Zach Hoekstra

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Game Designer and Backend Programmer. My hobbies involve having 400+ unfinished projects and making games with incomprehensible strategies
My Gameshttps://zhoekstra1.wixsite.com/zbhoekstra/available-designs
My PronounsHe/Him
Show threadZach HoekstraJan 16, 2023
@xoe squeak squeak, fuck the man
Zach HoekstraJan 16, 2023

I want to make a landing page/mailing list for one of my designs that's been getting a lot of attention, but all the art I use right now is non-licensed (ie copied from pinterest for playtest purposes)

What should I do?

Use the current art for now, no one will care
0%
Remove art I don't have rights to before making a landing page
75%
Comission a temporary "cover image" and use that for the landing page
25%
Poll ended at .
Zach HoekstraJan 16, 2023
I unfortunely didn't get some spend much time at PO this time due to the fact that we were moving that weekend. But my incredible wife took over for a few hours so I could test some others and test my own. I even got a playtest of PACT, which I was worried went horribly but actually went really really well! We played a single round to see when everything clicked for the new players, since teaching has been the big blocker for this game
Show threadZach HoekstraJan 4, 2023
@jonbob @protospielo thank you! I'm quite proud of it
Zach HoekstraJan 3, 2023

I'll be at @protospielo on the 14th and 15th!

I'll be playtesting a midweight abstract game called Cycle and my big political wargame, PACT, both of which are in the "looking for publishers" phase. Come by and give me some suggestions!

Show threadZach HoekstraDec 25, 2022

@Sagrilarus I've got that enabled (265 on 7WD right now), so I'm matching with opponents within ~100 elo of me. It's more that as I get higher ELO, there's very clearly a band of players who are, frankly, rude and petty.

I'm not a 100 ELO person being told I should learn the game. I clearly know how to play, so it's meant as an insult

Show threadZach HoekstraDec 25, 2022
@StuffByBez I was mostly joking, but it would actually be quite funny to see the result for real. You have my full permission to run with the idea if it interests you!
Zach HoekstraDec 25, 2022

#gamedev

Looking for publisher recommendations! I have an abstract game that I think is in a good place, and would benefit from a publisher that specializes in making good wooden games. Does anyone know any publishers for this type of game? Looking at Steffen-Spiele, for example.

Show threadZach HoekstraDec 25, 2022
@xoe The round tracker token is Colonel Sanders in a santa hat
Show threadZach HoekstraDec 25, 2022
@xoe Oof, yeah. I also played League back in college and got a lot of that too.