Space Vermin From Beyond!
I just thought I would show off what my latest project was: its a map and counters for a scifi game to be published by Tiny Battle. Its called "Space Vermin from Beyond!" (exclamation point included), and is a solitaire wargame with a retro-50's science fiction theme. Think Imperial Space Marines meet the giant ants from the movie "Them". Its been a lot of fun to make up. The map was a bit complex, with a fair amount of stuff jammed onto an 11x17 sheet, but the final result is pretty nice, I think. The counters were fun too, although I most definitely do NOT recommend building counters in Photoshop unless the number is low, like it this game. It just ends up being too much work. I have been told repeatedly that the software to use for counter creation is Adobe Illustrator, but I simply don't have the time to learn how to use it!
Beautiful piece, love the game board. Yeah, Adobe Illustrator is the program to use for the counter, however it works well with photoshop, so the illustrative pieces can still be done in photoshop while the type could be done in Illustrator. I would love to get more into this type of map making, but I need to learn more.
Love that - cool board and cool pieces. I might make the pieces in Illustrator or in photoshop - but no matter which program I'd put it together in InDesign - so easy to copy, place and edit stuff in that when you have the illustrations already.
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Thanks all. The Mad scientist is a picture of the game designer, with some crazy hair added on in Photoshop. Just a little "Easter egg" for the players to find if they want. ;-)
I did the art for the front and back cover for the game too. It was fun to do (the front more so than the back).
Really fun board game setup Tim! Great work.
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
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