Onboarding Your Tabletop Project

This guide outlines the protocol for onboarding your project into the Salt & Spell creative pipeline. Our goal is to move from initial contact to project kickoff and visual environment setup within 72 hours.

Step 01: Onboarding Form & Brief

We begin by capturing the core identity of your game. You will complete our onboarding brief covering:

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  Gameplay Overview: A summary of how your game works, its genre, and core mechanics.
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  Setting & Lore: Brief background information about the world, theme, characters, and atmosphere.
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  Visual References: Links to artists, games, movies, or moods that match your aesthetic goals.

Step 02: Kickoff Consultation

A deep-dive technical session between our lead artists/designers and your team to align on the artistic goals:

Step 03: Moodboard & Color Palette Alignment

Before custom illustrations begin, we lock down the artistic boundaries.

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  Visual Board Review: Delivery and sign-off of the Visual Direction Board.
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  World Setting Review: Delivery and sign-off of the World Moodboard.
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  Style Sync: Final confirmation of character design parameters and typography directions.

Step 04: Design Sprints & Review Sprints

With the visual base established, we initiate the design sprints.

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  Sketch Round: Delivery of black-and-white thumbnails or line sketches for character and card compositions.
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  Color Roughs: Reviewing color placement and general lighting.
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  Final Rendering: Detailed render, shading, texturing, and layout finalization.

Step 05: Final Asset Delivery

We compile and deliver all final, production-ready source files and presentations.

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  Source Files: High-res layered files and exported formats.
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  Presentation Deck: A cohesive PDF combining all project deliverables.

Onboarding Checklist

Ensure you have the following ready before our kickoff call: