@@TIMORUMGamers it's a game where each person takes a turn and roll the dice then have the choice to move someone foward or back, there are also a few special spaces to make the game a bit more interesting
This is a great video, I just wanted to make a board game that plays really similar to a fighting video game. I'm not sure where to start so I stumbled upon your video here. Thanks!
My game is going to be an SCP board game, acting like a trading card game, but all the cards for both players are already in the box. The whole idea is to contain or neutralise every SPC (20 in total, two copies of 10 SCPs I have chosen myself) by either using containment cards of varying strength or playing SPCs or SPC Staff to fight the opponents SPCs or SPC staff, with the addition of ‘assist’ cards such as mobile task forces, a nuke, and an instant breach card that allow you to choose an SCP in the opponent’s containment site, then let them breach into their breach zone, where they will remain until recontained, or move somewhere else upon the activation of a containment breach ability, which may be instant or after a certain amount of turns/relying on certain criteria to be met.
Sounds like you have your mechanics mapped out nicely. Now it's time to create your components and get it on the table for a quick test session to see how it works. Let me know how it turns out!
Not finished yet unfortunately! We had to switch gears back to our main game we've been working on trying to get it up on Kickstarter. Even "little" games have a tendency to take a lot of time.
I want to make a semi-cooperative horror game about a group of kids who get stuck in mansion with a vampire and have to try and survive the night. I would want it to feature a hidden movement mechanic and special abilities for the players.
Okay!!.... I'm planning to make a game on future......like a educational game....for 6+ (water scarcity)....i cant think above "rolling dices" any tips guys ??
Ummm... well, I think you may want to start on how you want the player experience to be and then move into what game mechanics will provide that type of experience. How much do you want to focus on education? How much do you want to focus on the game actually being fun? All of these variables (plus many more) matter.
I'd love to make a tactical board game based on CQC in Irak and Pakistan. The players would control squads and engage in difficult yet enjoyable actical ops.
TIMORUM Gamers Pffff, not that great. I may abort the project or at least post-pone it. Although it won't be much, just something me and my friends will play. I actually did a couple of drawings and kind of established the main mecanics.
i cant think of a name :( my board game is about money and how different companies have competed (your charecter is a company) but with lots of twists things, just like having your own business and company. I want the name to include money... any suggestions?
Interesting🤔 I'll definitely take all this into account with my "wars of zuldris" board game. Btw, I am having trouble in how to create the board itself. It's gonna be made in a kinda special way which I couldn't find any videos on how I could do it the way my board will be designed. If you see this comment, could I possibly ask you to answer if you wanna help so I can get into more detail? I have the genuine idea of how it should look, but because of how it's designed, I have no idea how to produce the board.
Hi im new to creating long time playing Iv just started makimg my own game based on what i wish my favourate games had and do. So its a mash of about 4 games with my own mechanics thrown in. Im in the brain storm phase/concept stage wilst adding a key note sheet for things i wana come back to. I giess my main question is where do i find help and how do i go to tje next stage? Help would be a god send if you could pojnt me in a direction
I would suggest that you throw together some quick rules and create a mock-up game; your next stage is essentially creating a prototype. However, you may need to do a little more work to figure out some base rules to get things going. I would highly recommend checking out the next few videos that I have on both mechanics and prototyping: ua-cam.com/video/NZixTnCAixI/v-deo.html
my dream is to become a video game design. but until i have the resources to make one, i'll try to design a board game based on RPGs, but that is really fun and intuitive to play.
Video game and board game design have some big similarities and often times are doing the same thing - one is digital, the other is analog. The benefit with board game design is that you don't need to have programming experience in order to build a game. However, that doesn't mean that board game design is easy. In a video game the computer is managing all of the rules for the player. In this aspect board game design is much harder than video game design. Try creating a game with depth that is also easy for the player to understand and follow the rule structure... it's very challenging. With that said, go for it! Board game design is a great way to get into video game design! Let me know how it goes.
