Elliott
@skipperbananaco.bsky.social
Arizona Native
Into reading, writing, gaming, TV/ movies, music, game design.
Current Game Design Projects:
The Explorer's of the Unknown (TCG Wargame)
Pocket Dungeon (Card based TTRPG Experience)
The One Piece!!! THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!!
Into reading, writing, gaming, TV/ movies, music, game design.
Current Game Design Projects:
The Explorer's of the Unknown (TCG Wargame)
Pocket Dungeon (Card based TTRPG Experience)
The One Piece!!! THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!!
These counts aren't real, and this list isn't anywhere close to final, but it's all coming together.
Also, sarcasm, but I love to have 80% of a deck, and the last hunk is a solid couple hundred dollars. Love that.
Playing MF as my actual deck, but building jank Kai'sa for fun
#riftbound
Also, sarcasm, but I love to have 80% of a deck, and the last hunk is a solid couple hundred dollars. Love that.
Playing MF as my actual deck, but building jank Kai'sa for fun
#riftbound
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
These counts aren't real, and this list isn't anywhere close to final, but it's all coming together.
Also, sarcasm, but I love to have 80% of a deck, and the last hunk is a solid couple hundred dollars. Love that.
Playing MF as my actual deck, but building jank Kai'sa for fun
#riftbound
Also, sarcasm, but I love to have 80% of a deck, and the last hunk is a solid couple hundred dollars. Love that.
Playing MF as my actual deck, but building jank Kai'sa for fun
#riftbound
Double Aurora feels like it should be illegal.
Of course, here is the list.
Battlefields are:
Grove of the God Willow
Aspirant's Climb
Obelisk of Power
7/5 Split Body/Chaos for the runs
Still a big mana deck, but uses that to field multiple medium bodies. Volibear as late game bomb.
Of course, here is the list.
Battlefields are:
Grove of the God Willow
Aspirant's Climb
Obelisk of Power
7/5 Split Body/Chaos for the runs
Still a big mana deck, but uses that to field multiple medium bodies. Volibear as late game bomb.
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Double Aurora feels like it should be illegal.
Of course, here is the list.
Battlefields are:
Grove of the God Willow
Aspirant's Climb
Obelisk of Power
7/5 Split Body/Chaos for the runs
Still a big mana deck, but uses that to field multiple medium bodies. Volibear as late game bomb.
Of course, here is the list.
Battlefields are:
Grove of the God Willow
Aspirant's Climb
Obelisk of Power
7/5 Split Body/Chaos for the runs
Still a big mana deck, but uses that to field multiple medium bodies. Volibear as late game bomb.
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Also, for anyone curious, current Lee Sin and Victor list. They're just starters upgraded out of the box I got, so nothing too fancy. They played well last night.
Lists in the alt text
#riftbound
I definitely think that you can mise games at locals in riftbound with some minimal upgrades.
Lists in the alt text
#riftbound
I definitely think that you can mise games at locals in riftbound with some minimal upgrades.
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Also, for anyone curious, current Lee Sin and Victor list. They're just starters upgraded out of the box I got, so nothing too fancy. They played well last night.
Lists in the alt text
#riftbound
I definitely think that you can mise games at locals in riftbound with some minimal upgrades.
Lists in the alt text
#riftbound
I definitely think that you can mise games at locals in riftbound with some minimal upgrades.
Played some multi-player Riftbound last night. Had a peach of a board at one point and felt very confident in my hold here. Yeah, that lasted one turn. Victor player took the W in the pod of Jinx, Lee Sinn, Miss Fortune.
Very fun game mode, and I want to play more.
#riftbound
#tcgs
Very fun game mode, and I want to play more.
#riftbound
#tcgs
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Played some multi-player Riftbound last night. Had a peach of a board at one point and felt very confident in my hold here. Yeah, that lasted one turn. Victor player took the W in the pod of Jinx, Lee Sinn, Miss Fortune.
Very fun game mode, and I want to play more.
#riftbound
#tcgs
Very fun game mode, and I want to play more.
#riftbound
#tcgs
I've cut out 78 of 360 cards for playtesting my game. Such a nightmare. I hate it. My hand is sore.
Yet, I'm still very excited to be moving forward. I missed the initial deadline I set for myself, but I'm only a couple weeks behind and still feeling motivated.
Yet, I'm still very excited to be moving forward. I missed the initial deadline I set for myself, but I'm only a couple weeks behind and still feeling motivated.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I've cut out 78 of 360 cards for playtesting my game. Such a nightmare. I hate it. My hand is sore.
Yet, I'm still very excited to be moving forward. I missed the initial deadline I set for myself, but I'm only a couple weeks behind and still feeling motivated.
Yet, I'm still very excited to be moving forward. I missed the initial deadline I set for myself, but I'm only a couple weeks behind and still feeling motivated.
Settling in to start cutting. Quick peak at the explorers together before I slice them apart.
