Two months, huh? Yeah, it's been too long since I last posted. Life's been more crazy than usual lately. Development of my game has not stopped, though. I think I have too much information to post it all in one go, so I'm going to break this up into many posts over (hopefully) a few days. Currently, my biggest piece of news is that my game has a...
New Name
Since I lost the "Nebula" name for my game, I've been struggling to pick a new one. (See my previous posts.) Well, I guess a new name picked me. I've been asking around, looking for inspiration, making lists, even consulting with an AI chat engine, all to try to find something I like. I was under the assumption that a name would just 'click', like I would hear it and go "yup that's the new name".
But that never happened.
Instead, out of all the suggestions, all the words that I've been trying in various combinations, all the researching existing games, all the pondering, I think I've found something that works. Rather than being perfect, it's more like this choice was the least bad. As in, it's the only one that hasn't gotten eliminated due to one reason or another. I've mentioned it to several people, and the reactions to it have been... okay. Not fantastic, not exciting, just... okay. "That sounds good", "I like that", "Yeah that fits", "Better than what you had before". Reactions that sound kinda lukewarm, but that are in no way negative. Since I'm tired of this search and I need to decide on something now, I guess that means that that's what I'm using. So, to end the suspense, the new name for my game is... <drum roll>
Stellar Drift: Pull & Write
<fanfare>
With that out of the way, I can start with anchoring the game to the new name, including getting an entry on BGG and setting up the requisite groups and pages on various social media.
Now, this name is by no means unique. Plenty of stuff has the same name. But, to the best of my knowledge, there is no widely published board game called Stellar Drift. Scientific usage? Tons, it is an astronomical term after all, a fact that I'm actually kind of exploiting here. Video games? Yes, both games of games and key names within video games. Card games? A couple of instances of a specific card in a game being named that, but not an enitre game. Board games? Eh, one attempt by someone to design a social game for a design contest five years ago, doesn't seem like much came of that. So, I think I'm pretty much in the clear.
Next step is to get on BGG and officially add Stellar Drift to the database. A quick search tells be the name is still clear, so I need to do that to make sure I don't lose it again. Look for an official announcement post once that clears the BGG mods.
New Name
Since I lost the "Nebula" name for my game, I've been struggling to pick a new one. (See my previous posts.) Well, I guess a new name picked me. I've been asking around, looking for inspiration, making lists, even consulting with an AI chat engine, all to try to find something I like. I was under the assumption that a name would just 'click', like I would hear it and go "yup that's the new name".
But that never happened.
Instead, out of all the suggestions, all the words that I've been trying in various combinations, all the researching existing games, all the pondering, I think I've found something that works. Rather than being perfect, it's more like this choice was the least bad. As in, it's the only one that hasn't gotten eliminated due to one reason or another. I've mentioned it to several people, and the reactions to it have been... okay. Not fantastic, not exciting, just... okay. "That sounds good", "I like that", "Yeah that fits", "Better than what you had before". Reactions that sound kinda lukewarm, but that are in no way negative. Since I'm tired of this search and I need to decide on something now, I guess that means that that's what I'm using. So, to end the suspense, the new name for my game is... <drum roll>
Stellar Drift: Pull & Write
<fanfare>
With that out of the way, I can start with anchoring the game to the new name, including getting an entry on BGG and setting up the requisite groups and pages on various social media.
Now, this name is by no means unique. Plenty of stuff has the same name. But, to the best of my knowledge, there is no widely published board game called Stellar Drift. Scientific usage? Tons, it is an astronomical term after all, a fact that I'm actually kind of exploiting here. Video games? Yes, both games of games and key names within video games. Card games? A couple of instances of a specific card in a game being named that, but not an enitre game. Board games? Eh, one attempt by someone to design a social game for a design contest five years ago, doesn't seem like much came of that. So, I think I'm pretty much in the clear.
Next step is to get on BGG and officially add Stellar Drift to the database. A quick search tells be the name is still clear, so I need to do that to make sure I don't lose it again. Look for an official announcement post once that clears the BGG mods.
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