Originally posted on The Fish Pond:
Game making is not something I ever thought I would undertake, and it’s a process that has been far more challenging then first anticipated. There are far more components to creating a game than I ever truly realised, and each had a set of their own challenges, and obstacles…
Originally posted on The Fish Pond:
After putting together my first prototype, including writing up a sheet of rules for my game, ‘Shipwreck Cove’, I felt confident heading into my first play test. I thought I had created a draft of a game that would work well…. that turned out to not be exactly true.…
THE OFFICIAL RULES Setup Each player will need $3000 each, $100×30 notes Each player will need to draw 1 ‘painting’ cards randomly A designated player will need to deal the ‘$’ cards to each player. You can’t switch ‘$’ cards. How many ‘$’ cards is based on the same number of ‘draw’ cards you have. […]… Read More Final Rules + Reflection
Over the last few months’ l have detailed the process of developing my board game ‘Where’s jimbo?!’. The process has been long, however, l have learnt valuable skills during this process. I was frightened at the idea of creating my very own board game. I thought the game l would come up with would be…
Originally posted on Ashleigh van Niekerk:
Previous blog post: Here For the Mercenaries I have made Character Cards which have a picture of the mercenary, their name, class, race, Health Points and the Damage they deal on one side. On the other side there will be the mercenaries abilities, these involve: Magic Spells, Special Attacks,…
Game making is something that I have never done before and never thought I would do, so it was great to see the steps that go into creating a game and then follow those steps myself. The major thing I learnt was about the creation of game rules. I never thought that the rule creation…
Game rules are an essential component to any board game. Or any game in general. Game rules establish the goal and objectives of a game, as well as explaining to new players how the mechanics of the game work. The rules also act as obstacles for the players and establish the parameters of what the… Read More Game Rules and 2nd Playtest
Originally posted on Ashleigh van Niekerk:
Previous blog post : Here This week I experimented with MANY different things trying to take my original inspirations as discussed in my other blog post and turn it into something playable. A whole lot of racking my brain, drawing up drafts and taking notes. One thing experimented with…
This week there have been two milestones in my ‘build a board game journey’. Well in reality there were three milestones as I managed to complete my first prototype, yay! The first milestone was that I actually got to play test my Wormholes prototype and secondly, I began to write a set of rules. The […]… Read More Taking the Prototype For a Spin
Originally posted on Ashleigh van Niekerk:
First Idea- Guess Who but with Monsters instead of people. Recent Idea- A player versus player strategy board game. After finding that a Guess Who Monster remake would’ve been kind of a bit too easy on the game loop side of things and basically have zero depth. I thought…
