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I have a game idea that I honestly don't know if it would even be any fun, and was looking for some input.
Should I build a prototype board game and test it with friends and family to determine if the mechanics/strategy is even enjoyable? Or should I just jump in and start coding? I'm not the most advanced developer, and fear by doing the latter method I may end up wasting more time that could have been put toward general improvement of my iOS development skills.
I would say just jump head on into your original idea and learn as you go. If your game does turn out to be amazingly fun and addictive you will probably have a winner on your hands, if its just "eh" well, you learned alot in the process!
You have to just create your goal about game development and then try to create it. As you have said that you have not advanced knowledge about developing however you can try for it. Thats best to make game with learning development skill. It makes easy to reach at your goal and also helps to improve development knowledge.
Storyboard out your ideas. Make mockup animations of the game. Flash would be good for that. You can use that to get a team together. You'll find out while you start coding. It's overwhelming doing it by yourself.
I have opted to play around with GameSalad to try and make a prototype, and eventually develop in cocos2d.
Wish me luck!
I would check out this book. Chris is the grandfather of games and he offers a lot of insight into what is fun, good game design, and bad desing including failed attempts. It's more from a designers point of view, but an excellent book.
If the game is a board game, then I strongly suggest making a physical board game and playing it through with friends several times. This will help you to refine the gameplay mechanics and make coding much easier. Inevitably, there are going to be some things in the original design that don't work as well as you'd thought, things that you want to add or change, etc. Playing the game with real people and working out all the kinks before you start coding will make the coding process much easier.
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