Step one: be a graphic designer. In all seriousness though, thank you! Nice to have this.

Amazing, thanks guys. I'd love to see more stuff like this

The result looks amazing! I'm gonna use this thanks!!

Thank you guys for making this demonstration, it is very educational.

PVA glue can also leave small lumps. Contact spray is the best bet.

Thanks for sharing. I found it very educational. I liked particularly the level of detail used to explain the logic and the execution of all those phases. Looking forward to watching the box video : )

Thanks for the insight!

Awesome video. I'm hoping to get prototype started soon. This has been a great start

Thank you for uploading this how to video! Now I feel like I can go through with making my board game knowing that it can be done on a budget.

Just came across this and it was AMAZINGLY helpful. Not made any components for my stuff yet, but seeing that I could use Office Works and Bunnings was really cool (I'm in Australia too - VIC now, but may return to WA). Thankyou soo much for showing your process. I know I will get value out of this :)

Truly inspiring

I really enjoyed this video, things make sense now. Very good looking prototype.

Awesome Video Guys ! Thanks for the detailed behind the scenes :D

Great video, very informative and great presentation. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you! Really helpful for my Graphics Design Gcse (Im from the UK)

Thanks for that video guys, it was really interesting.

Thanks for the lesson, great video, very helpful

Job well done!

Great video, and a fun game. The artist on the game I'm hoping to self-publish/kickstart end of this year led me towards your games since she did some concept work on your game Skyward.

Great video everyone! I love your shirts by the way :-) I'm a big fan of the IT Crowd and love playing tennis. Thanks for the inspiration and insight!

This is the most useful video I've seen, and I've seen a lot!

I love this - makes me want to make games now!

Awesome video - thanks for sharing.

It was the grey board and thank you!

Thanks very much. I've been looking for info on making the prototype stuff. Perfect. I'm off to look for making some plastic figures and I'm set.

Great video

is it just me or does he remind me of Ned from spider man

Awesome Video!

What an interesting and informative video! Really excellent.

It would be good if you could put some links on the equipment you used

Thanks guys, this was really helpful

Best video I have seen on this topic

Your Bunnings didn't have a sausage sizzle!

I like what I saw here. I am actually looking for a good guide to make three card types for a prototype I am developing. The gray-board that you are using... Is it a certain thickness or type of gray-board that you like over others?

Very cool

This is cool

So don't cut corners when cutting corners. Got it! (12:00)

This video was extremely helpful. Gonna try to find where to make the boardgame box. If I can't find it, please let me know what's up. Thanks

Hi Thanks for the video. I had a similar process as yours but i always have problem with the paper used for cards and box... at the end is not the same finishing of "pro" cards. also if it´s raining and one small water drop fails on to the box the paper becomes a mess.. they seems to have like a varnish i had try to find some but it´s impossible so i plastify it with aironfix(the best solution had found). Any suggestion?

/excellent/ resource guys, thanks so much.

Anyone wanting to know how the cards were made maybe not these ones in particular but there’s a great resource on KZfaq channel is called Iwasrandomlygenerated

awesome

that was cool. Thanks for uploading. I might try a couple of these ideas myself. P.s. do you have a video of how to play the game? It looks like an interesting concept.

Could you post a list of supplies and manufacturer ? I couldn't quite understand what that token punch is called and what diameter you were using. Great video, thanks for posting.

Thank you for the detailed video of the process. It is very helpful and precise. (: My question is why didn't you print double sided on heavier paper from the beginning instead of using contact adhesive ? I am facing troubles with alienating front and back in printing specially double sided, is there any resource to check about this and how the alienation differ in portrait or landscape. I can't fully imagine the mirroring needed to print double sided. This is my first time to deal with graphic design and printing, Thank you (:

How Did You Guys Make The Cards and the Boxes?? Its a great tutorial by the way I have a school assignment and this will help me out a lot!

Pretty amazing vid, and saw the boardgame up on Gameology :D Where'd you buy the cardboard for the tokens, and also the cardboard for the box Allen? Officeworks too?

Thanks for a great video. Will you be doing a video on how to create the box? Also, how do you handle the interior cuts for the cards without the lines?

hi awesome video, is there anyway you could post the one for the box, I was super interested. I wish I saw your tips before I made my last two prototypes

What about the box itself? You said you might go and do a video on how to do that. If not, could you just tell me via this message please? How did you get the cover on that grey board? Thanks so much!

