Hi All,
Does anyone have any advice for me? I have completed my first game and I am wondering what the next step is.
My game is a Chemistry review game. My audience is teachers and students. The age range is high school to college. The game is a deck building game, very similar to Dominion. You can see the game on my website:
https://sites.google.com/site/chemgames/
I have play tested the game numerous times with my students. The last few times we played my students didn't know the game was mine. I told them I bought the game online and wanted them to try it out. Overall, the feedback was very positive. A large number of my students really loved it. I am really excited about the game, but I don't know what to do next.
The way I see it, I have two options: 1. self publish or 2. sell it to a publisher. I really want to self publish. I have number of ideas for other games and I thought this could be a great side business. Am I crazy? How over my head am I going to be if I want to self publish?
If I choose the second option, any ideas how to go about finding a publisher? Does anybody have information on educational game publishers?
I just don't know where to go with this. Thanks in advance!
Dan
I will definitely check out the blog. I have read the blog by Michael Mindes from Tasty Minstrel games wrote.
http://playtmg.com/pages/how-to-make-board-game
It was very informative. I have done the GameCrafter thing. I am working on my second game right now. You are right, not much money to be made, but a good product that really impresses people. I really don't want to go down the Kickstarter route.
I am trying to find something in between Game Crafter and having to publish 2000-3000 units. I have tried a couple online sites but they have not replied. I have called Delano services three times and left a message. They have not returned my calls. I just feel like I am in limbo right now.
Thanks