u/Vague-Intent47

I always believed that magic could affect every day life for the common people, if it was established enough. I could expect industrious individuals to capitalize on this and create an industry where they can produce such items for the populace. Naturally, there are common objects and more refined ones for those with deeper pockets.

Here are a few from my world of Athil Vestra:
* Water jug - taps into the chaos plane, specifically the realm of water to fill on a simple tap against it.
* Cleansing cloth - used to wipe oneself clean; a little flick an is no longer soiled.
* Warming towel - always warm and soft to the touch.
* Warming bowl - used to heat up food - specifically soup.
* Frost box - low temperatures from cool to freezing to help food last longer.
* Cooling shade - a parasol that not only blocks the sun, but also emits waves of cool air.

Beyond this there are more advanced magical items, objects, and craft to enhance the qualities of life.
Road resurfaces are one. Utilizing the effects of Move Earth, they can fix broken or sinking roadways and return them to a state of flat and smooth once again. Simple, yet incredible for ease of travel through a city.
Magic is a tool - use it wisely.

Tell me, does your world have such things?

A magical resource.
A creature.
A religion.
A technology.
A historical event.

Most people focus on the thing itself. I’m more interested in the consequences.

What is one everyday aspect of life that exists solely because of that thing?
Something ordinary.
Something people barely think about anymore.

What had a significant impact on your world, or a part of it, that has just become normal and people don't think about? But if that thing never existed or never happened their lives would be drastically different.

A magical resource.
A creature.
A religion.
A technology.
A historical event.

Most people focus on the thing itself. I’m more interested in the consequences.

What is one everyday aspect of life that exists solely because of that thing?
Something ordinary.
Something people barely think about anymore.

What had a significant impact on your world, or a part of it, that has just become normal and people don't think about? But if that thing never existed or never happened their lives would be drastically different.

I am wondering if anyone finds it strange to show an image of the physical product (printed documents) for a digital item (guided creation workbooks) for what I sell?

There are images of select pages from the documents if you look at individual product postings, but I’m wondering if the initial thumbnail image captures the product without being misleading in any way.
That image is a bit of an elaborate setup that I hope captures the feel and theme of what I am offering.

I appreciate insight and opinions on how best to present digital works. What I have is something that can be utilized in a digital format, or printed and written on. I like providing options. That’s the whole basis for what I have - a guide for the process in creation, which I know is different for everyone.
Tagline: You have answers, I have questions.

Designers, of all kinds, share with me - and us - your game that you have either published or had a prototype produced. If you have many, share your favorite.

What is the game called?

How long did you spend designing it?

Are you happy with what you have made, or did revisions soon follow?

I love hearing about the creations that have become more than an idea. It inspires others to continue their journey. And what a journey it is.

I don't know what I did with the latest json file extract from Dextrous, but now when I place tokens on top of tiles they fall through and set on the table instead of the tile on the table.

What setting am I missing in the extract?
Can this be fixed directly in Tabletop Simulator?

This breaks my mind...

For those of you with knowledge and experience with Tabletop Simulator, I appreciate your assistance.

I have a player’s character board that holds four unique tracks with trait values from 1 to 6. Four cubes are placed to track the traits as they change.
If the character has a status change during the game, the board flips and shows four new tracks.

Question: can I snap to precise locations in each side, or no?

I understand that I can lock the board in place and then set snap points.
But this requires unlocking to flip, and then the snap points set no longer apply, as they are locked to the other side.

Would I require having the player board be exactly the same layout in both sides? Or is there another option?

For those of you with knowledge and experience, I appreciate your assistance.

I have a player’s character board that holds four unique tracks with trait values from 1 to 6. Four cubes are placed to track the traits as they change.
If the character has a status change during the game, the board flips and shows four new tracks.

Question: can I snap to precise locations in each side, or no?

I understand that I can lock the board in place and then set snap points.
But this requires unlocking to flip, and then the snap points set no longer apply, as they are locked to the other side.

Would I require having the player board be exactly the same layout in both sides? Or is there another option?

Worldbuilders assemble! Bring your favourite faction forth

Every world, every civilization, every region, every empire... all have a group of individuals who share a purpose. They all have a history. They are all received by other differently. They all believe they exist for a reason.

What is one faction, organization, cult, assembly, or group that you personally enjoy thinking about, designing, and forming ideas of how they impact your world?

