Welcome To Game Design - Master Board Game Design

Start creating your own Board Games from scratch, using free tools and playtesting with friends.

What you'll learn

Develop Complete Board or Card Games Prototypes
Create Game Projects with Game Design Document and Canvas
Know how the Tabletop Games were created and how they evolved
What are the main Tabletop Game Genres and how they work
Understand what are and when to use Physical Game Components
When to use each type of aesthetics
How to separate the game moments
How to Balance your game using Math, Randomness and Probabilities
Know what goes in the game and whats goes in expansions
How to publish your game with a publisher of by yourself
Find free assets for your projects

Requirements

There are absolutely no prerequisites to take this course.

Description

This course will teach you how to create Board Games from Scratch.

We start with the history of video games, then you'll learn about the game moments and components used to create a game.

In the end, you'll receive a template to start creating your game from scratch and how to publish it.

You will also learn how to balance your game to make it fun.

You will learn about many different aspects of Game Design in Tabletop Games and how they work, such as:

How to create prototypes using free tools and without being an artist

The History of Tabletop Game Consoles and their Purposes

How to choose the best components for your game

How the different game components feel in each situation

What are the main game genres

How the game aesthetics influence in the game

How to write good rulebooks

What are the main game moments

Where to find free assets for your game and use them commercially

How to balance your game using math

How to separate your game from expansions

How to publish and sell your games

By the end of some classes, I’ll challenge you to do some exercises, to help you learn better. They are not mandatory, but they can make you become a better game designer.

This course will help you create a bionic eye, after your know how games are made, playing them will never be the same again.

Who this course is for:

People who want to learn about the Tabletop Games Creation
People who want to understand Game Theory
People who want to know how to create Tabletop Games from Scratch
Anyone who plans to create quick Prototypes to validate their game ideas
People who want to become Great Game Designers
People who want to know how to Create Games using the best components
People who want to learn Mathematics for Games