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Dog Star Tripper crowd sale ad. 8/12 thru 8/27
10/10 After a ton of fun playtests, Dog Star Tripper came together beautifully! Crowd Sale starts 8/12. Go to the link below. Check out a video and set up a reminder! Thanks for your interest! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/do...
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Example layout of Dog Star Tripper.
Example card from Dog Star Tripper.
Contents of Dog Star Tripper.
Example of rewards earned during in Dog Star Tripper.
9/10 After more designing, I felt confident enough to print a prototype and put the new game to the test. I also settled on Dog Star Tripper as the name. You’re on a one-way trip back to the Ship Title Office! Hope you earn some $$!
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Rough draft game cards
Notebooks with game ideas.
Notebooks with playtest records.
8/10 Then came the fun part… Notecards! Tape! Stickers! Playtesting a mint tin game in the Dog Star System. I settled on a 5-10 min solo game—like Cursed!?. Then tested multiple iterations to find the perfect fit for the little tin.
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Three mint tin games from designers selling on the Game Crafter. Check em out!
7/10 I’ve gotten a lot of enjoyment out of the mint tin games on TGC. Here are a few that I particularly like. Most are solo or have a solo mode and they all set up quickly and play in less than an hour, Cursed!? in under 10 mins.
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6/10 So I abandoned the expansion idea and started leaning toward something popular on the Game Crafter. Many of the most successful Crowd Sales include it, and it fits right in your pocket…
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Field Notes notebooks. Accept no substitutes!
5/10 The trouble with making a tutorial expansion is that it’d only be played once and (even though it’d be fun) it probably wouldn’t be worth paying extra for a one time tutorial. So I dove back into my ideas book!
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4/10 The expansion I had in mind would work like the prologue in #earthbornerangers. Only shorter. It’d have been an episode that the new player plays to get a feel for key mechanisms. earthbornegames.com/wp-content/u...
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3/10 My first approach was to develop an 18 card expansion to Dog Star Shippers. I’ve got plan for 4 and a training / intro expansion might work well with the other DSS expansions… www.thegamecrafter.com/games/dog-st...
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Wing Commander arcade screen.
The bar in Wing Commander.
The sim room in xwing.
2/10 I was thinking about the in-game space sims of old dos games - #xwing #wingcommander. They’re fun thematically and help add realism to games. So I wondered if something similar could be added to Dog Star Shippers.
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Mint tin game hidden behind some jungle life!
1/10 I want to share a new game that I’m developing. Over the next 10 days I’ll post a mini #designdiary. I’ll end with info about a #crowdsale on #thegamecrafter. In the meantime, what’s that crouched behind the that mushroom? Looks like it’s ready to pounce! #gamedesign #minttingame
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