Thanks to the already existing rule that came with the cards I just have to simplify it and adapt it into my game. During the development phase I have to think of the varies rule that card games have. And the basicness of poker cards allowed it to be easily appropriated. Uno’s special cards provided interesting mechanic to the game. Pokémon cards fit perfectly as the central battling monster cards. The reason that I chose Pokémon, poker and Uno cards is because those are the most accessible cards to me. What inspired the gacha part is because of the gacha game that I am currently playing and the realization that Hearthstone is essentially a gacha game. This use of random cards is like Schwitters’ use of random found objects in his collages. You can say this combination of multiple items are inspired by Kurt Schwitters. Which lead me to combining multiple different card games into a single card game.

Here’s some popular gacha games: Kantai collection, Girls frontline, Azure lane, Fate grand order, Onmyoji, Fire emblem heroes, Pokémon master and even Hearthstone count as a gacha.ĭuring my planning phase I thought about what object that I appropriate and I thought of the Pokémon Cards that I had at my home. The first gacha game is “Dragon Collection” on a Japanese social platform called GREE in 2010. Gachapon usually requires around 100 to 200 yen to draw a random accessory. The origin of this name came from gachapon machines that could be found all over urban Japan. Many popular gacha game came from Japan as well as the term “Gacha”.

What gacha differs from loot boxes is that it is the core mechanic and attraction.

This is similar to loot boxes, however loot boxes usually give skins or items that is not essential to the core gameplay. Because of this luck based system players can get duplicates and have grind for more in-game currency to draw the character they want. The core game mechanic usually having players using in-game currency to “gamble” for playable character base on luck. A Gacha game usually take form of mobile games. For those who do not know what a “Gacha” game is, here is a brief explanation and history. For Artwork #2 I decided to appropriate multiple different card games into one gacha card game.

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