"Zodiac" Board Game

Madison Brown: Board Design | Annie Dang: Hybrid Game Component Development | Emilie Miller: Character and Visual Design, Gameplay Manual

A unique take on the Chinese zodiac calendar that incorporates variations from the Vietnamese and Japanese calendar which presents itself in a race-to-the-finish style board game with a hybrid app extension to enhance gameplay. The game itself is heavily strategy and knowledge-based and encourages learning about the original story of the Jade Emperor appointing his divine guards to reach in-game success.

Character and Visual Design 

After creating mood-boards and color palettes as a group, I was tasked with developing the visual language of the game. Largely taking inspiration from Japanese ink wash paintings and utilizing my own knowledge of kanji characters, I constructed the drawings for the cards and digital hybrid app through Adobe Illustrator in a style emulating thick, inky brush strokes and watercolor.