Mimic

Go back Mimic Project's Character design of a Mimic and a innocent chest

About

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Project Info

The goal of this project was to create a fun, playable board game with relevant lore and character design. We handled prototyping, rules creation, art, and gameplay balancing. The team settled on a hidden role game blending strategy and bluff.

You run a fantasy potion shop staffed by seemingly harmless chests, but one is secretly a Mimic, the RPG beast that morphs from innocent chest into toothy nightmare when adventurers get too close, a trope echoing Souls games. Three players manage the shop's reputation through daily potion trades, while the hidden Mimic sabotages adventurer requests via bluffing, resource juggling, and action cards.

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While Mimic prototypes started as a joke during our brainstorm, we forged a niche social deduction game, heavily inspired by fantasy bestiaries and dungeon commerce tropes. The entire prototype is hand-drawn and handmade, from cards and board to box.

Mimic board game box, box that mimics a chest with 'Mimic' written on top

Limited by time, refinements and final assets are still in progress, but the paranoia of "which chest bites?" already drives you crazy.