When you think that you're done, do more playtesting. Then, update your game, and perform more playtesting. That last 10% of game-creation is oftentimes the most tedious of making an iteration, getting feedback, creating updates, and then playtesting once again. Many games fall flat here. With that said, when you're done (to an extent - you're never really done), you will want to go from prototype to an ALPHA stage - this is where you have your rules 95+% complete and you're just working on optimizing the UI (artwork). At this point, I would suggest work on finding an artist to begin building components to a more "finished" state. The prototype should just turn into a better, more professional prototype.
My assignment is to make a board game that's business themed, I'm soloing a group assignment so it'll abit difficult. Could I possibly get suggestions on what type of board game I could make that isnt too difficult because I also have to produce a physical copy
What do you mean by business themed? Also, by easy I'm guessing something that you will be able to put together yourself since you're doing all the work for your group... I would suggest something with minimal components - cards, and maybe a gameboard if you want to get crazy. Give me some more info and I'll see what I can do to help.
thankx for this video. i what to make a simple table top games for kids. Im currently in the brainstorm stage. my question is How much would a simple table top card based game cost to get made average range .? thankx again
It depends on how many cards their are and any other components in your game. To get a decent idea of what the cost will be, I would suggest you head over to The Game Crafter and enter in all of the components and see how much the total comes out to be. That will be your base cost. Then, the final price will depend on how much you are looking to make in profit. Let me know how things turn out!
I have some crazy kids who are working on a boardgame as an assignment...and gosh, I hope they have used some of your pointers and create something that is decent or good.
Who's your customer is not a good question. It's a Biz question not a creative question imo the best games and all creative endeavors were made with only the joy of the creator in mind. Not enjoying yourself or sacrifice passion for profit is a sure-fire way to get burnt out on an idea you don't actually like. The idea that gets you fired up is the idea you will push through to the end.! if you don't follow your heart in the beginning the end will be a heartless slog in a swamp of willpower sucking servility where you will continually question why it is you started the thing. Every hero and every praise worthy endevour in history started with nay-sayers saying they could never make money doing x.y. And z. Now people like Rodney Mullen and Arnold schwarzenegger of success. Don't think about the money kids think about the fire in your belly. "Do I love this idea enough to suffer pain sacrifice and ridicule?" That's a question worth asking.
I appreciate your input and I agree. Any art form requires for an innate desire to design something that you personally are passionate about. If there was no passion, you wouldn't be putting in the hours upon hours of hard work, discovery, testing and all the rest. The question you're asking is the question that you must start with. Perhaps it's a subject for another video.
I made a board game called revenge, thanks to u
That's so awesome to hear! What type of game is Revenge?
@@TIMORUMGamers it's a game where each person takes a turn and roll the dice then have the choice to move someone foward or back, there are also a few special spaces to make the game a bit more interesting
Great job! So many people have ideas, but never create them!
how do you play?
Litterly just the game “sorry!”
Me: "Asked the google assistant if I can play board game with the assistant"
Google: Brings me here
Me: Excited, Shocked and Unexpected
My favorite thing for getting ideas is to look at past game jams and see what you come up with based on the theme.
I came too late, but i love it very helpful
hey bro wassup i have to watch you for class
Sweet! What class and how did it go?
It was game making class and it went pretty well
I had doubts about your system but it worked so well thank you
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Make design goals. The goal of this design is player interaction, heavy theme, etc etc. Then brainstorm things that fit those mechanics.
Yes, great point!
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I got superhero board game with cards so i come for inspiration to make ideas for other stuff
This is a great video, I just wanted to make a board game that plays really similar to a fighting video game. I'm not sure where to start so I stumbled upon your video here.
Thanks!
Glad to hear that it helped! Let me know how it goes!
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I need help i was thinking of making a board game about the wild west but i am stuck in the brain storming phase, i need help!
My game is going to be an SCP board game, acting like a trading card game, but all the cards for both players are already in the box. The whole idea is to contain or neutralise every SPC (20 in total, two copies of 10 SCPs I have chosen myself) by either using containment cards of varying strength or playing SPCs or SPC Staff to fight the opponents SPCs or SPC staff, with the addition of ‘assist’ cards such as mobile task forces, a nuke, and an instant breach card that allow you to choose an SCP in the opponent’s containment site, then let them breach into their breach zone, where they will remain until recontained, or move somewhere else upon the activation of a containment breach ability, which may be instant or after a certain amount of turns/relying on certain criteria to be met.
