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Game designer at @romerogamesltd , @imirt_ie board member and mentor at @TabletopMentor. Designing videogames by day and boardgames by night. He/Him

Galway, Ireland
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    Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 14 Jun 2020

    I've been feeling burnt out on boardgame design for a while, but @buttonshy 's 18 card worker placement challenge got my cogs turning because it's so limited! Trying a new approach: starting from a "screenshot" of what the game might look like when playing.pic.twitter.com/VfA1PyRpoB

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      2. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 21 Jun 2020

        First playtest! I had to change a few things to add variability and allow for multiple paths. The core system works but the actions and economy need another pass. Took exactly one hour, which felt too long.pic.twitter.com/PBsV3SzQcq

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      3. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 29 Jun 2020

        After some adjustments the second playtest went much better! Time to make a print and play version and possibly start thinking of a theme.pic.twitter.com/FZHbXZAUAs

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      4. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 30 Jun 2020

        I'm using this project to get some more practice on Affinity Designer, especially the symbols feature (left). Common elements are instances so any change affects all of them but I can break it temporarily to make changes like the color of the pawns.pic.twitter.com/19AY94YPxQ

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      5. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 2 Jul 2020

        The game's working well enough that I can start looking at themes. I'd like to build it around a facet of Portuguese culture. The tricky part is the resource conversion, which doesn't make complete sense when you consider a theme of producing something from A to B to C.

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      6. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 2 Jul 2020

        So it's a game where you use your workers to gather A to turn into B, which you can use to get C, which is basically points. However, there are chances to turn combinations of A and B into C, but the tricky part is that you also can turn C back into a bigger amount of B.

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      7. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 2 Jul 2020

        The most logical solution is for C to be money so you can buy more of B, but I don't want to defend capitalism if I can.

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      8. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 2 Jul 2020

        I got a theme: Cork! It was one of the first things that came to mind. Turns out it can be recycled so it fits my game. Cork Oak -> Extracted Bark -> Corkpic.twitter.com/cEGWe6Nt7O

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      9. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 4 Jul 2020

        It's exciting to be making a print and play again. You'll get to play it soon!

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      10. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 4 Jul 2020

        Here is the the first public prototype for Cortiça, a 18 card worker placement game for 2 players. Takes about 35 minutes. Feedback welcome! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10AO3ccZN7PnP-84goN8j3g7jJ8FjWIeS?usp=sharing …pic.twitter.com/CNitUBb0qK

        Icons for Coak Oak, bark and cork
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      11. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 4 Jul 2020

        This is how you pronounce "Cortiça". :)https://forvo.com/word/corti%C3%A7a/ …

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      12. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 4 Jul 2020

        I tried to make it colorblind friendly by using symbols and a suggested color palette. @robinwriting is this ok?

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      13. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 4 Jul 2020

        This is great. I've already had a few questions which resulted in clarifications on the rulebook. It might not sound like it but writing rulebooks is the hardest part of the process.

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      14. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 5 Jul 2020

        Just added a gameplay example to the rules to make them extra clear.pic.twitter.com/ZHYUbl3OBC

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      15. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 6 Jul 2020

        Time to upgrade the prototype!pic.twitter.com/7454VbappP

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      16. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 8 Jul 2020

        The first remote playtest for Cortiça went great. Miguel made some moves I hadn't seen yet (and to be honest didn't know if they would break it) but the game handled it well!pic.twitter.com/tk1bNaDLty

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      17. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 11 Jul 2020

        While looking for a camera for the pitch video I found these cork wallets. One might show up!pic.twitter.com/UpuE1rBgup

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      18. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 12 Jul 2020

        Here is my pitch video for Cortiça!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNhyPz1L6bc&feature=youtu.be …

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      19. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 12 Jul 2020

        I don't have fancy audio/video equipment but I hope it's clear enough. Every time I try to make something like this my respect for board game media creators increases.

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      20. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 12 Jul 2020

        Decided to try the automated captions and uh they might need some help.pic.twitter.com/2AB3xlTirU

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      21. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 12 Jul 2020

        Fixed the subtitles. Surprisingly easy and relaxing.

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      22. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 17 Jul 2020

        Making some small visual tweaks for clarity. Crosses on resource cards are now frames to make the setup quicker (give the blue cards to the blue player, etc), removed the grey bar from the action titles and added a simple card back. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/10AO3ccZN7PnP-84goN8j3g7jJ8FjWIeS?usp=sharing …pic.twitter.com/UCg2NJwMWL

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      23. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 17 Jul 2020

        Importing the cards to Tabletop Simulator was surprisingly easy! Who would have thought?pic.twitter.com/7ZPLAsNO3u

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      24. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 18 Jul 2020

        Cortiça is now on Tabletop Simulator! It's my first module so it doesn't have fancy automation but the cards, rulebook and snap points are there: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2169521735 …pic.twitter.com/rYlAijdfLo

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      25. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 22 Jul 2020

        Cortiça now has a BGG page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314735/cortica …pic.twitter.com/EunPPqjmOC

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      26. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 26 Jul 2020

        Had a great remote test with @rolainiciativa yesterday and he made an intruguing suggestion. Just tried it twice and it improved the game so it's staying in! Thank you! Last change before the submission.

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      27. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 27 Jul 2020

        Now the action cards now have the same action on their backs: "Get 1 oak tree". This smooths out rounds where the players weren't able to progress and since it's always the first one in the line it lets players create combos but makes that worker go in last place.pic.twitter.com/s6CU5KZgej

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      28. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 27 Jul 2020

        Also made a small change to setup that reduces the footprint and of course clarified the rules, updated the files and the TTS module.

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      29. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 27 Jul 2020

        aaaaand it's submitted to the contest!

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      30. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 27 Jul 2020

        No matter the result, already I got what I wanted out of this. Reminded myself I can make board games on my own, took on two hard challenges (2P only game with an extremely restricted briefing) and I have one new game I can distribute for free. :)

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      31. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel 1 Aug 2020

        Set up a page for Cortiça where you can see it in action and download the print-ready files. https://gr9yfox.itch.io/cortica pic.twitter.com/EvjRv25vph

        The itch.io page for Cortiça.
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