One of my first personal re-designs

This was in some ways the game that started my re-design journey. On one hand a very playable game (2–10 players, no theme or written text), and on the other a really simple graphical design (some numbers, some score marks), and at the time I also had plenty of free time I guess 😁.

Patapon and it’s sequel Patapon 2 were two of the most interesting rythm games on the PlayStation Portable, a long time ago. I never played them, nor was I involved with consoles in general (other than the Nintendo DS Lite), but I found the visual style arresting enough and the screenshots/ promotional material gave me enough material for this re-theme.

Numbers are still numbers, but the original scoring symbols are replaced by the PATA and PON sound effects. So now the theme is to make less noise, since they are counted as negative points… 😅.

Included are also the “0” cards from 6 nimmt! Plus, but the base game itself is so good that the expansion doesn’t see much play.

Instead of a box there’s a cute pouch, originally meant for coins, but works A++ for a portable party game like this.

Acknowledgments

Neutraface Condensed by House Industries was used for the numbers.