How to create a board game

[aliensoldier]

We are both learning on this particular topic... I have never "created" a board game (programmed from scratch) before. But, since you have raised the subject, I have been researching board games and how they are coded. I can see how this could be quite addictive!

Making games like Checkers and Chess etc. have always been on my "to do" list, but have never really summoned up enough courage, to actually make a commitment... lol  I am hoping this will change...

I had a weird idea about board design and player movement... N7 has a "TileMap Editor" that could be used to both create the board and move the player(s)... Not exactly sure how to do that, but I imagine that it could be done... Could save a LOT of work... more research!! Cool... Yes. Quite addictive...

Right now I'm trying to make a platform game, I have about half of the first scene. I just need to touch up the collisions, add enemies and the camera, I do everything manually without using the editor, which is something I haven't tried yet. I like doing it this way better.

I will 100% get into the board game when I finish the platform game, my idea is to make something similar to the checkers game and then with that base I can create other games with similar gameplay.

I am subscribed to a YouTube channel where there are many abstract board games with a base similar to checkers and since these games are not available for PC, it seemed like a good idea to design them myself.

I don't show a link because the channel is in Spanish.