「斗转星移」


Board Game Design/Graphic Design
桌游设计/平面设计2024

As Stars Rotate is a visual board game inspired by the ancient Chinese star mansion system. It reframes traditional astronomy and Daoist cosmology through an interactive, design-led experience.

The project is based on Illustrating Forms and Truth, a book on how Daoist visual art depicted celestial imagery. In ancient China, people observed the stars and mapped them onto cities, the human body, and spiritual practices—making the sky a mirror of cultural and cosmic beliefs.

Through research of historical texts and illustrations, I found that traditional star mansion images often overlapped and used figurative, anthropomorphic styles without a clear visual system. To address this, I created a new set of constellation icons using modern design language, each with a distinct form.

This project centers on visual reinterpretation. Players engage with ancient ideas of cosmic order and time through immersive mechanics. More than a game, As Stars Rotate reintroduces the visual and philosophical richness of Chinese astronomy to modern audiences.
《斗转星移》是一款以中国古代星宿文化为灵感的视觉桌游,旨在通过游戏化方式,重构传统天文学与道教宇宙观中的视觉语言

灵感来自《Illustrating Forms and Truth》中对道教星象美术的研究。古人通过观星命宿、构建神祇,将星辰运行融入城市格局、身体经络与修行体系,天象因此成为文化与信仰的映射。

在查阅大量史料与图像后,我发现传统星宿图像多具象重叠,缺乏统一识别。为此,我设计了一套以现代视觉语言重新诠释的星宿图像符号(icon),赋予其清晰独立的视觉身份。

本项目以图像设计为核心,通过沉浸式机制让玩家体验古人对星空秩序的理解。它不仅是策略桌游,也是一个文化传播平台,向当代观众传达中华传统天文学的独特美学与逻辑。希望这款作品,能成为连接古今、融合知识与体验的桥梁,让星辰之美被重新看见、理解与铭记。


GAME SET UP &. PLAY TEST



Game set up
Draw Star gazing card
Take action based on instruction
Complete collection



















Ivan Liu/一碗米



Ivan Liu

Email: liuivan546@outlook.com
Instagram: ivan_l6402

Illustrator


Graphic Designer