Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Game Designer? or whatever? - What's your role?!

Some of the issues that I have met recently, well, not really recently, but that has been go on for a while but I start to realize I have to raise the issues now.

Game Designer?

The person who design the "Game". Yes, from my point of view, this includes, the mechanism of the game, the theme of the game, the cards  layout, rule books write up and all the words on the boxes.

EXCEPT

The places where lovely pictures comes in. no matter is the box itself, the cards or the rule book.

This is how I define it, however, I have found some people have a different opinion with me. Well, I don't know how many, but there may be a lot.

So far as an Art Illustrator, I have to do everything else, except the game mechanism and balance the game.
which is probably unfair, as I will put it this way.

Well, just want to complain today, nothing really useful here, but I would love to hear from someone who has a different view to me or same as me.

PS: The flyingV project - BELIEVE!? where I am the illustrator of the game( you know the definition from above) is not going well. I knew it and I have warned this, so this is it. However, as I have to be responsible for the artwork, the theme, the card layout and ....etc. so I have to complete my mission as assigned.

PS: Gold Rush has gone thru so many playtester and several convention, since it is pretty positive and it has met my standards, I hope it will be published sometime in summer. Fingers Crossed.

PS: I am off to Game Market 2014 Summer on 1st June, I am so looking forward to this!