide many containers add up and take a surprising amount of space inside the game's box.

    Short of 3D printing storage solutions, I've found an online tuck-box generator for decks of cards of any size that looks neat, and another site with advice for assembling them:

    Tuckbox Generator: https://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/tuckbox.cgi

    Tuckbox Assembly Advice: https://www.ee0r.com/boxes/index.html

    • Rabidgremlina month ago
      Yeah, foam core is easy to work with but a bit thick. The tool does let you set the thickness in the project properties so you may be have some luck setting it to be thinner.
  • stavrosa month ago
    This looks nice! Why don't the dividers snap to the closest edge automatically? Feels like that's a lot of manual labor that could just be done automatically.

    Is there a way to output an SVG? I'd love to send this to my laser or CNC cutter and have it cut automatically.

    • Rabidgremlina month ago
      It does snap but it was a bit iffy. I have improved it so give it a try.

      Re SVG export it is on the list.

  • traversedaa month ago
    Lots of suggestions already, my only suggestion is that it would be nice if this could generate tabs and slots. I'm more likely to laser cut or 3D print inserts, so a tab and slot would make assembly easier.

    Well that and to generate STL files for 3D printing.

    • Rabidgremlina month ago
      Yeah... I had that tabs/slots and STL on my list but lot priority
  • awithrowa month ago
    It'd be great to have some preset box sizes for some common games and maybe some pre-done layouts. Now that I'm thinking about it, some game elements would be handy to build around, ie a deck of cards or similar.
  • throwoutwaya month ago
    I didn't know what foamcore inserts were until now, bu tthis is useful. I have lots of broken boardgame boxes
    • Rabidgremlina month ago
      Welcome to a whole new obsession!
    • dbrothera month ago
      Same here, its pretty cool!
  • gwynforthewyna month ago
    That site's so damn responsive! What are you using to build it?
    • Rabidgremlina month ago
      The site was actually built as an experiment on "spec first" coding with AI agents... in this case using Codex CLI. Underlying tech is Typescript, React, Zustard (for state), Bootstrap (for layout/components) and Konva JS (for 2D canvas) and vite for building/bundling. Deployed to AWS S3 bucket fronted by AWS cloud front using Github actions.
    • wennglea month ago
      Not OP, but the design screams Bootstrap, and it looks like Bootstrap 5 is bundled in their CSS.
      • Rabidgremlina month ago
        Yep it is Bootstrap. Well bootstrap-react to be more precise.
  • abrookewooda month ago
    You really need some samples, examples or visual on the home page.
  • sejjea month ago
    Why did you abandon your own thread, OP?
    • Rabidgremlina month ago
      eek, I forgot I had posted here and got distracted with the holidays.... will start to respond now..