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A few friends and I invented a board game several years ago and we all thought this pandemic time would be a great opportunity to get back into it. I set up a

A few friends and I invented a board game several years ago and we all thought this pandemic time would be a great opportunity to get back into it. I set up a real time board game maker online, called DoomGrid[0]. It's very basic and just uses Firebase to sync a bunch of game objects across everyone's game board. We also published the rules for our invented game recently[1] (warning, only 70% complete). We've now spent over 10+ hours developing those rules and the story behind them. If you haven't tried inventing a game yet, I'd highly recommend it. It's really fun! I personally enjoy it just as much as actually playing the finished game. And it's very rewarding the play something you crafted from scratch. [0] https://doomgrid.com/ https://doomgrid.com/ [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GBGlrMk4By5IZ28yCqq3vHAouzLk9FitqYkSmoC4SkI/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GBGlrMk4By5IZ28yCqq3vHAo...

joemasilotti 6y ago
This looks like a blast! I'll have to share it with my friends this weekend. We always think of new board game ideas but never take them anywhere. DoomGrid could really help.
polishdude20 6y ago
A friend and I made a game a few weeks ago and it's also just simply synchronizes the board using a server to store the game state. It's a Codenames clone you can find here http://those.codes http://those.codes
- ollerac 6y ago
  This looks great. Do you think your friend might add a short paragraph to the home page explaining what this does? Might engender a little more trust. I'm totally gonna use this to play Codenames with my parents-in-law.
- ipsum2 6y ago
  That's very polished, I like the "draw yourself" animation.
philsnow 6y ago
Had you looked into using https://boardgame.io/ https://boardgame.io/ for doing state management?
- ollerac 6y ago
  I prefer having more freedom than a turn-based system provides — the the setup I currently have is actually super simple, but I'll look into this for the next turn-based game I make.
yreg 6y ago
I took this game design course[0] on Coursera for fun and found it pleasing. The students are asked to invent constrained games as assignments and they get feedback on them from their peers. [0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-design/home/welcome https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-design/home/welcome

joemasilotti 6y ago

This looks like a blast! I'll have to share it with my friends this weekend. We always think of new board game ideas but never take them anywhere. DoomGrid could really help.

polishdude20 6y ago

A friend and I made a game a few weeks ago and it's also just simply synchronizes the board using a server to store the game state. It's a Codenames clone you can find here http://those.codes http://those.codes

ollerac 6y ago
This looks great. Do you think your friend might add a short paragraph to the home page explaining what this does? Might engender a little more trust. I'm totally gonna use this to play Codenames with my parents-in-law.
ipsum2 6y ago
That's very polished, I like the "draw yourself" animation.

philsnow 6y ago

Had you looked into using https://boardgame.io/ https://boardgame.io/ for doing state management?

ollerac 6y ago
I prefer having more freedom than a turn-based system provides — the the setup I currently have is actually super simple, but I'll look into this for the next turn-based game I make.

yreg 6y ago

I took this game design course[0] on Coursera for fun and found it pleasing. The students are asked to invent constrained games as assignments and they get feedback on them from their peers. [0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-design/home/welcome https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-design/home/welcome