Sounds like you have your mechanics mapped out nicely. Now it's time to create your components and get it on the table for a quick test session to see how it works. Let me know how it turns out!
This video is so helpful. I want to base my game off of iconic zombie films. Thanks so much
Great to hear that it helped! :-)
I wanna make an intense board game that requires thinking and timing. I want it to be inspired by the horror movie Saw.
I think that's an awesome place to get started from!
Interested in your scribblequest game did you ever finish it?
Not finished yet unfortunately! We had to switch gears back to our main game we've been working on trying to get it up on Kickstarter. Even "little" games have a tendency to take a lot of time.
So... is it done now?
Nice video! This makes board game creation so much easier.
Glad to hear that it helped! :-)
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I want to make a semi-cooperative horror game about a group of kids who get stuck in mansion with a vampire and have to try and survive the night. I would want it to feature a hidden movement mechanic and special abilities for the players.
How do you patent your game so nobody can steal your idea?
Heh, our project is about creating a board game, but the theme is factoring in Math.
Oh, that's interesting! I hope it goes well for you!
+TIMORUM Gamers you guys are so accepting and awesome good luck in the future
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I need to make a board game but in the theme of the evil queen from Snow White can someone help me plz
Ima make or a doomish or falloutish game where you can do quests and collect weapons to get to the end
I'm trying to design a game but I'm extremely stuck and I have to submit it in 4 days
I'm a tad bit late, but if you still need help I might be able to provide the help you need. No promises tho, cause I'm not *too* experienced myself.
I do this to, all though it doesn't look as professional as this
Keep it up! My sons love making board games too and would love to watch your channel!
Okay!!.... I'm planning to make a game on future......like a educational game....for 6+ (water scarcity)....i cant think above "rolling dices" any tips guys ??
Ummm... well, I think you may want to start on how you want the player experience to be and then move into what game mechanics will provide that type of experience. How much do you want to focus on education? How much do you want to focus on the game actually being fun? All of these variables (plus many more) matter.
This is really helpful we have to make a board game that's some how related to our school rules
Glad to hear this was helpful! I'm interested to know how your finished game came out.
I'd love to make a tactical board game based on CQC in Irak and Pakistan. The players would control squads and engage in difficult yet enjoyable actical ops.
I love tactical games. Sounds like fun! How is the prototype coming along?
TIMORUM Gamers Pffff, not that great. I may abort the project or at least post-pone it. Although it won't be much, just something me and my friends will play. I actually did a couple of drawings and kind of established the main mecanics.
i cant think of a name :( my board game is about money and how different companies have competed (your charecter is a company) but with lots of twists things, just like having your own business and company. I want the name to include money... any suggestions?
Interesting🤔 I'll definitely take all this into account with my "wars of zuldris" board game.
Btw, I am having trouble in how to create the board itself. It's gonna be made in a kinda special way which I couldn't find any videos on how I could do it the way my board will be designed. If you see this comment, could I possibly ask you to answer if you wanna help so I can get into more detail? I have the genuine idea of how it should look, but because of how it's designed, I have no idea how to produce the board.
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Hi im new to creating long time playing Iv just started makimg my own game based on what i wish my favourate games had and do. So its a mash of about 4 games with my own mechanics thrown in. Im in the brain storm phase/concept stage wilst adding a key note sheet for things i wana come back to. I giess my main question is where do i find help and how do i go to tje next stage? Help would be a god send if you could pojnt me in a direction
I would suggest that you throw together some quick rules and create a mock-up game; your next stage is essentially creating a prototype. However, you may need to do a little more work to figure out some base rules to get things going. I would highly recommend checking out the next few videos that I have on both mechanics and prototyping: ua-cam.com/video/NZixTnCAixI/v-deo.html
my dream is to become a video game design. but until i have the resources to make one, i'll try to design a board game based on RPGs, but that is really fun and intuitive to play.
