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Utopian Rummy = Plato 3000

Haiko uploaded three of the 13 illustrated cards to boardgamegeek and they got approved over night. The game has been published already under the name “Utopian Rummy”. I illustrated a revision of the game, new design and changes to the rules. This new version will be published as “Plato 3000″. As soon as there’s a standalone page for Plato 3000 I’ll add the link.

Card design by Haiko Günther, all illustration by me.
Utopian Rummy|Farmer @ BoardGameGeek
Utopian Rummy|Fisherman @ BoardGameGeek
Utopian Rummy|Philosopher @ BoardGameGeek

Today was my last day at Bigpoint

Those of you very close to me already know, that i decided to leave Bigpoint some time ago. Today was my last day.

There’s very little for me to say about it. I was able to work with 19 concept artists, i came in contact with many more artists througout the different fields, I met tons of great people and we have done some great stuff together. But…

The following image has been my desktop background ever since i joined the company.
For me at least it contains most of the reasons why i decided to take the unforseen job-offer to work at Bigpoint as the lead concept artist, one year ago, and leave 8 years of solo fighting freelancing behind.
It also contains all the reasons at the end, why i decided to leave the company again.
my desktop background image over the last year

It might not make much sense to you, but i won’t explain it further.

I don’t know yet what I’ll be doing in the future.
I have lots of ideas, some of them totally unrelated to illustration. Maybe I even have a start up in me.
I just started learning HTML(5)/CSS(3)/Jquery/Ruby… on saturday night, over at teamtreehouse.com.
Bryn Chainey has been working on a first draft of a story we want to collaborate on, and i’m excited about that.
I’ve been talking to lots of people about game ideas, but so far it’s only been talks and ideas and words come cheap ;)
And i’m totally open for suggestions for.. whatever.

So. That’s it. While you’re reading this, i’m out having a little sent-off in some bar with the guys i worked with closest.

Interesting times again.


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