Camp Trip Trap is a 3 to 6-player camping-themed racing board game where you put your survival skills to the test as you compete against other players, collect wood for your fire, and traverse the forest to make it back to the campsite first!
Play as one of 6 clever and quirky camping/nature-themed characters in this original board game aiming to challenge your dice-rolling and decision-making skills!
This project was a group endeavor created by Erin Swatton, Julia Cane, and myself.
Throughout our final semester, we were challenged with the creation of an original board game. This project spanned the entire 5 months of our final semester and deliverables included all necessary assets for functional gameplay (board, character figures, cards, tokens) packaging, and an instruction manual.
Character designs and card front illustrations by Julia Cane
Logo design, box design, board design, and token designs by Jasmina Mansell
Instruction manual, card back illustrations, and card graphic design by Erin Swatton
Character figure modeling and painting by Julia Cane, Jasmina Mansell, and Erin Swatton
Physical game contents assembled together
To keep the illustration style consistent, Julia tackled all of the character designs and card illustrations. We had an overarching color palette and typefaces to keep things cohesive in the design of other elements.
The entire brainstorming process for the game was unexpectedly lengthy since we kept having to fine-tune and adjust for playability - but we eventually settled on a fun and engaging gameplay method that involved a manageable amount of work to divide amongst ourselves.
Character figures above: Molduwarp the Mole Wizard and The Lumbrothers (Limber and Lamber)
Two versions of the logo design
When it came to the box design, I didn't want to take too much attention away from the illustrations and logo since they were already so bright and impactful so I took a more simplified approach (also considering time constraints) and added a complementary pattern and trail graphic that wraps around the entire box.
When assembling the physical, we really wanted to create a messenger box, but finding an already existing one that would fit the dimensions of our board was a problem. So, we decided to make it from scratch!
I created the box template and design in Illustrator, printed and traced it on a giant piece of cardboard, then cut and folded it. I'm super proud of the finished result even though it is ultimately a cardboard box. But doing it by hand makes it all the more gratifying.
