Wandering Dice

Wandering Dice — Game Illustration & Card Design
Wandering Dice is a roguelike card game inspired by the world of Chinese Wuxia, where martial arts, chance, and strategy intersect. At the center of its gameplay is a unique dice-based combat system: martial arts techniques are transformed into action dice, allowing players to shape their own fighting styles through different techniques, weapons, and combinations. Every decision gradually defines how the player navigates and survives the Jianghu.
The story begins in an isolated, snow-covered valley, where the protagonist awakens without a name or memory of their past. As the journey unfolds through battles, encounters, and unexpected events, fragments of a larger mystery begin to emerge.
The visual direction draws heavily from traditional Chinese ink painting and the imagery of Wuxia literature. I created the game’s 2D illustrations and card artwork by hand, combining expressive linework, ink-inspired textures, restrained color palettes, and Chinese visual motifs with the clarity required for contemporary game design.
The card illustrations depict martial arts techniques, characters, encounters, and narrative moments throughout the journey. Rather than using traditional elements simply as decoration, I integrated them into the compositions, environments, costumes, weapons, borders, and graphic language of the cards to build a cohesive visual world. Each illustration was designed to maintain its own identity while functioning as part of a larger card system.
Through Wandering Dice, I explored how the visual language of traditional Chinese art can be reinterpreted within a modern interactive medium. The project brings the atmosphere of ink painting and Wuxia storytelling into a contemporary roguelike experience, creating a world where every card feels like a fragment of an unfolding martial arts tale.