The Number One Educational Resource for the Game Industry
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Overview:
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In this talk, Cody and Ira share best practices and pitfalls of their 10-year design and development process of Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread, including a successful crowdfunding campaign (~$1.4MM and ~10,500 backers). Arydia is an open world, campaign-based, co-operative, fantasy-themed role-playing board game. We strive to maximize Arydia's audience and differentiate it from other games on the market via increased traditional role playing opportunities and fully prepainted miniatures (with interchangeable heads!) included in every copy of the game. Cody, as designer, and Ira, as developer, discuss their roles on the project and the biggest challenges they faced (e.g. what to do when the first manufacturing plan far exceeds the desired budget). They conclude by sharing the "secret sauce" of their successful, multi-year collaboration, outlined in five clear points that any small team can replicate.
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