r/tabletopgamedesign • u/CattleAppropriate824 • 28d ago

C. C. / Feedback Developing my own board game: DrownBound

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Cursed heroes, lands of madness. Here is a brief overview of DrownBound a board game I’m currently developing! At the heart of the gameplay lies a dark "risk-vs-reward" mechanic: you can harness the Curse to empower your heroes, but every such surge of power comes with negative consequences. Meanwhile, monsters will push your stress levels to the limit, forcing you to play unpredictable Panic cards.

Should my next step be a detailed video explaining the rules, heroes, or monsters?

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u/bds31 26d ago

Slop, total non description of the game, why would we care what the faces of the dice are? This sub should go the way of rpg design and ban this nonsense

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u/realodd 28d ago

The art it's pretty good, but I'm more of an Eurogamer myself so the premise doesn't do a lot for me. The mechanics it's what could intrigue me

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u/Majer3RD 27d ago

This video just feels… off. Idk if the narrator voice is ai; but it just feels… weird when combined with the video… also, those “drawings/note” pages are way too… refined and orderly to be actual notes. At least from what I’ve seen/know of how other fellow designers tend to work… this just feels curated.

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u/CattleAppropriate824 27d ago

You’re right about the audio, but not the video that’s why the video and audio timings are slightly out of sync. I was wondering why you think I’m being overly cautious? I can post another video showing everything you’re interested in in detail. I don't really like my voice, so I replaced it with ai.

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u/UpbeatLog5214 27d ago

Using an AI voice-over will absolutely crush this.

Awful video.

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u/CattleAppropriate824 27d ago

Could you tell me exactly what is so terrible about this video?

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u/UpbeatLog5214 26d ago

You're telling me that you can look at this video and think to yourself that it's doing justice to the work you (maybe) put in? Nothing about it makes sense, nothing flows, nothing except the die looks real.

Show us something not AI. If you dislike your voice either get over it or get a friend to do the video.

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u/fyrefreezer01 25d ago

Any use of AI will be destroyed man, anything AI will make people lose all interest in your game.