I would like to know the material paper that you printed on, it looks so nice! You just put it together for front and back? Don’t need to stick it in other card board?

What programs do you use for photoshoped coins and such

how many inches is your arch punch?

What is it that you use for the middle of your coins?

How do you make custom game-pieces for a prototype though? I am currently trying to flesh out my own idea for a board game and I am using chess pieces for my prototype, I want to 3d print my pieces but I feel that might be overkill. Any recommendations?

After the kickstarter campaign, how did you mass produce this?

I just got a question about the thickness of the normal cards (the sound quality makes it hard for me to understand it). You use 200 gsm for the front and 200 gsm for back and glue them together, without an middle layer?

What are those punchers called exactly? I'm desperately trying to find'em...

Thanks , so do you guys take these prototypes to a company for consideration and if so, have you had any success so far?

Thanks for the tips. What is the name of the token punch, where can I get one?

what type of puncher do you guys use for the rounded corners on the cards?

Hey guys, thanks for the video. Q: Where do you get your grey-board from?

it was great...the pictures and the cards...are you selling it to the public..?

What is the guillotine called or is it a 2 part set up

A3 paper, what material and thickness are you sticking the A3 paper against with?

Did y’all ever make the video showing how you make the box? I couldn’t find it.

Nice demo. spray mount can be nasty to breath in(!)

I live in Austrlia And I saw Bunnings Warehouse

whats is the name of the paper use to print? common photograft paper?

people play board games in Australia too? didnt know that before.

where do i go guys to get help making a simple board game? i have the idea and reasons can someone teach me and or help me build a board game ?

Where did you get the greyboard from?

What software did you use to do all of the cards and art?

How do you go about making the game board and box?

What was the contact adhesive? Kwik Grip? Selleys?

What's the name of the tool you're using to cut the edges of the cards and the other tool to punch out the round tokens?

¿que tipo de papel usan para imprimir?, ¿lo hacen con impresora láser?, soy de Chile y estoy interesado en crear mi propio juego ... gracias ... :D

i have a question about making in game money. I am looking for an affordable way to add in game money to my game that wont drive the cost of the game up to much. i was looking at tokens but haven't found a cheap solution . Do you have any recomendations of companys that are affordable or ways to add money to your game that wont drive the cost up to high?

I've seen a few DIY boardgame makers who all just pull out a print of the boardgraphics from their local printing shop. Well this is not just an other item on the list. Such a large print easily cost 20$ making the protoype. At least that's the price I tend to land on after asking around. It makes it almost cheaper to upload to a prototypemaker (i.e. TheGameCrafter), which defeats the purpose of making it yourself. Is this just something I have to except or is there a cheaper way?

How thick was the board you glued the coins to?

How do i do a game prototype

"porportions" ouch!

17:30 - please name of this little machine? Where can I buy it? thanks

How many game do you guys have in print

Nice looking card game. The title of the video is completely misleading, I kept waiting to see when the board was going to be printed, assembled, etc. Didn't take long to realize this "was not the video I was looking for". I watched the video to the end because I figured I had gotten more than halfway through so why not just finish it. Disappointed, but still a nice looking card game though. I guess I will keep looking for board game creation tutorials...

How much did it cost? How many cards did you made?

So i have a project in science making a board game then i tell my hole plan to my mom she said ‘so are you telling me your a genius’ i said ‘no mom im just making sure that what im doing is right im not saying im a genius’ and then she forced me to watch videos on how to make some :(

How do you recommend making an actual board for a board game

YOU LIVE IN BRISBANE!!?

like!

What software did you use??

Там один углорез 7 кусков стоит.

For tokens? oh.

Are you living off of making board games? It looks quite profesionel

Prototype 2009 Explore in KZfaq Gaming

who did the art work

So who went first?

The question is: do you want your prototype to look so good and professional? YOU DON'T. For 2 reasons: 1) your prototype should get changes after every test, you'll be scared of changing something if you have to spend money and time to change it. 2) Publishers will assume you think your game prototype is final and that you worked more on the aesthetics than the mechanics. If there are problems with your game (and there are all the time, you just can't see them) they will assume you're not willing to change a lot at this point. Publishers at game design fairs usually recommend to create prototypes that look clear and playable. Not more than that. Still, the video can be useful for those not interested in publishing a game, or wanting to promote the game themself in public fair and then self-publish it (i don't recommend doing it, but that's ok).

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