We live in very hard times. No one knows how the war in Ukraine will end, is it a start of World War 3 or a Nuclear War? Or it's almost the end of russian empire and russian neonazizm? How long it will take? A huge economic crisis starts or it will be in nearest future and this is only a small training? Looking at the news every day about Ukraine and how the war change a life of hundredths of thousands of people I realized that waiting for the best time and working until something will be perfect can go on forever. My previous experience in 2022 with reading books shows me that working with timelines and planning helped me personally to grow every day. I planned to read 24 books in a year (2 books in a month), but at the end of the year, it was something near 50. So, this year I want to finish some of my early game projects. For some of these games, I worked nearly 3 years, for some of them I created a prototype just a few months before, and some of them are on the stage where I start looking for an artist for illustrations and everything is almost ready to publish.
„Never? Again…”: I had the plan to finish this game in a few months as a part of the Solo Design Contest. Also, I had an idea to do it on Gamedev.Camp. But one day I woke up and understand that I don’t want to do this game mediocre and fast just to finish but want to do it great huge complex game with the whole story of Russian-Ukrainian War. So, I’m pretty sure that this project will take me years, but if I want to finish it, I need at least sometimes do small steps in the design of this game.
„Dino Day”: card game about dinosaurs. I'm a huge fan of dinosaurs since childhood, so it's my dream to create a game about dinosaurs. I have one small card game prototype which perfectly fits my expectation. And this is what my Supporters received today in their emails ❤️. Thanks for your help guys. If you wanna give me some feedback I’ll be very appreciative for this.
„Old New” this one will be interactive between supporters of my blog and me. I have a great concept of a duel game, in which I want to find some people who will be ready to pay a little bit extra, and as a reward, they will be drawn as a character in this game. You may find this option on my BuyMeACoffee page. I’m still working on game balance, but at the same time, I’m 100% ready to realize this project with the crowdfunding campaign at the end.
„Racing game”: I am working on this prototype for the last 3 years. It’s a Racing arcade game with different characters' abilities and weapons. I want to finish it with all balances this year and finally published it. There is a very interesting trick with the memory and movement mechanic, but last month I try to break it and do some changes to do it as a deck-building game.
„Dog game”: very small (micro) card game with fully finished balance and with an artist ready to draw. So, in nearest future, you will see some progress on this.
„Virus: Roll and Write”: that's my first game made in co-design. It’s almost ready, like 90% and I have a plan to publish it this year. We need to finish the rules, some last changes in art and graphic design, and maybe some very small changes in Special powers mechanics. I like that this game is a little bit different than most R&W games, so the players will receive a new game experience.
„Solo”: two years before the full escalation of Ukraine starts I was very excited with my solo-game prototype. I worked on it almost every week, I do small changes, then bigger ones, then redesign it and it takes me more than a year very hard, but exciting work. After that, I put a prototype in a drawer and waited until now. It's a puzzle game with very fun mechanics and cool innovation tricks in production. Im not sure it will be easy to find a publisher for this game, but when it will be I think the game may find its audience and will be a fun new experience for solo players. I’ve been playing a lot and haven’t seen anything similar.
…also, I have a very light game with a small number of components that are in the negotiation stage with a publisher so I can say nothing more. That’s my plan for this year: I want to publish a few games and do some steps in others to be ready for next year. What do you think? Is it too much? When my article for CGI was published I believed a little bit more in myself that I can write more and more, so my plan for this blog is to write at least 54 new posts this year. 1 post every week. So, that’s means that if you support my blog on BuyMeACoffee you will be able to see all the posts and all bonuses which I planning for supporters. Another great plan that I have is to finish my book about Board Games History, on which I worked since I relocated to the USA (nearly 4 years). This year will be VERY HOT 🔥
Thank you so much guys for reading this article, be safe!
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