Victory! is a custom card game I made for my sister and I to play, heavily inspired by Yu-Gi-Oh!
For an overview of the game mechanics, see How to Play.
In primary school my friends and I would draw and duel with our own Yu-Gi-Oh cards. In secondary school, especially during Covid-19, I started doing the same for me and my sister.
So, it started with me drawing the cards on paper. I’d fold pieces of A4 paper in half 4 times (bringing us down to A8) and cut along the folds (with a guillotine, not scissors, thankfully), giving 16 pieces per sheet. Each card’s frame, text, and art would be hand-drawn with pen1 and ruler, and for special cards I’d even mix up the colours. It was a lotta effort for sure, but every card was hand-crafted and made with love. You can find some samples here =)
But handwriting a card effect on half an A8-size card is... not easy, to say the least. As tiny as my handwriting is, it still can’t match what a computer can print. So, I started designing the cards in PowerPoint to print off and cut.
Now, I’m working on a digital card simulator in Unity, which’ll have a duel simulator, a card browser/creator, a deck builder, and a pack opener!2
Footnotes
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With Pilot Hi-Tecpoint V5 pens – absolute bliss. ↩
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My sister loves, uh, opening packs a little too much. ↩