Preparing a Prototype

Making a prototype has been an experience. Normally I design to sizes that Game Crafter has as a default but with Vermin Vendetta the game board to make them round and able to use the normal sizes of hex tiles Game Crafter has I needed a board larger than they could use. I couldn’t find a cheap enough tile to print for it with a single print run. So I went for a print shop with posters and I’ve ordered the tiles in poster print that I’ll cut out the tiles manually.

The other parts had to be shifted slightly in size to get proto parts cut. The prototype without the board maps costs $110 for a single print. The poster print of maps costs another $40, then with shipping every demo costs me almost $200.

These changes are to show it off to influencers and for conventions. The base prototype I have and been playing is lacking in lots of the art. I don’t need the flashy updated art for my own plays just yet. I’ll wait until it’s released for that copy on my shelf.

The biggest thing has been building up the rule book to make it flow well and get it looking nice. I think I got it now. The strange problem I ran into is the book size. Panda Manufacturers and Game Crafter have different size books offered. So I had to recreate the rule book for both. I’ve put most the time in the professional version and just downsized the pages for the prototype but I think it worked well. For the final look at the rules check out the Vermin Vendetta page.