Hey friends welcome to Make Anything. It's Devin here and I am so incredibly
excited for today's video because I get to introduce you all to Tippi Tree
*Tippi Tree Noises*
Tippi Tree is this tabletop stacking game
that I actually came up with way back in college when i was just getting started with 3d printing.
Make Anything didn't exist yet and yet it's something that I've been secretly working on
since then play testing and tweaking to get things just right because I think I've got
something really special with this game and, well, today I finally get to share it with the world.
Alongside the release of this game I'm also hosting another awesome competition with MyMiniFactory
where you could win your own brand new 3d printer so I'll give you details about
that later in this video but first how about we just play a quick game of Tippi Tree
cool!
Alright, first of all, while you can have tons of fun playing tippy tree on your own
it's really a game designed to be played with family and friends.
Unfortunately, thanks to the pandemic we're still being pretty cautious here in California
so... well we're gonna have to settle for some movie magic.
Devin?
- Sup - Hey, looking good ;)
- Thanks, you too ;)
*finger gun noises*
Right, let's get started. First off, let's take a look at some of the parts for this game.
Of course we have the Tippi Tree itself and this is basically the base of the game.
You could start building directly on top of this but we also have some branches and some trunks which
you can build up on top of the tree to create different arrangements and create more variety
between games. So you can create a nice tall tree like that which will be a little bit more tippy
but why don't we do something simple just like that.
- Looks good to me - Great!
So we've agreed upon our tree, that's the base of our game and now we can look at the actual playing pieces which are these Leaves.
Now you might be thinking "These are some really strange looking Leaves"
but these weird Leaves are exactly what make tippy tree different from any other stacking game you've ever played
See, this specific shape is able to stack, hook, and connect to itself in over 60 different ways
and by using leverage you can build some really crazy trees!
You'll be surprised at how many tricks you learn with these Leaves. There's really a lot to discover.
Anyways, you're going to want to print out a bunch of these Leaves
and then we'll make sure that every player gets the same amount.
I have the basic set of 24 Leaves here so we'll get 12 each and to make things easier
I printed 12 light Leaves and 12 dark Leaves so we can quickly divvy these up.
Alright, it's game time! So usually the first player to make a move will be whoever
lost the last round or the person with the closest upcoming birthday. So in our case... well
I guess you can just go first
Thanks
Simply put, the goal of Tippi Tree is to be the first player to get rid of all the Leaves in
their Stockpile by balancing them on the tree and each turn consists of placing one Leaf
Ouch. If a player drops their Leaf or knocks any other Leaves off of the Tippi Tree they
have to add those Leaves back to their stockpile and their turn is over so it's
not only about getting your Leaf to stay on the tree but you might want to make it harder
for the other players by setting all sorts of traps. I like to call this one "the Cliffhanger"
Phew, that was a nail-biter. To counter these traps you can actually manipulate other
Leaves on the tree during your turn as long as you're only touching them with your active Leaf
and you can only hold your Leaf with one hand
Nice move
Thanks
So that's the gist of this game. We'll continue taking turns going back and forth
trying to make the other player drop Leaves without doing the same ourselves.
your typical game like this with 24 pieces and two players will usually take about 10 minutes to play
but in the end it really depends on how much you challenge each other.
Ooh, that's going to be a tough tip to recover from.
Yesss! Sorry Devin maybe next time
Yeah, good game good game
Great guy
So there's my little demo of Tippi Tree and of course that one quick game isn't gonna cover all the possible scenarios
but hopefully it gives you a good idea of what this game is like and how fun it can be.
For the full instructions the download does come with some nice printable PDFs I designed.
So there's a game manual that comes with all the setup and rules and there's also some tips
and tricks and alternate rules just to keep things interesting and I'll also throw in
a printing guide that covers anything you might need to make sure you get your Tippi Tree printed perfectly.
That said I did design this game to be as easy to print as possible. I call it Print & Play
because it doesn't require any support material or any post-processing of any kind
if you've got the right print settings you should be able to just pluck this straight off the build plate
and start playing, so that's something I'm really proud of.
Really, this entire game is something that I'm immensely proud of and I think a lot of that is due to the fact that this
is exactly the type of game I would go crazy for as a kid. I mean forget the game but just building
trees is super fun. It's not as intuitive as you might think because the leaf shape is so weird and
there's a lot of discovery along the way. Luckily it's a game for all ages so I can still enjoy it.
