Dynamod Game System - Undetectable Secret Doors

More information on the website: https://dynamod.games

Assembly instructions:

Printing Instructions

There are FDM and resin versions of the secret doors, the mechanisms are similar but designed and optimized for each technology.

The secret doors are intended to look and feel identical to the walls so that players are unable to detect which walls can actually move.

FDM printing

Great quality settings

Print inner walls first:

Combine Infill Layers:

Normal quality settings

Print inner walls first:

Beams

The same settings as for tiles apply, with the exception of these:

I recommend printing a single beam first and checking the resulting thickness.

It should be around 1.63mm.

If you don't have a caliper to measure this, you can try sliding a beam into the slots of the tiles. The beam should easily slide in and out without noticeable friction, but also not wobble around too much.

Tweaking the Z distance on your printer or the Z offset in your slicer will allow you to dial in the perfect thickness of the beams.

FDM Assembly Instructions

Once a secret door and beam is printed, push the beam through with a little bit of force until it sits flush with the bottom. Then slightly pull the beam out until the sides are free to turn and rotate the beam around the center axis a few times. After that the secret doors will be easy to use and also not fall out.

Resin printing

Ensure you're not overexposing the models. Try one wall and measure the thickness of the beam. It should be around 1.64mm.

If you don't have a caliper to measure this, you can try sliding the wall into the slots of the tiles. The wall should easily slide in and out without noticeable friction, but also not wobble around too much.

• Print straight without angling, just as they are imported. This allows for printing many at once.
• No hollowing.
• Unless there's obvious overhangs, only thin supports are needed on the bottom of the beam and the flat bottom surface.

Be extra careful to not overexpose these models, the tolerances are very tight.

Resin Assembly Instructions

Once a secret door and beam is printed and washed, insert the beam at 90 degrees into the slot at the bottom before curing. The door and the beam should form an X. Gently push the beam inwards until it sits flush with the bottom. Pull it back out, cover it with isopropyl alcohol and insert it again. Repeat this several times, using lots of washing liquid to ensure that no resin remains inside the round slot of the door.

If any amount of resin, even diluted, remains in that slot, it will reduce the space inside during curing and the beam will not fit anymore. Before curing, make sure that the three slots at the bottom of the door are clean and dry.

When the secret door and beam are fully cured, insert the beam at 90 degrees again but leave it sticking out for a couple of mm. Carefully feel until you find a position in which you can rotate the beam while it’s inside the door and then align it with the bottom of the door. Push the beam all the way it. The secret door will now look exactly like a wall.

To open the secret door, gently pull the beam outwards until the sides are free to turn and rotate the beam so that it sits at an angle. The door can now freely open and be inserted back into the board.