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Look how far King has come since I was 10. So far, King is the oldest existing character. He started out as one of the first characters in the original version of the game back when I was 10. King’s character and backstory have seen countless revisions over the years, but some reference to King has been in every iteration of the game throughout development.<\/p><\/div>\n
It all started about 19 years ago, back when I was just 10 years old. Like many millennials, I grew up as a gamer. The Pok\u00e9mon and Yugioh card games were exciting, new, and popular. The Nintendo64 and Playstation were blowing our minds with 3D gaming for the first time, and everyone who\u2019s anyone was a geek. I met all of my friends through gaming, and it was through gaming that I learned so much about friendship, competition, and imagination.<\/p>\n
Eventually, 10-year-old me got the idea to start making my own Pok\u00e9mon cards. At first, I started with sketching my favorite Pok\u00e9mon onto index cards and making up my own attacks, but then it turned into making up my own Pok\u00e9mon. As I was making up Pok\u00e9mon to play with my younger brother and friends, more and more I\u2019d get frustrated by little thing and started making up my own rules that were more fun to me. What began as creating my own Pok\u00e9mon rules then sort of spiraled into creating a completely new game entirely.<\/p>\n
The main inspiration behind Galatune started with 10-year-old me removing the things I didn\u2019t like about other popular card games. Then I started mixing in things that I really liked about the video games I played into the game as well. I wanted a card game that felt like Super Smash Brothers, something fast-paced, and full of chaotic free-for-all action that lots of people could play at the same time. Well, it was fairly messy at first, but sure enough, my family and friends really enjoyed the direction I was heading already. By the time I was 14, I had a game that my friends would actually pick over anything for sale in the game shops. That alone was pretty awesome. From that day on, all my geeky friends would pick my homemade card game as our go-to entertainment for hang out nights. We\u2019d stay up late, playing the game until the early morning, eating pizza and having some of the realest, soul-searching conversations of a lifetime. I loved how my game was bringing everyone together, and I was always excited to share that experience with new friends.<\/p>\n
Every now and then, I\u2019d get friends who\u2019d push me to sell my game idea to a big game company, but I never took any of that too seriously. Firstly, I had no idea how to actually make a REAL game, I was like 16 years old at this point. By the time I got to college, I had a rough idea of what\u2019d it take to bring my game to stores, but there were still more questions than answers and most importantly no way to afford to take that leap.<\/p>\n
Then came Wright Venture. Wright Venture is Wright State University\u2019s version of Shark Tank. It\u2019s a program created by the Raj Soin College of Business that\u2019s designed to connect entrepreneurial students with mentors and compete for a chance at some seed money. When I first heard about Wright Venture Iwas excited but terrified. Do I really want to take that leap? Do I even have what it takes? Well, in the end, I applied to Wright Venture as a sort of personal dare. I didn\u2019t know if their judges would take a card game that seriously, but I told myself that if these impressive business leaders thought I had potential, then I would take this thing as far as I could.<\/p>\n