Merging Lands
Co-created Merging Lands with Orson Captain Sass
Creating a Tabletop RPG with an illustrator. Approaching the release of the demo on October 2nd, Kickstarter end of the year.
Role : Creative direction, rules, writing, layout
Merging Lands
Merging Lands is a dark fantasy tabletop RPG of decaying identities, centered around one creative pillar: transformation.
I started working on Merging Lands to train on creative direction and consistency. I believe a TTRPG rulebook is an excellent exercise for that, as you have to ensure illustrations, layout, writing, worldbuilding and rules work together in a holistic way.
On top of that, I wanted to ship a project of my own in a subject I was less familiar with. Approaching tabletop rules as a video game designer is a rich way to explore avenues still left untouched in video game design.
More to come in October :)
Here are some pages I laid out, wrote and designed, before integrating Orson's mesmerizing illustrations :
