Spill Your Guts

2025

graphic design

game

public intervention

Spill Your Guts is a performative card game developed for the networking event of Proximity Music. It was designed to encourage interaction among creative professionals through a playful system of card exchange.

Gameplay Mechanics:

Each participant starts with 7 identical gut microbe cards, representing a uniform microbiome. When two participants interact, they exchange one card each. With each swap, their microbiomes become more diverse.

The goal is to collect 7 different cards. Once achieved, the participant can claim a special drink at the bar—a symbolic “detox” marking the completion of the exchange cycle.

Before trading, participants are prompted to “spill their guts” by sharing something personal, professional, or simply conversational. This verbal exchange is considered part of the card-trading ritual.

The Drink:

The drink awarded at the bar is non-alcoholic and made with tapioca pearls, pandan leaves, and butterfly pea flowers. It features a thick texture and layered colours, creating a visual and sensory contrast that is both unusual and appealing—simultaneously repelling and attractive.