Ofrenda
Ofrenda is a competitive card placement game for 1 to 4 players, in which you must carefully select and place portraits of your deceased relatives on their game boards. You must fulfill their wishes, making sure to seat them next to their most beloved family member or away from their least favorite food. However, as your altar fills up, it might become challenging to keep everyone happy! The project involved designing the cover, the box, the title, the icons, the 63-character cards, plus four additional game boards, and the tokens (marigold flowers). Working on Ofrenda was an opportunity to approach our Día de Muertos celebration with respect and pride. To show the world the significance of this important date, a fundamental pillar of Mexico's cultural heritage, and to design the characters, we decided to divide the country into four regions —North, West, Central, and South —based on the people and their characteristic features. We also suggested adding various elements from our cu