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UPDATE: 2/8/21

We are currently searching for artists who are interested in working on illustrations for Innomination. These illustrations will be used for Prototype 4 and will appear on product mock-ups for our Kickstarter fundraising campaign. We are still discovering what range of art styles that best express Innomination's tone, high fantasy setting, seriousness, and quirkiness, so we encourage many artists to apply.

We need 24 pieces of art of different card types. Let us know if you are willing to work on more than one piece. Please be reasonable with your work load.

Learn more by checking our job offer. It includes contact information, budget, and what this card game is.

The due date to apply for this job offer is Sunday, February 21st, 2021 at 11:59 PM.

Innomination has about 330 unique cards. There are about 50 we've decided that would best represent each Nation in the game for the Kickstarter. Among those, 24 will be selected during contracting with selected artists for illustrations. Illustrations may be assigned on a first come, first serve basis, so it is suggested you apply as soon as you are able.

Subjects that need to be illustrated:

Humans (... us)

Lizardmen (anthropomorphized reptiles)

Insects (non-anthropomorphized)

Undead/Monsters (very few)

Abstract (energy-ish?)

Update: 12/7/20

A new update is available. Please see the State of the Game section for details.

Update: 11/3/20

Prototype 3.1 has arrived. Please see the State of the Game section for details.

Update: 4/2/20

Phase 5 has begun. Prototype 3 is live and is ready for playtesting. Please see the State of the Game section for details.

Phase 4 saw Innomination going for a prototype UI that's easier to read and moving all of the work to a program that's actually made to make it. It was a lot of work, but all of the card files were moved to Adobe InDesign, where creating enmasse, making touchups, and tracking and making changes (especially for mistakes) is significantly easier than Clip Studio. No offense to Clip Studio. It's a great program, but it's not made to create a card game. InDesign has been phenomenal. I'm pretty sure I'm using it in ways I'm not really supposed to, but... eh, it works great regardless.

I will eventually have my hands on a physical version of Prototype 3. If you live in or around Portland, Oregon, you just might see it at one of the city's LGSes being playtested someday... Although that maybe a long ways from now, regarding what's happening around the world right now... the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unfortunately, the pandemic has hurt Innomination. While it is true that there's a digital prototype of Innomination that we can all play right now, I really wanted to show the game to playtesters and new players in-person, as I want to create a real, commercial physical game of Innomination and I want to get a good "feel" for how the game plays physically. Due to the pandemic and how dire it is for all of us to stay home, stay healthy, social distancing, and the ban on social gatherings (of almost any sort where I live at least), all of the plans to play with others using a physical prototype of the game are gone for the foreseeable future.

But please, whatever all of you do out there, please stay healthy and stay safe. It's getting pretty hectic out there.

We don't know how long this pandemic is going to last... but either way, I'm going to keep trying to make Innomination a game I'm happy to make, share, and continue.