I play with my parents and they enjoy it and hopefully you'll enjoy it too with that said
Tippi Tree is now available at MyMiniFactory.com and it is a paid download but I hope you can
really appreciate all the work I put into inventing this game from scratch and then
making it work as a 3d printable game which is its own thing but really the value should come from
the fun times and fun memories that you create playing Tippi Tree with the people you love
oh and you also get a Tiny Tippi Tree
*Tiny Tippi Tree noises*
Alright, now for the great big final big exciting announcement. It's competition time!
That's right, once again I've teamed up with the fine folks at MyMiniFactory for another design competition
and this one should be really fun. This time around I made a point to think up a prompt
that's super inclusive so anyone could join; no 3d printer or 3d modeling skills required.
I also wanted to make this an opportunity for you all to be able to participate in the design
process with me so this is going to be a Tippi Tree skin design competition. I know that sounds
kind of weird but hear me out it's gonna be cool. If you play enough video games you're probably
already familiar with the idea of skins. Basically they're a way to change the look of an item in the
game without actually changing the gameplay. It's pretty much just a way to customize your character
and show off a little bit. Well I wanted to take that experience and bring it to the physical realm
by having you guys help me design some really cool alternative skins for the Tippi Tree.
So the way this will work is you can follow the link in this video description to the competition
page and on that page you can download the entry sheet which is basically just a piece of paper
that you can print out that has a front view of the Tippi Tree and a top-down view of the roots
and all I'm asking you to do is draw your alternative tippy-tree skin on top of that
entry sheet and either scan it in or take a photo and send it back to us at MyMiniFactory.
I've also included a little ideation sheet with little tiny Tippi Tree templates
so that you can draw out a bunch of different ideas and then when you see that one idea that
really calls to you you can go ahead and put it on the final entry sheet and turn it in.
I actually made a little entry myself. I call it the Slippi Sea Monster and as you can see I drew over the template.
I just used a pen and colored pencil but really you can use whatever medium you prefer.
Call-outs are always handy. I also changed the base a little bit but we really don't want to
change the function of the game we're just trying to change the look of things so don't try to make
a Tippi Tree that's twice as tall or on wheels or anything crazy like that. I also added a few
colors here just to make the presentation more exciting but realize that we do want the models to
work as a single-piece, single-color print. Anyways, you'll find the full rules on the competition page
but for now, let's talk about prizes! So you'll have three weeks to submit your design and after
that there will be a one week voting period where anyone can vote on their favorite designs over at
MyMiniFactory after that week we'll count up all the votes and the most popular entry will
become an actual Tippi Tree skin available with the official download. I'll actually be the one
who takes your drawing and turns it into a real 3d model so there might be some interpretation
involved but it's your design becoming a Tippi Tree which is pretty cool. Of course you will be
rewarded for your fantastic entries so that most popular design will be the winner of a brand new
Artillery Sidewinder X1 3d printer. You guys know I'm a big fan of the Artillery X1. It's a fantastic
direct drive printer. It's got a nice big build volume and it just does an amazing job with prints.
I'll also print out a custom Tippi Tree set with your special skin
and ship that to you as well. The runner-up with the second highest number of votes doesn't get
a custom skin but you'll still be rewarded with a brand new Artillery Genius 3d printer which is
basically the same awesomeness of the Sidewinder shrunken down into a slightly smaller printer.
Now there will be one final reward and that will basically be my personal choice.
As creator of the game I get these special perks so i'll go through all the entries myself and pick
my personal favorite and that design will also get turned into a custom skin you'll get your
custom tippy tree set shipped to you and you'll get a Sovol SV-01 3d printer. The SV-01 is another
amazing printer in fact I used it to print out a lot of these Tippi Tree pieces and it's super
reliable and super precise so that's going to be another great prize. I want to give a big thanks
to Artillery and Sovol for providing those 3d printers for this competition.
As one final reward all the winners will also get a full year subscription to MyMiniFactory+ for free.
So MyMiniFactory+ is a subscription service that lets you access MyMiniFactory ad free
and it also gives you substantial discounts on premium models like Tippi Tree and
also you get special deals o n 3d printers and such. So lots of really cool prizes: printers,
premium services, and your skins included in the Tippi Tree game. Oh yeah, that's super
exciting stuff so start racking that brain start thinking up some really cool Tippi Tree skins
and I cannot wait to see all your submissions all right that's gonna wrap it up for today's video
thank you so much for watching through and thank you for letting me share tippy tree there's still
a lot of fun tips and tricks I could share about this game but i'll leave some of it up to you to
discover for now anyways if you want to see what I come up with next if you want to see the progress
on that competition make sure you're subscribed. "Like" the video if you like what i'm doing
and until next time I'm Devin this is Make Anything and as always, stay inspired!