Board Game Arena

Hi everyone,
I would like to know how much would it cost to hire a developer to develop my abstract game, Block Arena (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262157/block-arena) here on Boardgamearena.

I will resume here the mechanics:

- 9x9 squared board;
- there are 8 blocks (dimensions 1x1x2);
- the blocks flip (moving from upright position to laying, in a orthogonal direction) and slide (sliding one square space in orthogonal directions).
- each player controls a meeple that can move through the blocks, walking ON them and NEVER touching the board directly;
- it requires a time track and a pawn that advances along it after each move of the second player.

You can read an almost up-to-date rulebook here: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/1708 ... es-english - version 5.0.

It could be realized 2D or preferably 3D (in a similar way to Santorini).

Now.

How much would it cost to hire a developer?

I have no clue about it and I would like to have your opinion.

Thank you,
Marco.

It is not a fixed price, you have to find a developer and they can privide you an estimate, but be careful. I suggest to not pay until they finish the game
beause there is lots of abandon games here

Victoria_La wrote: ↑09 October 2021, 16:44 It is not a fixed price, you have to find a developer and they can privide you an estimate, but be careful. I suggest to not pay until they finish the game
beause there is lots of abandon games here

Hey Victoria!
Thank you for your answer and your suggestion.

But do you have any idea about the average price?
I mean, it could be something like € 200 or much more?
I really don't have any idea, so an average would be helpful.

Etoclas wrote: ↑09 October 2021, 17:58

Victoria_La wrote: ↑09 October 2021, 16:44 It is not a fixed price, you have to find a developer and they can privide you an estimate, but be careful. I suggest to not pay until they finish the game
beause there is lots of abandon games here

Hey Victoria!
Thank you for your answer and your suggestion.

But do you have any idea about the average price?
I mean, it could be something like € 200 or much more?
I really don't have any idea, so an average would be helpful.

Probably more around 2000€, maybe more if you want real 3d. But that would be for a full freelance job, with deadlines ensured. Sometimes an intermediate aggrement can be found, a volonteer with some rewards, but that means on a longer period a time. So that's really depends on how long are you ok to wait (which could be several years or never for a full volonteer dev).

Tisaac wrote: ↑09 October 2021, 18:42

Etoclas wrote: ↑09 October 2021, 17:58

Victoria_La wrote: ↑09 October 2021, 16:44 It is not a fixed price, you have to find a developer and they can privide you an estimate, but be careful. I suggest to not pay until they finish the game
beause there is lots of abandon games here

Hey Victoria!
Thank you for your answer and your suggestion.

But do you have any idea about the average price?
I mean, it could be something like € 200 or much more?
I really don't have any idea, so an average would be helpful.

Probably more around 2000€, maybe more if you want real 3d. But that would be for a full freelance job, with deadlines ensured. Sometimes an intermediate aggrement can be found, a volonteer with some rewards, but that means on a longer period a time. So that's really depends on how long are you ok to wait (which could be several years or never for a full volonteer dev).

Thank you Tisaac for your answer, very clear and exactly what I wanted to know

I would love to hire a developer for an obscure yet simple single pawn move at a time abstract known as Bahama Taxi. If anyone would seriously like to develop this game for BGA, send me a message and we can talk about funding.

Recently a new channel for finding developers has been opened in BGA developers' discord server. Try there too.

ufm wrote: ↑23 October 2021, 09:15 Recently a new channel for finding developers has been opened in BGA developers' discord server. Try there too.

Do you have a link?

nicotacotac wrote: ↑23 October 2021, 20:26 https://discord.gg/jCp8Pj3Nu2

Thank you!