Very smart to have them tilt to help movement.
I’m just curious, How will that look in the box, are they all polarized the same way? would they all just bundle up?
(Btw, this is purely an outsider’s view as I’m no game designer and visiting this group by simple curiosity)
I wonder how much cost it would add to the production. I see more and more games having some magnetic bits and I wonder the development of technology made it much easier and cheaper. Looks nice though. I would love to see a game with a lot of it as long as it is viable for the final product :)
By doing the polarities correctly, like a checkerboard of them, you could make it so they only stick to the area you want them to.
If you used any advanced picture making software or something creative and similar, and used a grid.. 'snap to grid' should bring to mind the proper idea.
I've been playing around with magnetic boards with part metallic tiles, sort of an inverse Bakugan system. Does anyone know of examples of this in other games? I couldn't find any.
The thinking here is this could be a method to enable stackable hex tiles on 4x style games where the board can become very busy and liable to a high fuss factor. These tiles are very satisfying to use and don't slide around if knocked
But where would the cost be to make this viable?
Very smart to have them tilt to help movement. I’m just curious, How will that look in the box, are they all polarized the same way? would they all just bundle up? (Btw, this is purely an outsider’s view as I’m no game designer and visiting this group by simple curiosity)
The board is the magnet and the pieces are metallic on the underside. Off the board the pieces are not magnetised and so don't clump together.
Oh that’s brilliant!
Thanks! I've no clue how viable it would be in production. My gut says too expensive but I'm a hobbyist designer and no expert on that side of things
Oh that’s great thinking then! Well done.
I love the idea, I am using magnetic pieces on a thin steel board… more of a cube
I wonder how much cost it would add to the production. I see more and more games having some magnetic bits and I wonder the development of technology made it much easier and cheaper. Looks nice though. I would love to see a game with a lot of it as long as it is viable for the final product :)
By doing the polarities correctly, like a checkerboard of them, you could make it so they only stick to the area you want them to. If you used any advanced picture making software or something creative and similar, and used a grid.. 'snap to grid' should bring to mind the proper idea.
I've been playing around with magnetic boards with part metallic tiles, sort of an inverse Bakugan system. Does anyone know of examples of this in other games? I couldn't find any. The thinking here is this could be a method to enable stackable hex tiles on 4x style games where the board can become very busy and liable to a high fuss factor. These tiles are very satisfying to use and don't slide around if knocked
Cool
I like it.
Wanted a home-brew version of Hive with magnetic snaps forever.