The idea is to create one ink drawing each day for the whole month of October. 31 pictures in 31 days. To be honest this sounds easier than 46/46. But since that happened back in 2012, I unexpectedly got older and I’m not as creative or quick as I used to be. So let’s see if this pans out. If you see 31 pictures below, it means I did good.

Seems like 31, right? But did you count them correctly? Are you sure?

Count again. :D

August 20th 2019

First sketches, basic design.

August 21st 2019

First prototype deck. Played and tested.

August 22nd 2019

Prototype 2 deck. Added 10 more cards. Played and tested.

Prototype 3 deck. Doubled two cards. Played and tested.

August 23rd 2019

Prototype 4 deck (final). Added 4 new unique cards, deck is complete, game is done and fully playable.

August 25th 2019

Announcement teaser.

“Hello everyone! I just got back from summer vacation and things went so well, that I have a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT for you!… Which is coming tomorrow…
All I can give you right now is this picture.” [src]

August 26th 2019

Game is revealed on social media.

“I’ve created a SUBMACHINE CARD GAME. A real, physical, tabletop card game that you play with your friends or family. It’s not a computer game. The game is completely developed, playable and tested on my friends who never played Submachine and they still loved it. Which is promising. Each play session will be unique, there’s no game board, your exploration takes you in different directions each time you play. Long story short – I’m attacking new market with Submachine! Keep your fingers crossed and let me know if you’re interested in it.” [src]

Added navigation icons to the card design. This solves two problems at once. Vertical orientation and efficient card information when holding in hand.

August 27th 2019

~~[design in Adobe Flash begins here]~~

First room card prototype.

August 28th 2019

Full deck listing.

Full deck in beta.

August 29th 2019

First physical print of complete deck in beta (feature complete).

August 31st 2019

Single player testing.

Results shared on social:

“Good news! Just tested my Submachine Card Game for single player mode and yes, you can totally play it by yourself.” [src]

 

September 2nd, 2019

First draft of “instruction and game rules” is written down in polish language.

[end of beta development] [started talking with publishers]

September 7th, 2019

First card drafts with graphics taken from Submachine games.

September 10th, 2019

Beta deck v2 with color graphics taken from Submachine games.

September 13th, 2019

First print of the color beta deck. (Looks awesome). :D

September 17th, 2019

three cards reprinted with changed colors, original prints had misprinted colors.

November 4th 2019

Rebalancing the deck. After extensive testing I’m slightly altering the flow of the game. 5 cards taken out, other 5 duplicated. Deck is still at 100 total.

November 6th 2019

Big change today. 17 out of 100 cards were altered. It’s the first “vertical” version.

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[this post is to mark the time of creation of Submachine Card Game for future reference. It’ll be updated with photos and drawings later].