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Settling in to start cutting. Quick peak at the explorers together before I slice them apart.
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
192/192 done for art and 60 pages printed for 360 cards!!!
Next up, cutting. Then, sleeving. Then, finally, testing.
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
Next up, cutting. Then, sleeving. Then, finally, testing.
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
192/192 done for art and 60 pages printed for 360 cards!!!
Next up, cutting. Then, sleeving. Then, finally, testing.
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
Next up, cutting. Then, sleeving. Then, finally, testing.
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
Current Miss Fortune list just with what I opened. Obviously missing commons, uncommons, runes, top end, and the other two Aurora, but should be fun to play with friends.
Digging #riftbound a lot. The game is neat and doesn't feel immediately over the top Spikey or too casual.
List in Alt Text
Digging #riftbound a lot. The game is neat and doesn't feel immediately over the top Spikey or too casual.
List in Alt Text
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Current Miss Fortune list just with what I opened. Obviously missing commons, uncommons, runes, top end, and the other two Aurora, but should be fun to play with friends.
Digging #riftbound a lot. The game is neat and doesn't feel immediately over the top Spikey or too casual.
List in Alt Text
Digging #riftbound a lot. The game is neat and doesn't feel immediately over the top Spikey or too casual.
List in Alt Text
Not a bad first box at all. Actually, very solid. Epics and alts of Box plus starter deck pack.
#riftbound
#riftbound
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Not a bad first box at all. Actually, very solid. Epics and alts of Box plus starter deck pack.
#riftbound
#riftbound
#optcg prerelease success. 2-1. Lost to a friend, so felt fine. Deck was good. Have everything for Ace sans 1 Yamato and 1 New Newgate. 4 cards short for Imu. Traded AA Roger and a few cards for AA Ace Leader. Need to test and refine this list. Also, bought Riftbound stuff.
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#optcg prerelease success. 2-1. Lost to a friend, so felt fine. Deck was good. Have everything for Ace sans 1 Yamato and 1 New Newgate. 4 cards short for Imu. Traded AA Roger and a few cards for AA Ace Leader. Need to test and refine this list. Also, bought Riftbound stuff.
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
50/192 for art. Commons mostly done. 24 left of them. I'm exhausted and going to bed. Enjoy the loose spoilers and my art and handwriting. In a lot of ways, handmade trading cards are the glass slipper of our generation. You shuffle them up, test, then throw them away.
#tcg
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcg
#gamedev
#gamedesign
November 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
50/192 for art. Commons mostly done. 24 left of them. I'm exhausted and going to bed. Enjoy the loose spoilers and my art and handwriting. In a lot of ways, handmade trading cards are the glass slipper of our generation. You shuffle them up, test, then throw them away.
#tcg
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcg
#gamedev
#gamedesign
24/192 for art. A lot of these are just going to be simple doodles to add some flavor to the cards. Give testers an idea of what they're supposed to feel like they're playing. Also lets me see how many aestheticly similar cards there are. I have like 5 trees! The hell!?
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
24/192 for art. A lot of these are just going to be simple doodles to add some flavor to the cards. Give testers an idea of what they're supposed to feel like they're playing. Also lets me see how many aestheticly similar cards there are. I have like 5 trees! The hell!?
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
192/192. As always, I'm going to mark the ones that need a rewrite as I go through and do art, but the draft is done. A spoiler as always. Will hopefully work on art tonight. It tends to go quicker since I'm absolutely untalented at it and am just getting something down.
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
192/192. As always, I'm going to mark the ones that need a rewrite as I go through and do art, but the draft is done. A spoiler as always. Will hopefully work on art tonight. It tends to go quicker since I'm absolutely untalented at it and am just getting something down.
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
Arena Powered Cube is the kind of thing someone was like, "This will do numbers no matter what," and then they made it a guaranteed money sink for anyone but the top tier cube grinders.
Anyway, I cast Booster Tutor into Booster Tutor so I can hang up my hat and go back to hating powered cube. #mtg
Anyway, I cast Booster Tutor into Booster Tutor so I can hang up my hat and go back to hating powered cube. #mtg
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Arena Powered Cube is the kind of thing someone was like, "This will do numbers no matter what," and then they made it a guaranteed money sink for anyone but the top tier cube grinders.
Anyway, I cast Booster Tutor into Booster Tutor so I can hang up my hat and go back to hating powered cube. #mtg
Anyway, I cast Booster Tutor into Booster Tutor so I can hang up my hat and go back to hating powered cube. #mtg
Who knows? How do you really quantify that? What's a good game? One people enjoy? One that makes money?
At want point are you making a worthwhile and unique inclusion and not just another entry in the genre? Does it matter?
Anyway, 169/192.
#gamedesign
#gamedev
#tcgs
##explorersoftheunknown
At want point are you making a worthwhile and unique inclusion and not just another entry in the genre? Does it matter?
