Game · Illustration · Periodic table

Elemental

Battle of the Ions: a playing-card game based on the periodic table.

FORMAT: Playing-card game
ROLE: Concept, game design and illustration
WHEN: 2019

What if every element on the periodic table had a personality?

Each card turns an element into a character, with its atomic number, atomic weight, electron configuration and physical state, and one fact that sticks. Silicon is a semiconductor most electronics depend on. Beryllium gives aquamarine its light blue hue. Calcium makes up 50 percent of the mass of bones.

THE CHARACTERS

Silicon drawn as a character — Si · 14SiliconA semiconductor: most electronics depend on it.

Beryllium drawn as a character — Be · 4BerylliumIt gives aquamarine gems their light blue hue.

Calcium drawn as a character — Ca · 20CalciumIt makes up 50 percent of the mass of bones.

THE CARDS

Click a card to see it larger.

← Science Illustration Next: #SciType →