In addition to the poll posted on the site, we also passed out our artwork poll to friends and family. All artwork was graded on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being they strongly dislike the artwork, and 5 being they strongly like. The goal of the artwork poll was Read more…
We have been hard at work sourcing our first round of artwork for the game. Our final commissioned first round piece just came in this morning, and we’re excited to post this poll to see what you all think. Your responses here will help shape the future artwork of the Read more…
We’ve gotten better at tracking key metrics on our playtest games. It’s provided great insight on our game design decisions to ensure we are moving in the right direction. We wanted to share how the game stats have changed over the last few iterations of the game. The Stats Good/Bad: Read more…
We’re currently testing version 1.7 of our game. Version 1.0 began the first time we moved from using notecards with scribbled writing to a first printing of draft cards. There are three main changes to the game, all focused on increasing game balance: deck churn, static actions, discard. Deck Churn Read more…
While Randomness (often referred to as RNG) often gets a bad rap, it is an essential part of creating a good game experience. Even games that state they focus on minimizing randomness have a clear element of randomness in them. Gloomhaven, for example, would not be nearly as fun if Read more…
Our combat mechanics have been the most tested and iterated rule set over this entire process so far. We tested both how cards are structured, and the actual combat mechanics. Here are the main changes. Card Structure Each unit card, from the beginning, has had 3 stats: Attack, Defense, Wounds. Read more…
You may be wondering, why so many blog posts recently? Joe & his wife Huiqing just had their first son, Robert, born 11/2/21! AKA – future play-tester. And while on leave, in between diaper changes, burping, feeding, coffee, and more diaper changes, we’re finally able to catch up on a Read more…
We’re big on theme here at Squeezymon games. Give us a good thematic game like Arkham Horror LCG, Warhammer Fantasy, or anything from Gilded Skull Games, and we’ll be happy campers. Unfortunately we’re not the best at making thematic stuff, but we’ll catalogue our attempts at it anyway. WARNING: likely Read more…
We’ve been testing the game with our base human army set, which consists of 30 unique cards. This limited card set was helpful to get the core game mechanics down, but to add additional depth to the game, we completed our first expansion set, Praise Duarus. The set is based Read more…
We realize the last post, ages ago, said we’d talk about adding randomization next. But instead today we’re talking more about game balance. In part 1, we discussed why a points based deck builder is challenging, and touched on potential game ideas to test. We’ve done a ton of testing Read more…