FAITH deluxe edition comes with the game soundtrack on cassette, packaged in a card Maltese cross. I really loved working on this – playing into the 80s ‘Satanic Panic’ aesthetic 👹
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Introducing the latest Design Works from @lostincult — FAITH: The Unholy Trinity 🙏
🖤 I absolutely loved working on this! FAITH first caught my eye when I was designing ‘Mansion’ for Lost In Cult a few years ago – the game’s 8-bit style graphics interspersed with chilling rotoscope animations, all in a stark black/red/blue pallette, are incredibly impactful. And the glitchy sound design is downright terrifying.
✝️ Developer @airdorfofficial created a nightmare at 192 x 160 pixels, stoking dread and unease with the help of ethereal text-to-speech voices and a devilish dose of unearthly rotoscope.
📖 The book itself, being written by Steven Nguyen Scaife, nods to bible design with a faux-leather black cover, red ribbon, and edge printing. Father John adorns the front, with poor Amy Martin on the back.
The deluxe comes with loads of fun extras which I will go into in a separate post!
Renders by @moker.vet 🙌
The design concept for @lostincult ’s new book ‘A Communal History of [Metroidvania] Video Games’ was created with a view to the series expanding over time. The aim is to explore different genres with each release, pairing research-driven retrospectives with personal essays to chart the chronological and emotional stories that make each one what it is today. Available to pre-order now.
I cannot wait to see a finished copy of VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works! It’s getting really close now, with the text pages having been on press last week.
The book is being offset printed in 6 colours (that’s regular CMYK + 2 special inks, neon pink and deep purple). Next up is binding, then assembling the acrylic slipcase for the deluxe edition, and screenprinting the PVC dust jacket for the standard edition. Finally everything gets collated and packaged into a bespoke box, and shipped.
This is such a rewarding process after 1+ year of work on a book, from initial concept to printed paper, I love it ☺️
Just launched @lostincult – A Communal History of [Metroidvania] Video Games 👾
This is the first in a new series of genre-tracking studies from Lost In Cult, placing a dual emphasis on the classics and the hidden treasures of gaming’s most beloved genres.
First up we have 250+ pages of the sprawling and surprising history of Metroidvanias, written by Lead Writer Derrick Bitner and illustrated by the incredible Luan Tie @dirtyiron18 !
This was a lovely concept to design, building on the work I did in 2024 for Mansion, which was the first in The Horror series. Although not quite as sinister, the format is built on the same grid and shares the same display typeface (Mabry from Colophon).
Renders by @moker.vet
Design direction @rachelcdalton
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW! ♥️
New book! 🤍 The Art of Korean Cooking by @onjium , to be published next month by @thamesandhudson
Just got my advance copy and really pleased with how it turned out 🇰🇷✌️
This was a lovely project, bringing together 2 previous cookbooks by the Michelin-starred Onjium: ‘Selected Recipes’ (2016) and ‘Roots & Wings’ (2022). Both were published in South Korea, and already looked beautiful, so it was a case of delicately combining the two, designing a new cover for a Western audience, and making some careful typographic decisions throughout.
One of the things I like most is the section showcasing beautiful historic maps of Korea, which were also printed in lilac for the end papers 💟
This was really fun to help with — World of Horror: The Board Game is now available for pre-order from @lostincult !
A card-based survival RPG based on Paweł Koźmiński’s game, in collaboration with @ysbrydgames , includes Deluxe Edition mysteries and illustrations by the finest in Japanese horror.
A tireless effort from @bigchug89
Pixel art wizardry by @iz.ma
Renders by @moker.vet
🔪👹🇯🇵✂️👻
Excited to see this launch with @lostincult – the second installment of the Cult Classics series is here. Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut 👽
An expanded companion to Alien: Isolation, written by @ultrabrilliant , with loads of brand new art by @cds_art_ 😍
Art direction by @smgdraws
Display typeface from @xyz_displaay
Original Cult Classics design intention by @collect.compile
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