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Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 20 February 2022, 14:24
by Matthias X
Hi all,
I've developed my first game, play-tested it abundantly, reached out to game companies - no one was interested. Bummer! Nonetheless, I think that it is a great game.
Just now I learned about Board Game Arena Studio and asked myself, if I can make my game accessible to other players even if there is no board game company behind it?
Do you know any games on BGA with the same background?
(BGA has the advantage over Tabletopia, that the rules are implemented inside the game, which makes learning games much easier - thereby making new games more attractive.)
I'd love to get feedback on the game from as many players as possible.
Matthias
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 20 February 2022, 17:13
by fruktansvärt
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 20 February 2022, 20:08
by Meeplelowda
Matthias X wrote: ↑20 February 2022, 14:24
Do you know any games on BGA with the same background?
Insert is a game first (and as far as I know, only) available on BGA. It's by Bruno Cathala, who has almost 2 dozen published games.
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 20 February 2022, 20:44
by Tisaac
Matthias X wrote: ↑20 February 2022, 14:24
Hi all,
I've developed my first game, play-tested it abundantly, reached out to game companies - no one was interested. Bummer! Nonetheless, I think that it is a great game.
Just now I learned about Board Game Arena Studio and asked myself,
if I can make my game accessible to other players even if there is no board game company behind it?
Do you know any games on BGA with the same background?
(BGA has the advantage over Tabletopia, that the rules are implemented inside the game, which makes learning games much easier - thereby making new games more attractive.)
I'd love to get feedback on the game from as many players as possible.
Matthias
MarkSteere developped at least 2 or 3 abstract game he created that are not published, so you are free to do so, bit dont expect to have volonteer dev, you will need to do the dev work yourself probably
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 20 February 2022, 22:13
by RicardoRix
You can start by adding / submitting a BGG game reference. Plus you'll get a BGG game developer badge
This will at least mean it's web published.
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 21 February 2022, 12:02
by Nastaa
Hello Matthias,
I don't see any reason why you couldn't. Some of the games available on BGA are from public domain (e.g. Chess, Nine Men's Morris, Checkers, Go, Hearts, President, Scopa, Briscola), so they also don't have a board game company behind.
Examples of games that are not published physically (to my knowledge) but are available on BGA:
- Pingimus
- Gopher
Hope to be able to discover your game soon
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 21 February 2022, 12:03
by Matthias X
Thank you all so very much!
After having read your comments, I'm convinced that it is possible!
I guess that BGA Studio is waiting for me now
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 21 February 2022, 16:01
by T72on1
Looking forward to this. Can you already share what type of game it is? Or is it too soon for that?
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 21 February 2022, 17:10
by Matthias X
T72on1 wrote: ↑21 February 2022, 16:01
Looking forward to this. Can you already share what type of game it is? Or is it too soon for that?
Hi,
thematically it's a dungeon crawler, mechanically it is a deduction and bluffing game, which provides significantly more depth than Skull, Poker or Liar's Dice. Special attention was paid to easy rules and intensive player interaction. I haven't seen the core mechanism of the game anywhere else. (3-5 players, 40 minutes, development of the rules: 95% finished)
I'm grateful for your encouraging words. I hope that I can tackle BGA Studio programming.
Re: Non-published game on BGA
Posted: 21 February 2022, 17:59
by T72on1
In that case, thematically it's 100% something I like
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