Taking on feedback on card appearance
G’day guys,
A fair amount of time has passed since the first Kickstarter for Dawn – Rise of the Occulites came and went. As we ramp up towards the relaunch, I wanted to revisit some of the feedback I had received about the appearance of the cards. Having played around with some alternative ways to present the cards in a more stylish manner, I have come up with the following.
The idea would be to redraw the illustrations for all the cards to improve their appearance, but also to make the card templates themselves more appealing. I would honestly love to hear your feedback on what I’ve done here. I haven’t run this past Eagle Games, but before I commit to any of these changes, I would have to get everyone’s feedback, as well as of course the blessing from Eagle Games to do so. It would take a lot of time to re illustrate every card and so my instinct would be that it could be a possible stretch goal to improve the cards. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
All the very best and I’ll have some more information on the relaunch of Dawn – Rise of the Occulites soon.
EDIT: Here is another option that takes into consideration some of the constructive feedback that I’ve received on the above card.
Cheers,
Ben.
Floris Tribe Expansion Box Lid
G’day guys,
The Kickstarter is SOOOOO close now. Just waiting for a confirmation of date. Extremely exciting times around here.
So I thought to tide you all over, I would upload the proposed box lid for the Floris Tribe Expansion. This is not 100% final and could change before production, but I am very happy with how it turned out. Feel free to use it as a screen wallpaper to brighten up your day with Floris-ey goodness. 🙂
I would love to hear what you guys think of it. Also, if you have any questions about the game, now is a great time to ask them!
Cheers,
Ben.
Dawn – Rise of the Occulites Draws Ever Closer
G’day guys,
I hope everyone is doing well. I apologise for the lack of updates lately, but I have been extremely busy finalising art and working hard to make sure that Dawn – Rise of the Occulites is the very best it can be.
I received some great feedback from my cold readers of the rulebook which I am using to redo the layout of the rules to make it even more accessible. While this takes time, I know that it will be worth it for everyone that picks up the game. So as part of relaying out the rulebook, I decided to go with a different front cover for the book itself. You will find this below and I hope that you find it as endearing as I do. 🙂
The Kickstarter launch draws ever closer and I will be sure to announce here when I have a firm date in hand. But rest assured it will be worth the wait!
All the best guys and thanks for your continued support!
Cheers,
Ben.
Potential Card Backs for Dawn – Rise of the Occulites
G’day guys,
I’ve been playing around with some artwork for potential card backs for Dawn: Rise of the Occulites and would love to hear your thoughts on which you like best and why.
So far there are six options. Please let me know which one you prefer and just as, if not more importantly – why you like it.
If you like bits from several different card backs, just let me know as well please.
Option I
Option II
Option III
Option IV
Option V
Option VI
Please vote below and then post your thoughts and any comments, feedback or suggestions as a comment to this post. Your help in shaping what the card backs will look like is much appreciated.
Cheers,
Ben.
Box Cover Art for Dawn – Rise of the Occulites
G’day guys,
Today I wanted to show off the box cover art for Dawn – Rise of the Occulites. This thing took many, many hours of work, but I am proud of how it came out.
Art for the box lid of Dawn – Rise of the Occulites
If anyone wants a high resolution image to use as a desktop background, please let me know and I’ll upload one here. 🙂
I hope that you guys enjoy it and that when it is on the box lid, it attracts many curious gamers to check it out!
To address Rodrigo’s comment below, here is an alternate option with a faded background to help draw your eye to the Occulites themselves. Bottom right corner will have either Eagle Games logo or Darwin Games logo.
Here is one more option that I’ve been playing around with. Let me know which one you prefer.
Cheers,
Ben.
Rise of the Occulites 