An NHS nurse who developed a family-friendly game with his daughter as a break from homeschooling is now revelling in its success with the product now worth a whopping £125,000.
Cora Hughes, eight, and her dad Dan, 45, from Huddersfield, began developing the game during the first Covid lockdown in Spring 2020.
The pair who were in need of a break from homeschooling, developed a family-friendly dungeon crawling game featuring Wizard Woman, Crossbow Dude, Sword Girl and a host of grumpy goblins, gremlins and orcs.
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After Dan shared some details on Facebook, a professional artist called Gary King got involved and coloured in the pictures that Cora drew.
With the post then gathering the support of the community and children sent in their own drawings, Dan quickly realised it could be a very real game that others could enjoy.
With the help of Mr King, Cora's drawings have been brought to life and they've even been able to create a trailer for the game.
Dan said: "Within weeks the project snowballed.
"Videos and playtesting happened online and over twenty kids from Britain, the USA, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Canada and Australia contributed artwork which has now been made into gorgeous looking prototypes.
"When the game launched on Kickstarter on February 1, it unexpectedly smashed through its £12,060 target in 45 minutes and has gone from strength to strength.
"Now Cora and I are now looking forward to getting the game manufactured later this year.
Cora said: “Dad got bored of learning about the Romans every day, so we did something different.
"We wanted to make a dungeon crawling game we could both enjoy.
"And then we realised that it was actually really good so we started to make it into a real board game.
"We really want it to be a fun thing for families to be part of creating themselves, so we’ve set it up so you can create your own characters and artwork, or you can play with ours straight out of the box.”
Dan added: “It all just started as a bit of a fun home learning project- some creative writing, a bit about probability with dice rolls, lots of art and a bit of IT.
"A friend, Gary King, made a joke box cover on Facebook in August and since then the whole thing has just gathered pace with loads of people jumping in wanting to be part of it. “
“As we began receiving kids’ drawings of monsters and putting them up on our gallery, they were just so adorable.
"I’m not a soppy man, but to feel the support and enthusiasm of the community supporting us in this very special way, my heart is pretty much exploding. “
The pair can't believe what has happened to CoraQuest and are excited for the opportunities it is bringing them.
Cora said,” I can’t believe it! It’s amazing. I can’t believe so many people want to play our game.”
Dan said, “It’s absolutely amazing. We really weren’t expecting it. We hoped we might just get to our target by February 18 th , but this is incredible.
"Cora’s jumping for joy. It’s fantastic to think that our game will be in so many family’s homes.”
The CoraQuest KickStarter Campaign runs until February 18 on this website.
