I DO MY OWN STUNTS update 15

 I DO MY OWN STUNTS update 15

Things are moving fast. I am in the process of getting quotes from three printers - Eastar, Gameland, and Panda.

I'm thankful that I've found so many printers willing to create such a small print run. I will be making 100 copies of the game in total. Big enough to create their own issues, small enough to not be overwhelming.

 

As I march towards making a decision, I'm also creating the assets for production. There are currently five different types of cards needed for the game: Performers, Gear, Scenes, Infirmary, and Subplots. 

Since the cover art features "meeple characters" - which I think are cute and will help sell the idea of the game  - I started with them for the design of the Performer cards; which give players special skills to help reposition their meeple stunt people.

But when I started making Performer cards using the meeple character art, I was dissatisfied with results. They just didn't look right to me. I found them hard to pose in anything other than a face-on position. So I went in a different direction.

As I was exploring card frame designs, I hit upon the idea of them looking like head-shots. I'm quite satisfied with the results. I think of it like in JRPG's where the character on screen is a little Chibi while their portrait is more realistic. The Performer designs are based on famous stunt performers... although their names have been changed.

 Next up were the Gear cards. These are cards that help the player modify their meeples and Performers as well as giving scoring bonus.

Their design also didn't come right away, but once I hit on the "clapper board" concept, they came together pretty quickly.

Next up, Scene cards!