Normal life has kept me busy of late. However, I did experiment with a way to honor the traditional Goita tile. But instead of just creating a copy of the shape and fitting all the elements in it (aka tile on a card), I went with a little more subtle, but still apparent approach. Subtle … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – More design adjustments
Decided to test out the prototype deck while visiting family, especially since my wife's family is big on games. After reading through the directions, we gave it a try and it turned out to be a fairly quick and fun game. The directions do make it sounds somewhat daunting, but we think some of that … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – Testing and Revisions
The prototype decks arrived from MPC. Overall, not bad. I did notice some spots where I will need to revise the design though. Pawn and score tokens Information cards Poker and mini card comparison These will be distinguishable from future versions for a few reasons. First, the MPC cards a little wider than I had … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – Prototypes Arrived
I just ordered 3 prototype decks for Goita (ごいた). Learned a few things in the process today as well. The printer's templates don't exactly match their online deck builder, so I had to make some adjustments on the files, including some tweaks to the score tokens. Also learned it's much cheaper to use image files … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – Prototypes
My family is a frequent backer on Kickstarter, having helped fund many playing cards decks and a few games. A recent backing (Junior Hanafuda) got me thinking about more Asian-style playing cards. We have a Hanafuda deck I picked up a Korean grocery once, and I started thinking about adapting parts of the Bagua deck … Continue reading GOITA (new card project)
It's been a while since I posted, so here's some quick updates. My second challenge coin project is now in production for a US Ambassador. That project came about from a coin I designed for a conference last year. I may be helping a friend's business soon with graphic support. Should give me some practice … Continue reading Lots of things…
I've been re-examining the possibilities of taking Trigrams to production. With more time at home, I've started tinkering with the design a little and also researching costs. This deck has been a small labor of love, being one of 3 decks I've really developed into full concepts. With that in mind, I decided to reach … Continue reading Trigrams Survey
All, even amongst this quarantine, other duties have taken precedence over some of my design work. I do have another coin design in work, but that'll be another post possibly. In the meantime, I was revisiting my Trigram card deck. For Google giggles, I did a search on 'trigram cards' and 'trigram playing cards." The … Continue reading Google results
For those following the Trigrams card development, just wanted to say it's still on my to-do list. Life and other projects have taken precedence. I'm also trying to figure how best to tackle ensuring 104 cards are laid out correctly and the same. In the mean time, I'd welcome comments, thoughts, etc. on the deck. … Continue reading Trigrams Update 6/30/19
Here's a quick wireframe of the Dare You? cards. Each category (theme, duration, location, activity) will have a different graphic basis and background color, but would otherwise follow this general layout.
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