Dancing Tofu Gaming - GIGANAUT Dance Pad Beta (upd. 8/9)

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

New deals on the site! Check them! They're pretty cool!

Photo album is on the second post.

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Photo and video album.

Consumer Reviews
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FAQ
How do I buy a Dance Pad from Dancing Tofu Gaming?
Email DancingTofu - thatlatu@gmail.com

Do I have to prepay when I order?
No, but if you don't, you may have to wait a while.

Is there a difference between commissioning a product from DTG and buying a product from DTG?
Yes. When you commission us to build a product, you pay for or supply the materials, and we assemble your product. You then pay for the product. When you buy a product, you are ordering from our existing stock or placing an order for when we get the item back in stock.

BlueSharks are made out of metal; why do I see wooden pads in your photo album? Aren't those weaker?
No! Bluesharks, CF's, TX1000's, AfterBurners, and all other hard DDR Pads except for Konami/Betson pads and BeatGear pads are made with wood or wood compote frames and/or bases. The difference? We use green fir and oak wood in our pads, so the wood is less prone to splitting. We also pre-drill holes, as a secondary measure against splitting or warping. DTR03 frames can easily handle upwards of 1000 lbs of force when sitting on the ground. We'll do some impact testing in September or October when we have some spare models lying around that we can trash.
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videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

This sounds intresting, could you post some pictures?
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daikenkai =[ · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject:

Hey, I may think about having a DDR pad company on the summer. Ive got some plans.

hey, Dancing Tofu...

If you dont have any 3d designing software, try www.anim8or.com

Im using it on my new pad designs.

Good luck!

PS: On anotehr thread, the 55 dollar price is really, really good. If you can make it better than the Cobalt Flux, then dude, you are in business!

trob xD · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Ohio

jpoppyz · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject:

your pads sound amazing from what i read...i'll be sure to reccomend all my friends to the DT dance pads!!! too bad i just got a cobalt flux, or i might have been one of your first customers

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o, and i totally love your lifetime garuantee. i give you the best of wishes!!
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

I'll be one of your first customers for your DT600 Deluxe. PM me when you get them in stock.

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Wow, this is awesome, thanks everybody, I'm really starting to feel that I might actually GO somewhere with this. =)

Pictures: As soon as I get the prototypes put together, I'll have pictures of everything.

Cavy: Wow, thanks, that's going to be REALLY helpful!
If you want to use any of my designs, I can list you as an independent distributor for your area. That means that you're fully endorsed by DTG, but you can set your own prices, make your own advertisements, and have no inclination to pay the 10% design fee (taken out of profit, not revenue) that a regular distributor is normally asked to pay. The disadvantages are that you can only use the company logos and guarantees for design features; if a customer buys a DT dance platform from an independent seller, that independent seller has to manage any complaints he or she might recieve.
I'll elaborate on Distributors, dependent and independent, later.

trob: I plan on building all pads by hand, but not alone. see above.

J-POP: Thanks! xD
I think I might have posted the short story of our origination here a while back, but basically our purpose isn't as a huge corperate giant, but a way for people to get into DDR and other dance games without having to suffer huge monetary blows or the plague of bad products. For a great pad for the adamant DDR Freak, I still strongly recommend the BlueShark, Cobalt Flux, and Nexen.

DarkCore: Sure thing! I'm probably going to ask my friend Steven to be the standing vice president of the company, at least until we get a bit more organised. He has a lot of interest in DDR and DTG, and might be able to give our company coffers enough of a boost to get some of those release dates bumped down a few months.

I'm also fortunate enough to live in Northern Oregon, within chit-chatting distance of RoXoR Games, meaning I might be able to make some deals with them, especially in the production of HYKoR. (I know, RoXoR isn't the most beloved company around this site, but they should be able to offer me the musical variety and the programming skills I'll need to get it onto the market. The songs will be primarily Techno, Trance, Electro, Classic Rock, and Metal, and all songs with a yay-rating [that's the kind of vocab we use around here] of less than 30% will get edited out and replaced with the next update patch, because, unlike Konami, we listen when people say they hate what's-his-face's music or find who's-a-whatsit's lyrics offensive.)
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

What's HYKoR? Are you guys making a new type of 4 panel dancing game or something?

Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

Do you have a webste in the works for your pads?

What kind of sensors are you using for the pad? (for the 500 and 600?)

And I second (or third) any request for pictures, I want to see what this pad looks like, even conceptually.
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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

I thought the Deluxe DT600 was supposed to be 36lbs? Anyway can you describe the differences between the Standard model and the Deluxe version? The DT200 seems a bit too pricey, and the DT500 only works for the arcade and is way out of my price range. I don't know if I can't get the best model I don't know if it would be worth it to get one at all. I mean you're charging $800.00 for one and $60.00 for another. Seems like it wouldn't be made to be used for 12's in my opinion.

daikenkai =[ · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject:

I have some questions

What will the pads be made out of?
Will there be "bundle" packs?
Which big company would "market" it? EBGames and/or Gamestop?

