BS Games

BS Games and Me

BS Games is an independent team of tabletop developers headed by former Games Workshop Employees Scott Kelly and Bill Murphy. They are responsible for the games Mathemagician's Duel, and the recently released Sinoda. I was taken onto the team as an intern to help Bill and Scott see if we could port their board game onto the popular site Board Game Arena. I would be researching how to port the game and hopefully, porting the game over to the site.

Research and Development

Learning Computers and The Like

In order to run things on Board game Arena, you need to know how to use PHP, Javascript, SQL, HTML, and CSS. I never made anything for a website before so all of this was completely alien to me. I had to start my work by learning how to use all these tools.

Devlog

I made a modular log to show my progress as I went on learning. I would track my progress on every day that I worked. You can see the full devlog by clicking on the picture ->

Pivots and Roadblocks

We had a lot of trouble with gaining the license to develop for Board Game Arena, so I decided that if we could not get the license, I would make my own game in an engine I was comfortable in. After getting approval, I turned to Unity.

Iterations

Original Simulation in Javascript

Iteration of Rules Page Done in HTML

First Unity Iterations

Adding Point Values To Pieces

A Fun Bug That took me 2 weeks to solve.

First Draft of the Final Scene

Final Scene

Rotating the Pieces and Adding Points

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