Infinite Jonathans: The Card Game

During development on Infinite Jonathans, I assisted in landing a deal with AdMagic’s Breaking Games to adapt elements of the Jonathans IP into a physical card game, in the party genre.

See Infinite Jonathans digital game here for full context!

My Role:

➜ Conceive and write the game’s stories, characters & events.

➜ Writing funny flavor text.

➜ Writing copy for pitch materials.

➜ Curating characters and events from the digital game to appear as cards.

➜ Work with the illustration team to achieve visual congruence between the digital & physical game.

➜ Iterate on early prototypes and testing.

The Card Game Tutorial

Inside The Box

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Infinite Jonathans in stores!

My name credited on game box and booklet

A full-circle moment that never got old. When I first started my career as a writer, refining my skills and getting my first articles published - I did it all from a Barnes & Noble cafe.

Barnes & Noble on 86th and Lex (relocated to 87th & 3rd) was my safe space and library for pop literature. I’d read tons of manga and every comedians/indie icons’ essay collection - the Watskys and B.J. Novaks. I’d always say, "One day, my work will be displayed here and catch the eye of another kid starting their creative journey."

Seeing something I wrote on the shelves at Barnes & Noble, a real physical product in a box with characters I came up with and my name on it, was hands down one of the coolest feelings ever.

Example of an Infinite Jonathans card adapted from digital game’s story:

 

One of the story paths in Infinite Jonathans sees Jonathan become a stockbroker — this is how the arc appears in the mobile game:

The same moment from the ‘stockbroker’ arc as a playing card:

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The card game is marketed to a younger audience than the digital game, so a significant consideration in the curation process was selecting from the more family-friendly moments in the digital game and adjusting some of the captions and character names appropriately.

Early cards, game mat and box prototypes

They say you gotta play the cards you’re dealt…

and you just got dealt a killer hand!