今回のアクセラレータープログラムは英語で開催されます。日本語のプログラムは今しばらくお待ちください！
Creasidence Game Design Workshop: Tokyo, Jun 5th-8th
Join a community of creatives in our Game Design Workshop Program. Together you’ll:
• Work directly with industry mentors
• Learn by experience in hands-on sessions
• Exhibit and launch your project at SOMSOC Gallery
• Grow your network within our international creative community
Apply now — leave your info, and we’ll contact you to schedule an interview!
• Work directly with industry mentors
• Learn by experience in hands-on sessions
• Exhibit and launch your project at SOMSOC Gallery
• Grow your network within our international creative community
Apply now — leave your info, and we’ll contact you to schedule an interview!
Creasidence connects creators both in-person and online, enabling them to collaborate across creative industries and develop their skills through accelerator programs in visual, sound, and interactive arts.
Our first Comics Workshop took place in January 2025, bringing together 18 artists from different countries who collaborated to create a zine in just four days.
Learn more on Instagram: @creasidence
Creasidence connects creators both in-person and online, enabling them to collaborate across creative industries and develop their skills through accelerator programs in visual, sound, and interactive arts.
Our first Comics Workshop took place in January 2025, bringing together 18 artists from different countries who collaborated to create a zine in just four days.
Learn more on Instagram: @creasidence
Our first Comics Workshop took place in January 2025, bringing together 18 artists from different countries who collaborated to create a zine in just four days.
Learn more on Instagram: @creasidence
About the program
CREASIDENCE PIPELINE WORKSHOP is a multi-part creative experience where participants collaborate across character design, storytelling through comics, and board game mechanics, all centered around the one theme and one goal: releasing a unified, multi-format creative product.
Part 1 — Character Design and Part 2 — Game Design costs 25,000 JPY each. Or you can get the Full Pipeline Workshop package for just 40,000 JPY. If you've attended a previous event, you'll receive an extra discount!
Connect & Learn
Get to know the Creasidence Team and one another, form small creative squads, and carve out your contribution to the shared world-building — the characters, setting, and core idea that will anchor both the comic and the board-game concept.
Create with constraints and within the context
Build on what other teams invent and guide your ideas through multiple mediums: refine your monster’s look on paper, turn its story beats into comic panels, then translate its abilities into cards, icons, and guidebook snippets for the game prototype.
Get Feedback & Expand
Share drafts with mentors and peers, run rapid play-tests, and iterate. Feedback always ties back to the end product — how will that panel read on paper, how will that power feel at the table, how can the lore stay consistent across every format?
Release
Watch everything come together: your comic, card art, and game ideas merge into one polished creative product — a tabletop-game concept packaged with merch visuals, comic zine storytelling, and a guidebook. Everything debuts 14 – 15 June at SOMSOC Gallery, with a simultaneous digital drop on Metalabel.
Connect & Learn
Get to know the Creasidence Team and one another, form small creative squads, and carve out your contribution to the shared world-building — the characters, setting, and core idea that will anchor both the comic and the board-game concept.
Create with constraints and within the context
Build on what other teams invent and guide your ideas through multiple mediums: refine your monster’s look on paper, turn its story beats into comic panels, then translate its abilities into cards, icons, and guidebook snippets for the game prototype.
Get Feedback & Expand
Share drafts with mentors and peers, run rapid play-tests, and iterate. Feedback always ties back to the end product — how will that panel read on paper, how will that power feel at the table, how can the lore stay consistent across every format?
Release
Watch everything come together: your comic, card art, and game ideas merge into one polished creative product — a tabletop-game concept packaged with merch visuals, comic zine storytelling, and a guidebook. Everything debuts 14 – 15 June at SOMSOC Gallery, with a simultaneous digital drop on Metalabel.
Workshop Theme: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS!
Both workshops have the same theme and Lead Curator — Kazumitsu Akamatsu-sensei, who will have his show Destroy all Monsters in SOMSOC Gallery. Participants of the Pipeline Workshop will create their own 1) Kaiju 2) Comics 3) Game Concept — and everything will be inspired by Akamatsu-sensei’s years of work. Pipeline Workshop is created to prove that it’s possible to create a viable creative product in collaborative and short-term educational form.
More details
CHARACTER KAIJU DESIGN & COMICS WORKSHOP
5.29-6.01
5.29-6.01
- Brainstorm and sketch original monsters in teams, refining silhouettes and personalities with Akamatsu-sensei’s guidance.
- Develop full character sheets — turnarounds, color palettes, key poses, and powers.
- Create a Character Collectable Card with your monster…
- And a collaborative comic zine around the Lead Mentor’s frames.
- 4 days of Mentors’ feedback and guidance from Creasidence team.
Lead Mentor: Loïc Locatelli
GAME DESIGN WORKSHOP
6.05-6.08
- Translate each monster’s abilities into core board game mechanics.
- Map the player journey, create and build the prototype.
- Run fast play-testing loops, tweaking balance, pacing, and component layouts with mentor feedback.
- Draft clear rule sheets, icon sets, and a visual style guide for final production.
- Package everything into a pitch-ready board-game prototype — ready for crowdfunding or publisher meetings!
Lead Mentor: Shane Canning
CHARACTER KAIJU DESIGN & COMICS WORKSHOP
5.29-6.01
5.29-6.01
- Brainstorm and sketch original monsters in teams, refining silhouettes and personalities with Akamatsu-sensei’s guidance.
- Develop full character sheets — turnarounds, color palettes, key poses, and powers.
- Create a Character Collectable Card with your monster…
- And a collaborative comic zine around the Lead Mentor’s frames.
- 4 days of Mentors’ feedback and guidance from Creasidence team.
Lead Mentor: Loïc Locatelli
GAME DESIGN WORKSHOP
6.05-6.08
- Translate each monster’s abilities into core board game mechanics.
- Map the player journey, create and build the prototype.
- Run fast play-testing loops, tweaking balance, pacing, and component layouts with mentor feedback.
- Draft clear rule sheets, icon sets, and a visual style guide for final production.
- Package everything into a pitch-ready board-game prototype — ready for crowdfunding or publisher meetings!
Lead Mentor: Shane Canning
Mentors
Mentors
Venue
- Instituto Cervantes TokioInstituto Cervantes Tokio is the official Spanish cultural center in Japan, dedicated to promoting the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures. Located in the heart of Tokyo, it offers Spanish language courses, cultural events, exhibitions, film screenings, and lectures, fostering exchange between Japan and the Spanish-speaking world.
Q&A
You can apply for Part 1 — Character Design & Comics or Part 2 — Game Design separately (25 000 JPY each), or grab the full Pipeline Workshop bundle for 40 000 JPY. Alumni of our past events receive an extra discount. Fill out the application form to secure your spot!
Each session builds on the previous one, so full attendance for the part you choose is strongly recommended.
- Between sessions we’ll collaborate in our private Discord — refining materials, tracking progress, and sharing feedback — so your comics characters flow seamlessly into the game-design phase.
- The finished project will debut 14 – 15 June at SOMSOC Gallery, where participants will present their work to friends and creative-industry guests. A digital edition will follow on Metalabel.
Creasidence Workshops in Action
今回のアクセラレータープログラムは英語で開催されます。日本語のプログラムは今しばらくお待ちください！