Anyway, 169/192.
#gamedesign
#gamedev
#tcgs
##explorersoftheunknown
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Who knows? How do you really quantify that? What's a good game? One people enjoy? One that makes money?
At want point are you making a worthwhile and unique inclusion and not just another entry in the genre? Does it matter?
Anyway, 169/192.
#gamedesign
#gamedev
#tcgs
##explorersoftheunknown
At want point are you making a worthwhile and unique inclusion and not just another entry in the genre? Does it matter?
Anyway, 169/192.
#gamedesign
#gamedev
#tcgs
##explorersoftheunknown
Between last night and today, I managed 12 sheets, puts the total to 156/192, significantly more than half. Been doing some rebalancing as I've been writing. Will need some rewriting. Otherwise, only 36 left, then art. Then, hopefully soon, full course testing.
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
+spoilers
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
+spoilers
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Between last night and today, I managed 12 sheets, puts the total to 156/192, significantly more than half. Been doing some rebalancing as I've been writing. Will need some rewriting. Otherwise, only 36 left, then art. Then, hopefully soon, full course testing.
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
+spoilers
#tcgs
#gamedev
#gamedesign
+spoilers
8 pages done today. Moving at a much faster clip since these are more traditional style cards. These 8 sheets fill out the commons for the set. As always, some names and a little text for vague spoilers. This puts me at 84/192 done. Just under 50%.
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
8 pages done today. Moving at a much faster clip since these are more traditional style cards. These 8 sheets fill out the commons for the set. As always, some names and a little text for vague spoilers. This puts me at 84/192 done. Just under 50%.
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
#gamedev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#explorersoftheunknown
Analog Two Player Balatro Mod is crazy
October 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Analog Two Player Balatro Mod is crazy
36/192 done today. These technically need a bit more writing, but that's convenience writing rather than mandatory. A little sneak at the locations that will fill the worlds the Explorer's visit.
#gamesdev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#gamesdev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
October 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
36/192 done today. These technically need a bit more writing, but that's convenience writing rather than mandatory. A little sneak at the locations that will fill the worlds the Explorer's visit.
#gamesdev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
#gamesdev
#gamedesign
#tcgs
Knocked out 12 of these in the hour or so I was working. At that rate, I've got about 16 hours of work ahead of me, but plenty of the cards in the set are much easier to write with shorter and/or more concise text. Going to knock out a hunk tonight, too.
I'll continue to vague post spoilers.
I'll continue to vague post spoilers.
October 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Knocked out 12 of these in the hour or so I was working. At that rate, I've got about 16 hours of work ahead of me, but plenty of the cards in the set are much easier to write with shorter and/or more concise text. Going to knock out a hunk tonight, too.
I'll continue to vague post spoilers.
I'll continue to vague post spoilers.
Call it progress because I'm getting things done. 6/192 transcribed to frame. Pitiful, really, but I'm just glad to be back at it.
Hopefully, get this done and then some playtesting. We'll, copies, cutting, sleeving, then playtesting.
Okay, rulebook first.
Okay Okay Okay
#gamedev
#gamedesign
Hopefully, get this done and then some playtesting. We'll, copies, cutting, sleeving, then playtesting.
Okay, rulebook first.
Okay Okay Okay
#gamedev
#gamedesign
October 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Call it progress because I'm getting things done. 6/192 transcribed to frame. Pitiful, really, but I'm just glad to be back at it.
Hopefully, get this done and then some playtesting. We'll, copies, cutting, sleeving, then playtesting.
Okay, rulebook first.
Okay Okay Okay
#gamedev
#gamedesign
Hopefully, get this done and then some playtesting. We'll, copies, cutting, sleeving, then playtesting.
Okay, rulebook first.
Okay Okay Okay
#gamedev
#gamedesign
Zhen & Zephyr
Second Ordis hero I really like. Missing a few rares here, and I have a few Singleton pieces I'm testing to feel out if I want more or less of them. This is a little less all in on Ascend than some list I've seen, just because your opponent can foil it
#alteredtcg
#Skyboundodyssey
Second Ordis hero I really like. Missing a few rares here, and I have a few Singleton pieces I'm testing to feel out if I want more or less of them. This is a little less all in on Ascend than some list I've seen, just because your opponent can foil it
#alteredtcg
#Skyboundodyssey
October 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Zhen & Zephyr
Second Ordis hero I really like. Missing a few rares here, and I have a few Singleton pieces I'm testing to feel out if I want more or less of them. This is a little less all in on Ascend than some list I've seen, just because your opponent can foil it
#alteredtcg
#Skyboundodyssey
Second Ordis hero I really like. Missing a few rares here, and I have a few Singleton pieces I'm testing to feel out if I want more or less of them. This is a little less all in on Ascend than some list I've seen, just because your opponent can foil it
#alteredtcg
#Skyboundodyssey