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The development process of Wordbots (2016–2023)

About a year ago, I “released”* Wordbots, the tactical card game with user-created cards that I’d been working on since 2016. (* I say “released” in quotes because this isn’t really the sort of game that will ever become feature-complete, especially not as a side project.

But on April 29, 2023, I declared it fully playable and ready to graduate from alpha into a permanent “beta” stage, in which I’m no longer actively developing new features but continue to fix bugs and make minor improvements as time permits.) Wordbots commits and releases over time (click to embiggen)I should mention that I was fortunate to have a lot of help throughout this process, especially from my brother but also from a whole host of people who made contributions of code or art or playtesting or feedback, who are credited here. I also just want to mention my immense gratitude to our mega-testers and sounding boards, who gave us the feedback and critique that led to so many features and fixes: Asali, James, Annie, Danny, Adam, Liam, Honza – thank you!

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