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On this page, you can see an overview of the projects I'm working on. The percentage shown on the right indicates their progress. The projects are sorted (to some extent) by completion percentage, but it doesn't mean that I work on them in that order. Some projects, like 'Home of Eden,' I've been working on for many years. I work on something like that when I'm waiting for something for the smaller projects.
" Vak! "
Vak! is te koop in verscheidene winkels, waaronder op bol.com. Spelers proberen hun kaarten zo snel mogelijk kwijt te raken door deze op tafel te spelen. Wist je dat Vak! op aanvraag ook uit te geven is als steden-variant? Wil je meer weten of bestellen? Ga naar:
" Autocards "
Het doel van het spel? “When you are outta cards … you win the game!” Autocards verloopt langzamer, gaat tactisch wat dieper en hoewel het spel simpel is om uit te leggen, is het een strategisch spel. Te spelen door 2 tot 7 spelers. Bestellen en info:
In ontwikkeling...
In ontwikkeling: " D20 Boule Bash "
D20 Boule Bash is mijn nieuwste idee en is al tamelijk ver ontwikkeld. Daarmee bedoel ik het idee. De invulling ligt nog niet vast en ook de naam is een werknaam. Bij mijn weten is er geen spel zoals deze, waardoor het lastig te vergelijken is. Dat maakt het direct een bijzonder spel met potentie. Het is een spel met weinig geluk en veel rekenwerk.
For that reason, the game will also be well-suited for schools. It's beneficial for upper grades in elementary school and the first years of secondary education.
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In ontwikkeling: Knights & Merchants
Knights & Merchants is een spel dat een aanzienlijk deel van mijn jeugd heeft gevormd. Samen met mijn broertje spendeerden we alle computertijd die we hadden aan dit spel en zelfs nu nog heeft het iets bijzonders voor ons. Het spel is, desondanks veel goede aspecten, in de vergetelheid geraakt en de makers hebben er al meer dan 20 jaar niks meer mee gedaan. Zonde, vind ik. Om een soort eerbetoon te geven aan het spel, heb ik meer dan 10 jaar geleden bedacht om een text based real time Knights & Merchants te maken. Het is vergelijkbaar met bijvoorbeeld Tribal Wars, want het spel leent zich er perfect voor. Een browser game dat door de hele wereld tegen de hele wereld gespeeld kan worden in real time.
Helaas is het zo dat, om dit idee te verwezenlijken, ik toestemming moet krijgen van de makers van Knights & Merchants en het is mij tot op heden niet gelukt dit voor elkaar te krijgen (want ze lijken onvindbaar). Alhoewel het spel zo’n 20 jaar geleden is gemaakt, lopen copyrights en handelmerk nog door. Om die reden staat dit project al 5 jaar stil. Meer weten?
In ontwikkeling: Cracked Nexus
In my early teenage years, I came into contact with Yu-Gi-Oh. The card game. I quickly became incredibly interested. The almost infinite depth due to the number of possibilities allowed my creative mind to roam freely. The possibilities and options were even greater than in chess, which is already considered infinite. Yet, there was something that immediately felt odd to me. The significant presence of luck. To execute your devised strategy, you had to draw all the cards in the right order. With about 40 cards, the chance of that is very slim. Of course, you can come up with some creative solutions when building a deck, but luck is a significant factor nonetheless.
Then I came into contact with a digital variant of the collectible card game. I believe at the time it was Hearthstone. And... here, the presence of luck, also known as RNG in games, was even greater. After that, I played the next one. And the next one. And the next one. I tried dozens of them. I enjoyed them all, but I found myself increasingly bothered by this presence of RNG. Why is it there, I wondered. It feels like playing chess with a die determining whether you do something on your turn or not. It completely undermines the strategic aspect.
That's when the idea for Home of Eden was born. A true collectible card game, with booster packs, decks, card game mechanics, attack, defense... everything that makes a collectible card game a collectible card game, but with one major difference: namely, (almost) no luck. The winner is the player who plays the best, not the player with the most luck.
This game has been in development for 7 years now and due to its grandeur and complexity, it's far from finished. Although much has been done, the real (and tedious) work still needs to be done: programming. Unfortunately, I can't do this myself. I'll have to find and pay programmers for this, which is no small feat. I plan to finance this through crowdfunding when the time comes to make it happen.
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In ontwikkeling: DnD-like co op deck building game
The game does not have a name yet, hence the vague description. It is a board game inspired by games like Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy RPGs
Players work together with the goal of advancing as far as possible in an adventure where danger can lurk around every corner. They choose a class and receive a set of cards with actions. These can be used to perform actions such as healing, aggro, and damage. Between battles, they can buy additional cards at shops and acquire artifacts. Artifacts provide strong buffs but also serve as a life-line because when players lose in combat, they lose an artifact.
In ontwikkeling: MMO RPG
This game also does not have a name yet. Long ago, I was inspired by the game Runescape. The idea of shaping your own character through everyday tasks such as chopping trees, making fire, and mining is something that is done less often than you might think. In many MMORPGs, it is possible, but it is more of a side-quest. An extra feature.
In Runescape, this was central, but in my opinion, it could have been developed better. That's when this idea was born. Namely, an MMORPG similar to Runescape in the sense of leveling skills through everyday tasks (but in a fantasy setting, so things like magic are also part of these everyday tasks), where many elements of the game are obtained through combinations of skills.
Imagine: You obtain a kind of treasure map. On this treasure map, there is a cross. Using the digging skill, you can excavate it, provided you have a digging skill of level 100, because it is a gigantic hole. Once excavated, you see the skeleton of a dragon. You can sell this for a huge amount of gold, but that’s not where it ends. If you also have a necromancy level of 250, you can bring the skeleton to life and fight it as a boss for combat XP and a reward. If you also have a very high taming level, it is even possible to turn this dragon boss into a tamed monster, and if you also have high mounting skills, you can ride it.
The world is also one with a lot of interaction both within the world and among players. The balance of the world (a war between two sides) is constantly changing due to the actions of the players. If a player does something on the 'good' side, it impacts the situation on the 'bad' side, and vice versa.
A good idea, I'd say, but one that requires a lot of work. So much, even, that I'd need a whole team for that. For this reason, I haven't done anything with this idea for over 15 years.
Additional projects
Bij deze genoemde projecten houdt het nog niet op. In tegendeel. Er zijn meer niet-genoemde projecten dan de projecten die ik wel heb genoemd, maar deze staan nog zo in de beginschoenen dat ze amper noemenswaardig zijn. Uitzondering op het in beginschoenen staan is een spel dat 10 spellen beroemde spellen combineert in één, heel groot spel. Deze is helaas alleen niet te koop want ik heb de rechten niet. Het spel is gemaakt als cadeau voor de verjaardag van mijn broertje.
Here are some of the ideas that still need so much work they are barely worth writing about:
- Een soort Dark Souls in de vorm van een toren waarbij elke vloer aanzienlijk moeilijker is dan de vorige maar niet enkel combat betreft.
- Een schaakspel met abilities
- Een tekst-based spel waarbij spelers spelen als elemental mages, en die hun eigen abilities kunnen bedenken. Door middel van mods/AI wordt dit gecontroleerd of dit niet te sterk is.
- Een army based spel met GO-stenen (of iets dergelijks). Spelers plaatsen legers en bewegen zich over eggs die vervolgens rewards bevatten zoals nieuwe legers.
It's interesting to note that many of my ideas appear in the form of dreams. During the night, I dream that I am doing these things, and upon waking, I quickly write it all down. The army-based game with Go stones is an example of this, as is D20 Boule Bash.