Oh, and Anim8or is free, btw, but its not an autocad, so it wont have like precise dimension stuff.

I don't think I will be able to like actually make the pads, but you could ship some to me, and I could sell them. Im not able to spend 400 or 250 dollars, nor am I sure that in my area the DT500 will be purchased (more people would buy a CF, and the majority of ddr and piu and itg machines are kiddy-arcade owned, with the reminder well maintained), but I think the DT600 would sell great.

Lol, on the summer I think you may have a little competition!
My pads will be selling for...

40 to 75 dollars (more likely ont he lower side).

Oh! Hehe, i just realized...

If our companies merged, would it be called Dancing Cavy, or Pooing Tofu!

daikenkai =[ · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah, forgot to add:

I can give you some advice (yes, its free) on making it more snazzy.

First tip:

With a very light highlighter, on each arrow plexiglas panel's "underside", draw an arrow on it (make it neat). Then carefully get a dremel tool, and carefully dremel along the arrow you drew, with some sort of sanding (not polishing) tool.

Then, when you add an LED light to the panel (which COULD, im not sure, but could be powered with the PS2 USB port), the scratched part of it will glow nicely in the dark!

MasterInuYasha · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject:

I may end up hitting you up on this offer.. for the DT200

But yea.. Can't wait to see pix!!!

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

DarkCore:
1. Yes, the DT600 Deluxe should weigh in at roughly 30-40 lbs. For the weights, I listed the standard models.
2. The Deluxe version is thicker, heavier, and built for 11's+; it's max weight capacity should sit around the 500 to 700 pound range. The Standard model is thin, very easy to move, and better for bringing to parties and school clubs. However, the DT600 Standard model can be easily upgraded to a Deluxe model using some modifications that should take only about 25 minutes to perform at a leisurely pace. Also, when placed on a flat level surface, all DT pads should be able to handle around 4 times their weight capacity.
3. The DT200 is expensive, yes, but it should be right up there in quality withe CF and Blueshark, inferior to the Blueshark only in that it doesn't have actual arcade sensors, and inferior to the Cobalt Flux only in durability.
4. The DT500 can be built to work with any system, but its standard formatting is for the Play Station 2. The forecasted price of a single DT500 pad is $400.

Cavy:
1. The DT600 pads are made primarily from maple and 30 Gauge sheet steel. The DT200's are made using oak, maple, steel, and lexan. The DT500's are made using Titanium plating and bars (shines better and lasts longer; http://www.timet.com/Index2_content.html), oak bodies, lexan panels, arcade sensors, and an iron support grid.
2. Yeah, if you want a bunch of pads or something, just say so, and I can probably knock a bit off the price or something.
3. None of the above. Sales will be done through an ebay store until I find someone to set up a website for it.
4. It's all pretty open-ended; make a deal, I'll decide whether or not I like it, and it's all taken care of. =)
5. Haha, well, you'll have my full support. Any person or organisation that sells quality Dance Gaming Accessories at a reasonable price is a welcome friend of Dancing Tofu Gaming. Like I've said, this isn't for profit, this is for community benefit. I want schools to be able to have DDR clubs on a low budget, I want youth organisations such as SMYRC to be able to have just one more thing to bring light into peoples' lives. I want to help battle the videogame mentality, the 30% child obesity rates, and the idea that money is the key to happiness. (yeah, it's my feel-good job.)
6. I think I'll use something similar to that with the DT500's. They use a rave-style interface; blacklights, strobes, neon, etc.; instead of the usual light-up-when-pressed pads. So, I might make a very thin white film on the arrows, so that they'll have a subtle glow underneath, and a blacklight blue-purple glow on top.

Pics: I'll draft some designs during Illustrations class after I finish the drawing I'm currently working on in there, then I'll scan them, okay? ^^
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skinticket · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:10 pm Post subject:

man i wouldnt mind getting the DT500..... that sounds awesome!

shurf · Trick Member Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Location: NJ

Oh man. You really have me excited, DT! XD

I seriously cant wait to see these. I'm just about ready to dump the Nexen if these come out as good as I hope, and by the looks of things, they probably will.

Awesome job. I hope you find great success with these pads!

InhaleX · Trick Member Joined: 27 Jul 2005

they sound AWESOME. do they come with a bar?
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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Haha, thanks guys, me too! xD

I'm going to try to test out a new Arcade modded CF and a BS and compare them to the DT200 and DT500, see just how well they compare, although not until our budget becomes much more substantial. xP

I got another verified sale today! xD
My friend Jeff is going to get a DT600.
I'm hoping I can get an order placed on some sheet metal before January 3rd, while they (Home Depot) still have free shipping for orders over $50.
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