Monday, October 19

Zombology Almost Final Art!

As I mentioned last week, things have been picking up pace over the last couple of weeks, the combination of a bit more focus and having Adobe Creative Cloud on my decent laptop (as opposed to InDesign CS3 on my prehistoric, slow laptop) have meant that I've been able to really apply myself.

Last week my trip to Manchester for work was a rare one on my own, so I took my laptop and went to work on the rules and the box art, they aren't finished, but they are definitely taking shape now. I also 'finished' the card art:

Zombology Cards

When I say finished, I mean I'm happy with it now, pending feedback that I receive from wiser minds. Now I need to get try the latest version of the rules, get some feedback from playtesters and get a test game printed by the printers I'm going to use.

There's a couple of potential printing pitfalls I might run into:

  • The game box wrapper might be too stiff to wrap around the box
  • The artwork may have too much ink coverage to laminate

So the next step is to try it out as if it was the final print run, but with just a single copy, so I don't blow a load of cash to find it's all wrong. I also need to get a quote for the 20 copy run, I'm expecting it to be a chunk more expensive than the 50 copy minimum I've previously been quoted (which was about £7.50 a copy), but I'm hoping I can still sell it for £9 a copy, even if I have to make a small loss - the print on demand price can include a small profit that might eventually offset the loss!

Please can you provide any feedback you have on the card art above, and anyone who fancies proof-reading or trying out the rules, you can get the current version here.

5 comments:

GamesBook said...

Look good, Jackson!

(Sadly, our currency is devaluing so fast that just a card game like yours costs the local equivalent of 20 2lt bottles of milk... before any import duties or shipping costs are added!)

Jackson Pope said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Jackson Pope said...

Hiya Derek,

Thanks! We'll have to see about getting you a copy via a friend visiting the UK/Europe, I'm assuming the previous two copies are still missing in the post?

Cheers,

Jack

GamesBook said...

Thanks Jackson - yes, no signs of anything in the post. Its most frustrating.

On Kickstarter, I just subscribe to "print-n-play" versions because of that risk. Actual physical copies of games, I order from a local supplier - their choices are limited and they are much more expensive, but at least they handle the hassles of importing & shipping.

Jackson Pope said...

Hiya Derek,

Yeah, that must be very frustrating, shame the local options are so expensive. But I guess a large part of their costs will be reliably getting the games delivered.

Cheers,

Jack