I have developed a new game that is currently unpublished but will be going out to publishers to give them a chance to pick it up. Everyone I have pitched it to agrees it lends itself well to a digital adaptation.
Fast description: Battleship with words. Will appeal to players who like scrabble, sudoku, mastermind, and crossword puzzles.
Type of game: Word, spelling, strategy, deduction, logic
Player Count: 2 players with some experimental multiplayer versions possible
From a developer standpoint getting a basic version up and running should be very easy compared to many games.
Each player makes a 5x5 grid with 7 specific letters distributed in it.
On a turn, each player spells a word horizontally or vertically in a larger grid centered of the 5x5 region.
Then the program checks the accuracy against the answer grids and the result goes into a location players can see and review in future turns. Optionally and ideally a personal notes logic grid within the app would be nice.
The toughest part of the development might be finding sourcing for a database of words for the program to confirm a word is a valid spelling and type of word that is allowed. To start with, the game could lack spelling enforcement but it would be an important feature for competitive play to make sure people are not just using letter soup to guess well.
Note: The following rules and video are describing the full logical game. I have recently finished testing and want to include a simple version where players gain more information during grading to lower the threshold of puzzle difficulty. This will make it accessible to almost any player (but still make them think) and the variant for the original rules will be available for players who want the experience of a crossword puzzle and a sudoku puzzle mixed into a single strategic game against another player.
under 5 minute overview of the game
Rules file
Please contact me if you are interested in talking more about this project. I design games so that other players can enjoy the same things I do and this has been a big hit with puzzle players who I have introduced it to. BGA is the perfect platform to let players enjoy and to have a working digital "prototype" to show publishers instead of continuing to play on google spreadsheets. I would be happy to play the game with you before you make any decisions so you can find out if it is a product you want your name associated with.
Fast description: Battleship with words. Will appeal to players who like scrabble, sudoku, mastermind, and crossword puzzles.
Type of game: Word, spelling, strategy, deduction, logic
Player Count: 2 players with some experimental multiplayer versions possible
From a developer standpoint getting a basic version up and running should be very easy compared to many games.
Each player makes a 5x5 grid with 7 specific letters distributed in it.
On a turn, each player spells a word horizontally or vertically in a larger grid centered of the 5x5 region.
Then the program checks the accuracy against the answer grids and the result goes into a location players can see and review in future turns. Optionally and ideally a personal notes logic grid within the app would be nice.
The toughest part of the development might be finding sourcing for a database of words for the program to confirm a word is a valid spelling and type of word that is allowed. To start with, the game could lack spelling enforcement but it would be an important feature for competitive play to make sure people are not just using letter soup to guess well.
Note: The following rules and video are describing the full logical game. I have recently finished testing and want to include a simple version where players gain more information during grading to lower the threshold of puzzle difficulty. This will make it accessible to almost any player (but still make them think) and the variant for the original rules will be available for players who want the experience of a crossword puzzle and a sudoku puzzle mixed into a single strategic game against another player.
under 5 minute overview of the game
Rules file
Please contact me if you are interested in talking more about this project. I design games so that other players can enjoy the same things I do and this has been a big hit with puzzle players who I have introduced it to. BGA is the perfect platform to let players enjoy and to have a working digital "prototype" to show publishers instead of continuing to play on google spreadsheets. I would be happy to play the game with you before you make any decisions so you can find out if it is a product you want your name associated with.
