Drayer Ink

Our designs – update

  • Bubble Net – How to Play

    Bubble Net – How to Play

    Story In the wild, most humpback whales hunt by lunge fishing – they see a shoal of fish, and they lunge at them. It’s not very eff-FISH-cient! Some pods of whales have developed a better technique, called “bubble net feeding”, where one whale dives down below the fish, blowing a spiral of confusing bubbles that…

  • The Bubble Net Kickstarter is launching June 11th!

    The Bubble Net Kickstarter is launching June 11th!

    That’s Today! Well, it’s been a minute or two since we last sat down and typed up what’s been happening chez Drayer Ink, hasn’t it? If you follow our socials, you have probably seen at least some of our updates – lots of conventions, testing and developing our games, being on panels, and most relevant…

  • BUBBLE NET IS ALMOST HERE!

    BUBBLE NET IS ALMOST HERE!

  • GAMA Expo and Bubble Net

    GAMA Expo and Bubble Net

    2023 was a whirlwind of conventions, prototyping, and a whole lot of other things.I haven’t blogged for quite some time, and I apologise – it gets harder and harder to sit down and write about things when there are so many other things going on!So, I am giving myself a pass for now – and…

  • Our Monster Play-testing Weekend

    Our Monster Play-testing Weekend

    We finally had a WHOLE weekend to dedicate to play-testing our prototypes! This is the overview, more details to follow as we process and implement what we have learnt!

  • Unboxing Brambleton

    Unboxing Brambleton

    Early last year, I got a Facebook message from my Aussie friend, Kate, inviting me to do a beta test of their system. We chose to use our prototype for Brambleton. Here’s how it went!

  • Thematic Design

    Thematic Design

    Last night on the Meeple Syrup Show, we had the lovely Sarah Shipp as our guest to talk about how to start a thematic design her way. Here’s a bit about mine!

  • Bubble Net – Updates

    Bubble Net – Updates

    Bubble Net is a meditative, multi-player solo game about a pod of Humpback whales hunting fish with a spiral of bubbles. Here’s how I developed the first prototype of the game!

  • Play-testing at BGG.CON

    Play-testing at BGG.CON

    An update on the prototypes we play-tested at BGG.CON and the ones we left at home – where are we now? What’s coming next for Drayer Ink games?

  • Bubble Net – rules v1

    Bubble Net – rules v1

    Here’s my first version of the rules for Bubble Net, which we are submitting to the Game Crafter lunchtime game challenge competition