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(android) Any good board game tutorial you could recommend? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 5 months ago by rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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I'd like to start developing a board game I love playing. There's an iOS implementation of it, but none for android. I don't even know where to start and which principles I could possibly follow. I've been working as a (business) software dev for the last 20 years, so I have some clue about programming.

I don't want to care too much about the graphics, it's the computer opponents and the game rules I am interested in.

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[–] ClemaX@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You could start with a multiplayer server that handles the game logic, and a command line client that that can interact with it, create a game room and invite someone to it. You can handle realtime communication with socket.io. Once you have the client and some game rules, you can implement the client on a frontend using a canvas or game engine. You could then add the bot opponents using simple random number generation and some basic strategies.

[–] rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are there patterns for rules and logic?

[–] ClemaX@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I think the command pattern would be useful. The user requests to perform a command. The command implementation can define preconditions and actions that mutate your game state.