Totem: The Card Game
© The Swartzentruber Studio
Market: card-playing enthusiasts
Distribution: gift shops, toy stores, department stores, and websites

35 full triptychs
3 wild cards
1 penalty card.
Total: 109 individual cards + dice.

In its essence, it is a simple matching game. While each triptych is thematically complete, there is unlimited potential for variant narratives when the panels are interchanged. As I sketched out the 36 drawings, I selected a wide variety topics; the declining need for manual labor, unequal pay for equal work by women, and the absurdity of standing in-line to pay for entertainment, etc.

Games:
(1) the reader interpretation game
(2) The Totem Card Game
(3) The Totem Computer Game
(4) other ideas in development

(See all the Totem paintings)

GAME PROGRAMER WANTED: We are interested in putting this together as a computer card game with animation. We are looking for a talented programer who has experience in computer gaming for this collaborative business effort.

Left: Earwax
Below: Samples from one of the sets used for testing the game.