That sounds an awful lot like "Mensch ärgere dich nicht". I wish you the best of luck, but I'm sorry, I'm not giving any money to such a project. I think there are more than enough variants of this game on the app stores already.

ohmylanta1003 said: Hey man! Just curious what software you're using to make this game? I've always been interested in making my own games (I'm a mechanical engineer with a CS minor), but I have zero art skills and a lack of knowledge on how games are even made.

From the looks of the 3d model its Unity. There's a free version you can download, and it also gives a list of tutorials if you took some intro cs classes it shouldn't be too hard to pick up. Though the tutorials have mistakes here and there so be sure to check for updated comments

ohmylanta1003 said: Hey man! Just curious what software you're using to make this game? I've always been interested in making my own games (I'm a mechanical engineer with a CS minor), but I have zero art skills and a lack of knowledge on how games are even made.

I'm using Unity game engine for the game setup and Visual Studio for the coding. Images can be made in any image editting software and 3D models can be made in any 3D software, but since all I need for this game are very basic plain shapes (balls, cubes, etc), I'm using Unity to make the 3D objects too. I have used Conitec's 3D Gamestudio before, and I also learnt a bit of XNA Game studio in the past, and what I'll tell you is that if you seriously want to make games, you'll have to learn the very basics of all (or most of) the segments involved, and then focus on one or two areas. Then you'll need a team to handle the other areas that you aren't specializing in.

And if you want to learn programming, don't start from game programming. Learn programming from a broader sense first

At bolded, I already pointed out that on all the app stores, I've only found 1 ludo game that uses Nigerian rules, and it has horrible camera angles. Also, not many of the Ludo games on the stores have online multiplayer.

At underlined, I don't mind if you don't give money. You can leave a comment on the campaign page or share the link with someone who might be interested. That would still help. And if you read the OP, you'll see that I'm asking for help to put this game out as a stepping stone to putting this one out.

By the way, are you German?

Hey, I just checked this out. Looks awesome! Crowdfunding for gamers by gamers! (Run by guys like Tim Schafer)  @generic-user-1, see they even have an investment option https://help.fig.co/hc/en-us/articles/207032598-How-does-investment-work-on-Fig-
They're very new apparently. Their very first game is 96.3% funded and has 2 days to go on its campaign. And the president of the game studio that is funding its game through fig happens to be the guy who played Hiro Nakamura on Heroes. I've enjoyed reading through the site

KS and IG are "investing". You're donating money and getting something in return. Very low donations, usually it's just a sticker, or a button, or some minor kind of prize. Bigger donations/investments give you bigger things. And MOST KS campaigns I've seen, usually around the $15-$30 mark, you are already essentially pre-purchasing/pre-ordering a copy of the game when it is completed. BIGGER donations usually garner people some awesome prizes, or even their name in the game credits, or becoming a NPC character in the game, etc. etc. etc. I've seen many KS people offer many different things.

And quite frankly, no offense, people saying things like "don't be a beggar", is both offensive and way off base. No one in a fundraiser is BEGGING. You don't have to donate/invest if you don't want to. If enough people think the thing (be it a book, movie, album, game, whatever) is a GOOD idea, and something that they want to see exist, so they themselves can enjoy it, then that fundraiser will succeed, by virtue of people "investing" in it. There is nothing at all wrong with that, and I fail to see the problem some people seem to have with it.

If anything, Kickstarter has been a revelation for creators, because they now have an option they didn't have before: to stay "indie" and not rely on the funding/backing of bigger corporate entities, who often can and will excert creative control and restrictions on them, in liu of funding their work. With crowdfunding, people who WANT the art/product you are offering, can support you and the thing they want directly, and what's more, feel like a part of making something happen, making something cool that you personally WANT to exist so you can play it/see it/listen to it/etc., that's pretty awesome, quite frankly.

I personally have funded, thus far, a movie, an album, and multiple games. I'm proud of that, and even more proud that all of those succeeded, and either already are, or will be actual things that I want to exist, that I can enjoy. It if wasn't for KS, those things I helped fund might not exist. So personally, I'm very glad that things like KS and IndieGoGo exist. They're a boon in a time when the music industry, the movie industry, the games industry, you name it....honestly all kind of suck. It's because of Kickstarter that movies like the AVGN Movie and Kung Fury got made. Or the reason that games like Mighty No. 9, or Bloodstained, or Shovel Knight, or Adventures of Pip, etc. exist. I'll take that over most of the crap that Hollywood and the "AAA" games industry shit out these days.

You have a facebook page? If so, post it here and I'll share it with my friends.

https://www.facebook.com/illuminaregames

thanks man.

So I'm toying with the idea of using stick men to represent the Ludo pieces. What do y'all think?

Was that in response to my post about using stick men to rep the Ludo pieces?

Guys, I'm 68% funded and I have 11 days to go. To celebrate, here's a senak peek at the game I'm going to develop next. Remember, Ludo Online is mainly to help keep my studio afloat while we try to develop an original game.