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Updates
So the Kickstarter for Loot Trap was unsuccessful, however that will not stop us from continuing on with our creative work!
We are still working on a video game, slowly but surely. More details and art posts will come once we’re further into the development process.
As for Loot Trap, we’re going to setup a GameCrafter store page for anyone to purchase a physical copy if they’d really like to. Otherwise you can play it for free on Tabletop Simulator and Tabletopia. Maybe one day we’ll be able to revisit the idea of mass producing copies of Loot Trap.
Thank You!
Tabletopia
Loot Trap is now on Tabletopia, which is a free browser based tabletop game playground. Check it out below to play around with the game before we launch the Kickstarter. Feel free to give us any feedback or issues you find while playing the game.
Tabletop Simulator
Loot Trap is now on Tabletop simulator! Check it out below to play around with the game before we launch the Kickstarter. Feel free to give us any feedback or issues you find while playing the game.
Board Game Geek
Loot Trap is now officially on Board Game Geek! Click below to check it out!
Loot Trap Character, Gambler Healer
Artwork finished for the lucky Gambler Healer! She specializes at negating damage dealt to her, with some risk involved. She has a 34% chance to be healed, a 34% chance to be damaged, a 16% chance for nothing, and a 16% chance to be double healed. Her abilities are:
(1) Lose One Health
(2) Gain One Health
(3) Lose One Health
(4) Gain One Health
(5) Nothing Happens
(6) Gain Two Health
Loot Trap Character, Controller
Artwork finished for the tactical Controller! He specializes in controlling the battlefield by moving his opponents around the board, he takes time to setup trap combos and forces enemies to move into them. His abilities are:
(1) Opponent Moves You One
(2) Nothing Happens
(3) Move One
(4) Move Opponent One
(5) Gain One Health
(6) Move Opponent Two
LOOT TRAP CHARACTER, WILD CARD
Artwork all done for the unpredictable Wild Card. This old pirate ghost specializes in adding a little chaos to the game by swapping around the player characters and a chance at dealing or healing massive damage. There are no alternate colors for this character so only one player can ever play as the Wild Card. The abilities are:
(1) Swap Characters With Opponent
(2) Swap Characters With Opponent
(3) Opponent Loses Three Health
(4) Gain Three Health
(5) Swap Characters With Opponent
(6) Swap Characters With Opponent
Loot Trap Character, Nimble Mover
Artwork finished for the speedy Nimble Mover! He specializes in moving around the board, trying his luck to focus on finding treasure and avoiding player laid traps. His abilities are:
(1) End Turn Immediately
(2) Nothing Happens
(3) Disarm Neighboring Trap
(4) Gain One Health
(5) Move Up to Two Spaces
(6) Move Up to Three Spaces
Loot Trap Character, Ranged Trapper
Completed artwork for the sneaky Ranged Trapper! The Loot Trap characters each have 6 abilities and work using the Roll Deck, which are 6 special cards numbered 1 - 6 that are randomly shuffled to act as dice. When an Instant or Trap ability tells you to draw a Roll Card you draw from the Roll Deck, whatever number you drew is the numbed ability you use on the character card.
Normally the abilities will be printed on the front of the card, however we decided to show off the full art uncovered.
The Ranged Trapper specializes in setting up traps from far away to further hinder your opponents and setup some nasty trap combinations! Her abilities are:
(1) Peek at Neighboring Card
(2) Move One
(3) Nothing Happens
(4) Lay a Trap Up to Two Away
(5) Gain One Health
(6) Lay a Trap Anywhere
Loot Trap Video
Here is our how to play video for Loot Trap!
Three New Character Sketches
And with that, all the characters have been shown (at least in sketch form). Once we outline and get basic coloring done we can upload and show off our general rules video.
Updated Character Sketches
So now that Loot Trap is going with a Pirate Theme, we decided to give the two pirate characters a little art update. There will be 5 characters total each with an alternate color (so 2 people can play as the same character), we will give details on each character’s abilities later once the art is finished.
Kickstarter Adjustment
After much discussion we have decided to cancel our Kickstarter for Loot Trap. We will re-launch the campaign within a few months with a more laser-focused campaign in hopes of having shipping being cheaper (especially for International backers) and the theme will not be chosen by backers as we feel that may be hindering the campaign rather than bringing it intrigue.
The theme will be Pirates as it seems the most natural fit for the gameplay mechanics, but we hope to have other themes produced if the first is successful.
We will spend the next few months getting the game into people’s hands for previews/reviews so that we can obtain a larger following as we feel that is another area we must work.
Please stay tuned for more updates on Loot Trap!
Card Design
Another one of the dual card designs we made for the Loot Trap demonstration. There are 80 of these types of cards each with a variety of abilities and traps, we’ve only shown two of the basic cards as some of them can really shake up the playing field! We plan for each different ability and trap to have it's own unique artwork.
Dual Cards
As we await the launch of the Kickstarter here is one of the Loot Trap dual card designs, one of the core concepts of the game. A majority of the deck consists of these type of cards, the top portion can be played as an instant ability while the bottom portion is played as a trap.
We’ll have a lot more details in our Kickstarter video and page!