Designing The Canis Game

Designing The Canis Game

The final stage of building the Mongrel Logic alternate reality streetwear game is approaching.
The comic is written. The card game has been designed, and I’ve just completed simulation testing. I roughly built the deck out of paper, played and…

I lost but there we are.

I will be naming the card game, but right now, The Canis game is close enough.

How did I build the game?

You are not going to like the answer.
Backwards. I spent months upon months since I launched the first T-Shirt designs using my old teenage art; they were characters I had drawn and started developing over 20 years ago, trying to figure out how I was going to tell a story that started there.

I built the world first, played with character ideas and concepts and eventually turned that internal logic into a game. I built a world until it became playable.

Rudimentary Canis Game card deck, used for testing

From 18 Characters down to 4

Over the past week I have trimmed back over forty different concepts, built sequences, and run days of simulation testing. The deck is playable, there are no dead hands, the sequences all work and are well balanced.

My brain has run a marathon.

Sun Eater is coming; it’ll soon be up to you.

Art can start

There is a Kerryn shaped hole in the door.

What comes next?

Sustainable comics and cards. You will finally be able to see The Canis in its true form.

Plus, our newsletter; I am working on making this valuable, different. I know some wonderful people have subscribed, and I will be getting this done soon.  

To infinity and be..oh no wait that’s the wrong thing.