SKILL TREES

Collection of skill trees for various crafts including crochet, metalworking, laser cutting, sewing, PCB design, 3D printing and modeling, woodworking, and embedded systems. Each skill tree features hexagonal nodes with different colors. Large hand icon holds a pen in the foreground, implying editing or customization.

Use skill trees to track your growth and inspire you to try new things. Print the open source templates and color in the boxes as you level up your skills. Printables and templates available on my Github repository.

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Make your own

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Hear about the Skill Trees concept in this talk at the Open Hardware Summit 2024.

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SKILL seeker

A book featuring all your favourite skill trees, plus tracking tools, achievement badges and a life XP calculator. Sign up to get notified when it’s available!

A printed chart titled 'Skill Seeker' displays various skill areas and progress tracking methods, featuring hexagonal icons with some highlighted in gold, and includes sections for tracking lifetime skills with friends, family, and personal growth.
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A collection of skill-building worksheets and profiles for a game or activity called Skill Seeker, including character selection, skill trees, notes, and activity-specific sheets for woodworking, metalworking, knitting, and sewing.
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Gamify your learning and track your progress. Get inspired to try new things, deepen your skills and have new experiences. Also acknowledges often ‘inevitable failures’ as key learning experiences.

Includes 73 skill or experience hexagonal tiles, ordered in a spectrum of basic skills at the bottom to advanced skills at the top. This includes 5 ‘set your own goal’ tiles for you to tailor to your own interests.

A woodworking skill tree with instructions to color in the boxes and level up skills, featuring various woodworking tasks and tools illustrated in black and white.
A blank skill tree template featuring hexagonal boxes organized from beginners at the bottom to advanced at the top, with instructional text about coloring boxes and setting goals.
DOWNLOAD from github

Open Source - Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Make your own from the template, or get in contact to work with me on a specialist skill tree for your area of expertise.

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Pick up free poster sets and Skill Tree packs.

Two posters on a gray wall displaying digital fabrication skill trees including 3D printing, 3D modeling, laser cutting, and CNC & CAM with various levels and icons, one in black and white, the other with black background and gold accents.
A skill tree poster for electronics, PCB design, embedded systems, and development boards, with hexagonal nodes leading from start points to advanced topics, colored in various shades.
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What People Are Saying

“This is really cool and is something I did not know I needed until now, gonna try out a couple of these!”

— cobweb@cortextimplant.com

“I'm a teacher-turned instructional designer, and it just resonates. I would like one for teaching, design, language, cooking, and basically every single thing that has a skillset.”

— Hawkmoon@mastodon.social

“This is amazing, what a brilliant idea and implementation. I especially like that there is flexibility in the way to reach each goal and it is up to the person to determine that they have gained a skill or not”

— Myrthos@techhub.social

“This is an amazing idea. I can see so many opportunities for use in training, personal growth, and education. It shows the goal and a path. It’s rare to find something that opens up so many new possibilities.”

— Docquinn@mas.to

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