John Shulters
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John Shulters

11 games 3 3D models Designed 9 games Art for 8 games

John is a freelance graphic designer, 3D animator, game designer, and developer, operating as Black Straw Games. His first design from 2007, a family-friendly abstract game called Barricado, found a home with Fireside Games and was published in 2018 as Grackles. His second game was Rocket Squad, a kids card game for which he did design, development, graphic design, illustration, and editing, and published by UltraPro…

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in 2019. John has worked as a developer and art director for publishers including Foxtrot Games, Pencil First Games, and Final Frontier Games. He has worked on titles including Spy Club, Lanterns Dice, Fox in the Forest Duet, The Search for Planet X, Lift Off! 2nd Edition, Skulk Hollow, Coloma, and Merchant's Cove. He lives with his wife, Sarah Graybill, in northern California.

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Designed and illustrated 6 games

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Dice Age: Eggstinction 2017 0
Oolong 2017 0
Barricado 2015 0
Barricado Revolutions 2015 0
Oblik 2015 0

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Grackles 2018 0
Crack the Code 2021 0

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