I Made a Flickgame!

For this post, a donation was made to The Cartoonist Cooperative, a non-profit, member-run guild open to all comic artists (in a professional or casual capacity) with the goal of supporting, improving, and protecting the careers of comics workers globally. Their latest Nib & Ink Festival runs through the month of May and they have a newsletter that highlights new comics and creators. You can donate here. Inspired by posts from Laura M. and Michael K., I made a little game using FlickGame. It’s a neat tool that uses a limited palette to create cards, with the ability to assign “links” to different colours that connect to other cards in the sequence. You can offer choices and branching paths, or create a sequential comic that players can click through. It reminds me of a lot of old comics and zine work I used to do, where I would sit down with a piece of paper and draw out a comic for fun. A lot of the vibe I get seems to be “make something quick and fun, don’t stress about it!” So…