Hi all—What’s the most effective way to find somebody to design, write, create a complete concept for a card game (party game)?

Ideally, I want somebody who has at least some experience with party game mechanics and game development, but if I’m being honest, my bar is pretty low.

So far, I have tried posting on a boardgame website group, on a handful of Facebook groups, and I’ve also looked around on Fiverr. No luck.

I can find a lot of people who are willing to design the art, help with manufacturing and marketing, etc. But not really anybody who’s willing to help me bring the idea to life.

How can I find that person and give them my money to take my high level ideas and organize/improve them into a decent game? Or is that just not a thing in such an artistic world?

Finer details:

  • I already have designers
  • I already have manufacturing figured out
  • I have a loose game concept and target demographic
  • I have already tested the loose concept with several target groups
  • This is a passion project for me, but not in a traditional sense (I love card games and the loose concept I’ve designed, but that’s secondary to my top motivation). For me, learning how to manage a team to validate a product, build the product, take it to market, and successfully sell/market it is what I’m trying to get out of this.

Thanks all

  • FRELNCER@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    You want someone to help with the game logic and storytelling? It seems like you are looking in the right places, maybe use those first sources to find additional groups. Can you visit in-person conferences to network?

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    11 months ago

    Hey there! My friends and I just completed an epic unofficial expansion to Magic the Gathering that contains over 400 custom cards with all brand-new mechanics. Over the last few months we’ve gotten pretty good at design, playtesting, balancing, etc.

    We’ve been talking about starting our own indie game design studio to work on more projects like this. However with our individual backgrounds in logistics, design, ecommerce and marketing/advertising, I think it would be great to partner with existing teams to help their projects come to life.

    Since we haven’t formed an official business yet, perhaps we could work with you in exchange for a case study/testimonial that could help get us launched? DM me if that sounds like something you’d be open to!