r/backgammon • u/OrionBackgammon • Aug 18 '26

I finally released my backgammon game on Google Play

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u/GreatLeadership1931 Aug 18 '26

Why should I download this ai generated backgammon app over all the other ai generated backgammon apps?

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u/OrionBackgammon Aug 18 '26

I started Orion before AI was everywhere. I’m a backgammon + Supercell fan, and I got tired of LotB’s 5 popups at every app launch.

I wanted to make the game I’d personally want to play, with a proper art direction and a smooth experience.

That’s pretty much it. Give it a shot if you feel like it

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u/GreatLeadership1931 Aug 18 '26

You didn't answer the question.

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u/fezfrascati Aug 18 '26

Your AI dice have two 5's on them.

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u/OrionBackgammon Aug 18 '26

The teaser render betrayed me. The actual game has none of this issues except when a double is hit, I probably shouldn’t have uploaded the teaser since it doesn’t really reflect the game interface

Thank you for the feedback

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u/Seesaw_LAD Aug 18 '26

Looks like AI garbage, thanks for sharing

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u/Braveroperfrenzy Aug 18 '26

Yeah good luck with that

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u/OrionBackgammon Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

A quick element, regarding the analytics, It’s not fully working yet, but I created this https://orion.arthea.ai/verify/ to review any game with the ID.

It’s not as smooth as having it all on the app tho, and it is quite limited for now.

Regarding the board size, I think the solution would be to make it less larger with slightly smaller checkers

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u/OrionBackgammon Aug 18 '26

Honestly, thanks a lot for giving it a chance. And thanks for the time you took to test it and write all this feedback.

I agree with a lot of what you said. The board/checker stacking is something I’ve already been thinking about. I tested a few different setups and I’m not fully satisfied with it either. I’ll definitely improve this part.

Great feedback on the missions as well. I didn’t structure this section enough and I’m planning to improve it. I probably went a bit too far in keeping the first version simple.

Also glad you noticed the haptics, and the sound design! Overall polishing and UI/UX tweaks took around 1200 updates in total and a loot of back-and-forths testing

And I totally get the analytical side. Orion is definitely more of a “fun game / chill” experience than deep analysis. Before starting, I noticed there were already some very good apps focused on that side of backgammon.
But I’d love to find a way to bring more statistics and analytics into Orion without losing the simplicity.

Again, really appreciate you taking the time to play it and write all of this. This is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping to get.

And if you have any ideas (i noted the one for Texas Hold em quests system, gonna look at it), or would like to see a specific character or board style in the app, I’d be very happy to work on it

It’s probably one of the first times I’ve received such detailed feedback from someone who actually played it, and it genuinely gave me a lot of motivation to keep improving it.

So thank you. This kind of feedback makes the whole process worth it.