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When I started the Kratos project, I thought I was just designing a game. I didn’t realize I was stepping into a process that would test my patience, stretch my creativity, and force me to grow in ways I didn’t expect. Looking back now, after the sketches, the rule rewrites, the Fusion 360 modeling, the failed prints, the sanding, the redesigns, the board layout, and the final playtest, I see that Kratos wasn’t just a game I built. It was like a mirror to me. It showed me

Today was the moment of truth: the first full playtest. I set up the board, placed the pieces, and played through an entire match. And for the first time, Kratos didn’t feel like a school project or a prototype. It felt like a complete game. The mechanics worked. The abilities made sense. The strategy was deep. And most importantly, it was fun! All the frustration, the redesigns, the failed prints, the late nights… it all paid off. Watching the game come alive on the board

Today was an easy day. With the pieces done, I shifted my focus to the board and the overall aesthetic. I wanted Kratos to feel ancient, like something carved into stone or pulled from a temple. I experimented with patterns, textures, and color schemes until the board matched the energy of the pieces. Then I created the rulebook, added lore, and designed a clean layout for gameplay. Seeing everything together the board, the pieces, the instructions was surreal. It looked l

Designing a game is one thing. Building it physically is a whole different battle. Today I started manufacturing the pieces, and it was rough. Some prints came out too small. Others were too fragile. A few didn’t even resemble the designs I had in mind. I had to resize, reprint, sand edges, and troubleshoot problems I didn’t even know existed. It was slow, repetitive, and honestly exhausting. But every time a piece came out right, it felt like progress. Slowly, the gods of

Today was all about rules. And honestly, it almost defeated me. Creating abilities for mythological characters is fun until you try to make them fair. Every time I thought I had balanced the game, something broke. Hermes moved too fast. Ares dominated the board. Trident’s ability kept ruining the flow. Zeus felt too weak. I rewrote the rules again and again, testing every interaction. I’d fix one issue and immediately create another. It was frustrating, and for a moment I q

My engineering teacher assigned our class a project: design and create an original board game! Designing an original game sounded simple on paper. But the moment I sat down to brainstorm, I realized I didn’t want to create something basic or forgettable. I wanted a game with weight strategy, mythology, and personality. That’s when the idea for Kratos hit me. I started imagining a world where chess pieces weren’t just shapes, but gods. Zeus as the king. Thor as the queen. Her

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