Video game and board game design have some big similarities and often times are doing the same thing - one is digital, the other is analog. The benefit with board game design is that you don't need to have programming experience in order to build a game. However, that doesn't mean that board game design is easy. In a video game the computer is managing all of the rules for the player. In this aspect board game design is much harder than video game design. Try creating a game with depth that is also easy for the player to understand and follow the rule structure... it's very challenging. With that said, go for it! Board game design is a great way to get into video game design! Let me know how it goes.
Once you have concept, and once designed. How would you recommend the next stage of creating a prototype and turning it into a product. Thank-you
When you think that you're done, do more playtesting. Then, update your game, and perform more playtesting.
That last 10% of game-creation is oftentimes the most tedious of making an iteration, getting feedback, creating updates, and then playtesting once again. Many games fall flat here.
With that said, when you're done (to an extent - you're never really done), you will want to go from prototype to an ALPHA stage - this is where you have your rules 95+% complete and you're just working on optimizing the UI (artwork). At this point, I would suggest work on finding an artist to begin building components to a more "finished" state. The prototype should just turn into a better, more professional prototype.
Thank you for this i just thought of a picture of a chihuahua with a sombrero and poncho and just created a ehole board gamenin my head
Well, this sounds... interesting... :-P
My assignment is to make a board game that's business themed, I'm soloing a group assignment so it'll abit difficult. Could I possibly get suggestions on what type of board game I could make that isnt too difficult because I also have to produce a physical copy
What do you mean by business themed? Also, by easy I'm guessing something that you will be able to put together yourself since you're doing all the work for your group... I would suggest something with minimal components - cards, and maybe a gameboard if you want to get crazy. Give me some more info and I'll see what I can do to help.
thankx for this video. i what to make a simple table top games for kids. Im currently in the brainstorm stage. my question is How much would a simple table top card based game cost to get made average range .? thankx again
It depends on how many cards their are and any other components in your game. To get a decent idea of what the cost will be, I would suggest you head over to The Game Crafter and enter in all of the components and see how much the total comes out to be. That will be your base cost. Then, the final price will depend on how much you are looking to make in profit. Let me know how things turn out!
I have some crazy kids who are working on a boardgame as an assignment...and gosh, I hope they have used some of your pointers and create something that is decent or good.
I hope so as well! For their sake! I appreciate the comment and would like to know how things worked out with your students.
I take it that the same rules apply for making video games.
Yes, absolutely!
Thanks! :)
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I'm making a board game about annoying your friends!
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Who's your customer is not a good question. It's a Biz question not a creative question imo the best games and all creative endeavors were made with only the joy of the creator in mind. Not enjoying yourself or sacrifice passion for profit is a sure-fire way to get burnt out on an idea you don't actually like. The idea that gets you fired up is the idea you will push through to the end.! if you don't follow your heart in the beginning the end will be a heartless slog in a swamp of willpower sucking servility where you will continually question why it is you started the thing. Every hero and every praise worthy endevour in history started with nay-sayers saying they could never make money doing x.y. And z. Now people like Rodney Mullen and Arnold schwarzenegger of success. Don't think about the money kids think about the fire in your belly. "Do I love this idea enough to suffer pain sacrifice and ridicule?" That's a question worth asking.
I appreciate your input and I agree. Any art form requires for an innate desire to design something that you personally are passionate about. If there was no passion, you wouldn't be putting in the hours upon hours of hard work, discovery, testing and all the rest. The question you're asking is the question that you must start with. Perhaps it's a subject for another video.
lol I came here for a school project
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An here is my DIY magnetic puzzle board game made from used picture frame: ua-cam.com/video/OIIPwMs0jyo/v-deo.html
I’ve made Board games as long as I can remember. I mean I’ve made a game about battles, dice rollers, strategy and card games oh many card games
stop with the "air quotes" :)
really "sorry" about that :-P
"When I was a solo team"
Wait, what?
Yup, from team of 1 to a team of 2 now. :-)
I have to make a fricken board game about World War II
Wow, that's going to be a challenging one! Good luck!
check out Memoir 44 for the strategy aspect of WW2