THE NIGHT CAGE
Game Design + Illustration
Applied Art Direction
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Concept Art
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Cover Illustration
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Logo Design
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Asset Design and Illustration (tiles and board)
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Chipboard Engineering and Illustration (tile holder)
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Graphic Design and Text Layout (Kickstarter promotional assets, rulebook and player aids)
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Sculpt Design (metal key tokens and limited edition miniatures)
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Laser Cut Design (wooden player tokens)
The Story
2020 was weird, but it was the year that some friends and I brought The Night Cage to life. Our award winning board game was set to publish through traditional channels until the pandemic hit. So we pivoted to Kickstarter and the response was overwhelming. The campaign landed in the top .8% for funding and top .4% for backers on Kickstarter, overall. Take a look at the kickstarter page if you're still curious
These days, the Night Cage is a frequent Barnes & Noble Best seller.
On top of co-designing the game from a mechanical/narrative standpoint, I was the lead artist on the project. Every piece of illustration, design, graphic communication, and even chipboard structural engineering in The Night Cage has come from my hands.
Also, we made an original score with Massive Music, which you can listen to here.
In 2023 we kickstarted a new expansion that raised another quarter million dollars in 17 days. You can learn more about here.
Product photography by Matt Zajda @BoardgameShot