For me, it is the Bayrushi. Ancient flame-wielding warriors that have become legend and myth. When they first formed it was in defence against the Kori-Akuma - ice devils, more commonly referred to as Frostreavers.
Large like trolls, but ferocious like wild wolves, the Frostreavers plagued the lands with senseless destruction. The Bayrushi formed to burn them from existence.
In current day, the Bayrushi legend is in the heart of the desert landscape of Ademar. The Kori-Akuma reside with the northern frozen wastelands.
What perplexes scholars is that the two are leagues apart from each other. It would take months of travel for one to find the other, so how did they come to be such feared and violent enemies? Ancient historians know that the lands that lay across the seas used to be one great expansive mass. Yet the history of the two existing in this time is not known.
Will the Frostreavers venture out of the north and renew their destroyer tendencies? Will the Bayrushi arrive to force the back? Do they actually still exist, or their story lost to time?

Who exists in your world to shape current events or is little more than a story?

Worldbuilders assemble! Bring your favourite faction forth

Every world, every civilization, every region, every empire... all have a group of individuals who share a purpose. They all have a history. They are all received by other differently. They all believe they exist for a reason.

What is one faction, organization, cult, assembly, or group that you personally enjoy thinking about, designing, and forming ideas of how they impact your world?

For me, it is the Bayrushi. Ancient flame-wielding warriors that have become legend and myth. When they first formed it was in defence against the Kori-Akuma - ice devils, more commonly referred to as Frostreavers.
Large like trolls, but ferocious like wild wolves, the Frostreavers plagued the lands with senseless destruction. The Bayrushi formed to burn them from existence.
In current day, the Bayrushi legend is in the heart of the desert landscape of Ademar. The Kori-Akuma reside with the northern frozen wastelands.
What perplexes scholars is that the two are leagues apart from each other. It would take months of travel for one to find the other, so how did they come to be such feared and violent enemies? Ancient historians know that the lands that lay across the seas used to be one great expansive mass. Yet the history of the two existing in this time is not known.
Will the Frostreavers venture out of the north and renew their destroyer tendencies? Will the Bayrushi arrive to force the back? Do they actually still exist, or their story lost to time?

Who exists in your world to shape current events or is little more than a story?

Every world, every civilization, every region, every empire... all have a group of individuals who share a purpose. They all have a history. They are all received by other differently. They all believe they exist for a reason.

What is one faction, organization, cult, assembly, or group that you personally enjoy thinking about, designing, and forming ideas of how they impact your world?

For me, it is the Bayrushi. Ancient flame-wielding warriors that have become legend and myth. When they first formed it was in defence against the Kori-Akuma - ice devils, more commonly referred to as Frostreavers.
Large like trolls, but ferocious like wild wolves, the Frostreavers plagued the lands with senseless destruction. The Bayrushi formed to burn them from existence.
In current day, the Bayrushi legend is in the heart of the desert landscape of Ademar. The Kori-Akuma reside with the northern frozen wastelands.
What perplexes scholars is that the two are leagues apart from each other. It would take months of travel for one to find the other, so how did they come to be such feared and violent enemies? Ancient historians know that the lands that lay across the seas used to be one great expansive mass. Yet the history of the two existing in this time is not known.
Will the Frostreavers venture out of the north and renew their destroyer tendencies? Will the Bayrushi arrive to force the back? Do they actually still exist, or their story lost to time?

Who exists in your world to shape current events or is little more than a story?

Comparing to the real world and last hundred years of people, corporations, and industries having something to sell, does your world have the industry of advertisements?
Is there something that is mass produced for sale?
Services available for hire?
Transportation systems that desire expansion?
Products and services that come fro distant lands?

What is someone trying to sell that people in your world apparently need?

For those that have used the website The Game Crafter, I have questions.
In my time designing a tabletop game, I came across the site and first go at it I found useful. Understanding production brought me to not only revise my own game components, but understanding possible cost brought me to remove components and mechanics from the core game to create add-on expansions.

So, the questions:
Have you found the process of taking your game idea into production design a relatively smooth process? Was any part overly cumbersome?

Have you completed the entire process and ordered a copy of your own game? Pleased with the results? Significant adjustments as a result?

Taking your product this far, have others purchased through the site? Was there any involvement from your end or did you just sit back and let it flow?

Has any level of success there taken you into other ventures as a result?

Have any of you purchased any games from the site? Pleased with the acquisition?

If you haven’t used the site yet, would you?

I appreciate your thoughts and opinions.