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Mind's Eye at Gen Con

MIND’S EYE and INSTANT FX are Game on at Gen Con

Every August in Indianapolis, IN, the largest gaming convention of its kind in North America takes place at the Indiana Convention Centre. Gamers of all strips, colours and creeds, descend on Downtown Indy to roll the dice, make their move and play their hand, and MIND’S EYE is in the thick of it.

Synn Studios and Lynnvander Production’s acclaimed fantasy-adventure series is a guest of Gen Con, and along with exhibiting the series, hosting a number of panels, and shopping the Dreamweaver role-playing game, the visual effects team of MIND’S EYE is offering a unique new service of their own: Instant FX.

Instant FX offers fans a rare chance to gain the super-powers and other abilities that they’ve only been able to dream(weave) about. A 10-second film clip is made of the fan performing their selected superpower. The clip is then taken by Synn’s visual effects artists who can create said superpower in as little as 30 minutes. Of course, the more complicated the effect, the more time it takes, but most fans get to walk away with their completed, effects-filled film clip on a stylized MIND’S EYE zip drive.

The options that the effects team are able to is continuing to grow, so look for the Instant FX booth, coming soon to the Chicago Comic Con Wizard World starting August 11th through 14th.

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Playtest Dreamweaver RPG

The Dreamweaver RPG playtest package is now available to download from the Mind's Eye web site. The package includes everything you need to start playing Dreamweaver, including the playtest version of the core rules, a character sheet, and a pre-made adventure.

We're asking all playtesters to play through the provided adventure at least once before you start making up your own adventures.

We'd appreciate any and all feedback you may have, but there are a couple things in particular that we'd like to get your opinions on:

We wanted the combat system to be quick and easy to use, but we didn't want fights to be over after a single dice roll. Do you think the combat system achieves this, or is it too lethal, or do combats take too long to resolve?

The dreamweaving ability has proven to be a challenge to balance. Do you find dreamweavers to be adequately balanced with other character types, or are they too powerful, or are they too weak?

Are there any rules that are difficult to understand, either because they were poorly written, because there aren't enough examples, etc?

Are there any important rules that seem to be missing or need to be expanded?

What part of the rules do you see as needs improvement?

What part of the rules did you enjoy the most?

Download the playtesters package HERE.

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The Mind's Eye Imagination Contest

Ask any Dreamweaver where the secret to their power rests and they'll all tell you the same thing. Imagination. Imagination allows a Dreamweaver to see themselves as the person they want to be and gives them the ability to change the very world around them. Do you have the Imagination of a Dreamweaver? Mind's Eye is proud to present the Imagine a World contest!



Write a short story between 750 and 1200 words about how the power of imagination changed the world that we live in. Anything goes in these stories! Be creative, have fun, and push your imagination to the limit!



The contest will be Judged by Mind's Eye Creators Thomas M. Gofton and Tom Brown as well as the Expanded Universe Short Stories writer Hande Barutcuoglu.



Contest Closes December 31st and the winner will be announced January 15th and will have their story published on the front page of the site as well as have their story published in the Mind's Eye Expanded Universe Short Story Paper Book released at the end of Season One. In addition, the winner will receive a free Mind's Eye T-shirt, the colour of their choice!



The second place runner up will receive mention in our posts and will receive a free Mind's Eye T-shirt, the colour of their choice.



To submit, please send a .pdf or .doc file to mindseye@lynnvander.com with the following info;

Name of Author

Name of Story

Contact Information (Phone number and alt. Email)

A short Bio about yourself (200 words max.)

Your inspiration for your story.

A dedication if you'd like.

Good luck fellow Dreamweavers!

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Interview with a Barutcuoglu!

Producer Thomas M. Gofton sits down with writer Hande Barutcuoglu to talk about the creation of the Mind's Eye short story series. Hande reveals her thoughts on the characters of Mind's Eye and the creative process working with writer Tom Brown to bring further depth to the Dreamweaver's backgrounds.

CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION

Take a look to see some previews of the concept art designed for the books as well by fabulous artist Amy Catherine Hermance! With only a few weeks to go before launch get ready to see more previews of what's happening in the Mind's Eye Expanded Universe!