I spoke with the creator of Gateway! Here are his answers to my questions:
Q: Please describe your trading card game!
A: Gateway is a Homemade Trading Card Game created by my brother and I where both players wield a 40-50 card Deck in addition to an Anomaly Deck, their Gates of choice to reduce their opponent’s Life from 15 to 0. This is all done through the use of a combination of warriors, helpers, quarks, artifacts, & dimensions.Gateway also focuses on positioning which adds an extra layer of strategy, while keeping simplicity.
Q: What inspired you to create your own TCG?
A: It all started during a summer break. My brother and I randomly decided to draw up some cards and play with them. Later on we saw some other people creating their own TCGs and that's really what inspired us to keep pursuing creating the game.
Q: What TCGs did you grow up playing as a kid?
A: We played a lot of Yu-Gi-oh! And Cardfight Vanguard while growing up. After that I dabbled into a lot of other TCGs like Weiss Schwarz, Universus, Magic and Pokemon.
Q: What sets Gateway apart from other TCGs?
A: I think where Gateway stands apart from other TCGs is the mechanic of Gates and the focus of how you position your Warriors. Gates are an extra set of 4 cards which you choose before playing and play them out in front of you, over the course of the game you can unlock and level up these Gates and each give a different effect which can help out your strategy.
Q: How did you come up with the name Gateway?
A: It comes from the Gates mechanic! Thematically gates are these portals which you open and let you bring creatures and items from other dimensions.
Q: How long have you been working on the game?
A: I had to look at our chat logs for this one. We’ve been working on this since 2017, so that's like 6 or 7 years? It’s been a while, I hadn't really noticed.
Q: What is the illustration/design process like?
A: Card design is split between the two of us. I do most of the drawing and naming of cards while my brother comes up with the gameplay mechanics/effects of them.
Q: When will the game officially be released?
A: We released our first set “Inception” up for sale on The Game Crafter just about a year ago.
Q: What are your future plans for Gateway?
A: Even though, currently we have no plan to go for a Kickstarter or to go “big time” and sell outside of that, we are still very much working on the game constantly trying to improve it and make new fun and exciting cards for all to enjoy and hopefully grow a community to play the game with.
Q: Will you be at any upcoming conventions?
A: No, though the thought has crossed our minds. We’re still trying to work up the courage to present it to our LGS one of these days.
Q: Do you have any advice for someone looking to make their own TCG?
A: Just get started and don’t give up! Whether at first your cards don't look as good or the mechanics you thought were fun don't turn out to be that way, the more work and heart you put into your game the more it will improve over time.
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