Cosplayers being around video games, that’s pretty normal. But cosplayers in a game?
Z. Year One is a “roguelike card game” that’s looking to come to PC, mobile and as an actual card game. I haven’t played it, so I have no idea how good it is, but what they’ve done for their card art is pretty cool, and something I thought worth highlighting here.
Instead of using artists to paint some zombie images, or rendering 3D models, they’ve hired a bunch of cosplayers—to play both survivors and zombies—so they could use actual photographs instead. Below are some of the photos that are appearing in the game; all shots were taken by Downward Viral.
Grant Imahara (from Mythbusters)
Scott Robb
Now, as you might have picked up from Grant Imahara’s presence, not everyone involved is a cosplayer. There are a few actors in the cards as well. One of them is Bill Bryan, who—get this—was the guy inside the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man suit in the original Ghostbusters.
