🎯 Le Cabinet du Savoir Ludique de Nazih Fares

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🎮 Solo-run studio & consultancy by @nazihfares.com 🃏 Making The Arab League of Misfits: a satirical Arab dueling card game 🌍 Culturalization, localization, inclusion, credits & comms 📍 From Perpignan, with play... And no corporate overload

A gameplay view of The Arab League of Misfit prototype without sound
A black-and-white sketch of an angry, mustached man shouting “TOZZ!” with explosive scribbled symbols like #?! flying from his mouth. The illustration appears on a mock trading-card layout titled “Ultimate Insult | Shatara.” The effect text reads: “Discard x cards. Deal x damage.” The bottom flavor text says, “Tozz! The universal answer.” The card border features Mahjar Coalition and Vol. 1 identifiers.
A vibrant neon-styled logo reading “The Arab League of Misfits.” The letters glow in green, teal, and purple, with playful sparkles and highlights. One of the I letters is shaped like a flip flop. The logo sits on a deep purple background with a faint Arabic textured pattern.
Slide titled “THE DEV TEAM & VISION” with logos for Cabinet du Savoir Ludique and The Arab League of Misfits. Grid of seven profile cards, each with a “PORTFOLIO” tag and a short bio: • Nazih Fares. Lebanese-Spanish dev in Perpignan; worked on 90+ titles including Hearthstone and Battlegrounds features. • Sara Alfageeh. Award-winning Jordanian American illustrator/creative director focused on Arab futurism and cultural storytelling; known for Squire and Marvel’s Ms. Marvel. • Zein Okko. Syrian-German award-winning game and narrative designer; project Lead Dev; strong accessibility focus; indie project Soulblaze. • Rafif Kalantan. Saudi narrative/game designer; two-time BAFTA Student Award winner; MCV/Develop 30 Under 30; London Games Festival Ensemble. • Omar Abdul Hadi. Palestinian award-nominated tabletop designer and 3D artist; developing TTRPG Tales From The Endless Void. • Jack Guttman. Syrian refugee in Austria; award-winning dev across art, real-time VFX, game design, and gameplay programming; known for Path Out relaunched by UNHCR. • Walid Raouda. Lebanese-American game designer and program director at Long Island University; works at the intersection of games and culture, specializing in tabletop. Right side callouts: “Over 130K followers across social media plus 20M+ TikTok views across our creative team.” Mission box: “To make the world’s first premium one-time purchase irreverent card game that is playable and relatable for Arabs, diaspora, and meme lovers everywhere.”
Two versions of a monochrome logo design for the game The Arab League of Misfits, one on a white background and one on black. The words are stylized in playful, bold typography, with the letter "i" in "Misfits" replaced by a slipper which a nod to Arab cultural humor.
A digital notepad (reMarkable tablet) displaying sketch layouts and wireframes for a card game titled Arab League of Misfits. The screen shows hand-drawn thumbnails labeled "Key Art," "Iconography," "UI Elements," and "Glossary UI." A white stylus rests on the device.
A picture of the Fanta Masters esports arena at Middle East Film & Comic Con 2024 in Dubai, UAE
A promotional artwork of the game Eggy Party from Netease
An in-detail design of the WW3 Inktrap arabic font
Belle Époque curves and LV-inspired pattern of Le Cabinet du Savoir Ludique de Nazih Fares
A picture that reads as Indie & Solo Dev consultancy
A picture of Tabytha Rasa an Amazigh influencer character we created for Hawked
A picture of Nazih with the logo LE Cabinet du Savoir Ludique de Nazih Fares
A screenshot of Nazih Fares portfolio
A screenshot of the Cabinet du Savoir Ludique site