NEW Community College Hero t-shirts, posters, stickers

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Okay the store is back open for business!

They quickly unflagged the images.

*set persuasive %+10

@SirEdmund @h82xs

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Any plans to make use of any of the non-clothing merch options? Or add the previous poster and t-shirt designs?

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Yep.

I mean it doesn’t cost me anything to offer other products, so I figure why not? I might do posters or coffee mugs or some other stuff.

I mean I have tons of art that I like already with more on its way…its a matter of narrowing stuff down. I think the CCH2 game cover will be really neat and I can see using that for some stuff next.

Yep the DG/Crook image is very high quality and would make a cool poster I think. The old Speck shirts were just me playing with tools on tshirt sites.

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Given that the page banner is “Speck Campus Bookstore” some generic school pride designs would fit the theme, I think. And I definitely know people who appreciate more understated or subtle merch options, especially wrt clothing

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These are adorable! (I think Dirty Girl looks the cutest) :blush:

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That’s crazy. Is somebody else claiming that they own the rights to the images? :confused:

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I agree. It could be understated but still be more stylsh than the old one and have a funny or ironic motto.

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Oh it’s resolved now.

And did you ask on twitter about the designer? It was the winner of my March art contest.

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For a moment there, I misread the title as “NSFW Community College Hero T-shirts.”

That certainly would’ve been interesting, to say the least.

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I didn’t see that contest, but that artist is really talented. (I take it that’s not the same person who did the cover art for CCH) :blush:

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Okay I did NOT enjoy the Cafepress experience. I will just leave it at that (see edited OP).

The new CCH Store is at Redbubble (also see edited OP)

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Must. Not. Go. Bankrupt. Must. Not. Spend. All. My. Money.

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You’re probably on it already, but just in case–don’t forget to update the links on FB and Twitter, they’re still going to Cafepress!

Sorry your experience was bad, but honestly as a customer Redbubble is my favorite of the online stores, so can’t complain much about the switch (their shirts are easily some of the most comfortable I own, and their notebooks are fantastic)

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Haha that is what I will probably do!

Coffee mug for sure, and a poster and maybe a pillow for the living room sofa (my wife may object to that one).

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Yep I’m updating social media tonight and tomorrow and will end another email blast.

I think the switch is good, and I’m glad to hear you’ve good experience with their products.

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These are all really interesting ideas. Are you planning on also selling them at conventions and stuff like that? :blush:

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Nah, it would be cost prohibitive for me to keep an inventory. I opened the online store precisely to avoid keeping an inventory and so that a third-party would handle order processing, shipping, etc.

And I won’t do another convention until/unless I have a physical CCH novel to sell.

EDITED TO ADD: Plus I just found a 20% off coupon code, (yay!) so there’s no way I could ever beat those prices when you factor that in.

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Would that be a straightforward story with the same setting and characters, or an actual, choose your own adventure style replica of the CCH game? I imagine something like that would be really complicated, but I’ve seen it done before. :grin:

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Almost certainly a straightforward novel. I would want/need to differentiate it from the HG version of the story. It would also let me focus on strengthening my actual writing without worrying about game mechanics. But I have a feeling that going from writing an interactive novel to writing a regular novel is a very hard process.

(oh and I found a 25% off coupon today)

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I imagine so. I guess there’s pros and cons to both sides. With a novel, you’re a lot more constricted in what you have to write. Instead of letting the reader choose what they want to do with the story, you have to come up with a set MC with set personality, set motivations, a set love interest and a set ending that will be entertaining to everybody.

On the other hand, with a book, you have to write half as many words as an interactive novel to come up with reading material that’s twice as long. :blush: