Category: Game Design Studio 2

You pick up a card and depending on that cards color, you make a joke. If someone laughs at it you get a point.

A lot of people are looking jokes up or asking chat GPT. Someone asked if they could pick what one you wanted to do instead of just randomly picking them from a pile. Rounds take a minute because people need to look them up. Maybe have a sheet with a bunch of jokes on them for people to pick based on the category. Someone made a joke and no one laughed and then i said something about his bad joke and someone laughed. Maybe you can have a system where you can steal a joke like that.

What was the most frustrating part of what you just played? The most frustrating part was how I was not witty enough to come up with a joke on the spot and had to look one up.

What was your favorite moment? My favorite moment was when someone told a good joke that made everyone laugh.

Was there anything you wanted to do that you couldn’t? No not at all.

If you had a magic wand to wave, and you could change one thing what would it be? I would probably make it so that you can pick whatever kind of joke you wanted instead of randomly picking a category and not being ready to make a joke for that.

What should be improved with the next version? For sure it would be to make it so that you can pick your category.

Describe the game in 3 words. Funny, Witty, and Suspenseful .

Overall this was a very cool game idea and was very fun to play!!

Games Played: Cards Against Calamity, Plague Inc: The Cure, Gris, and Alba

What was the most frustrating moment or aspect of what you just played? the most frustrating part was how I was dealt with a pretty bad hand to start. The good part about the game though is that even if you are dealt a bad hand you can still play smart and end up winning the game.

What was your favorite moment or aspect of what you just played?My favorite moment was when i took three of his guys worth one of my players. Games that have big momentum switches are really fun and always keep you in it.

Was there anything you wanted to do that you couldn’t?No, I was able to do everything I wanted to do.

If you had a magic wand to wave, and could change, add, or remove anything from the experience, what would it be? I don’t think this is really doable but i would love sound effects when you take over someone’s spot. You could just make it with your mouth but it would be cool if something played when you took over someone’s spot.

What should be improved with the next version?Next version should just include more spikes and more characters. The more players the more different outcomes there can be.

Describe the game in 3 words. Fun, Exciting, Competitive

Butterfly Effect

Player Questions: the players mostly had questions about how to start, on the board the start had 2 paths but in the rules it didn’t account for this so players were confused.

Learning Curve: the rolling of the dice, i didn’t have a 3 die but a 4 so they had to disregard the 4 but everyone was confused because they were not entirely paying attention to the game.

Player Interactions: most of the interactions were talking about the cards they got and their answerers which i what the game was designed for.

Confusion Points: i tend to write my ruled later in the night so my wording in the rules can tend to be confusing so it was mostly just understanding the rules when they were being read.

Player Enjoyment: i feel the players had more fun talking to each other than playing my game. but that is probably my games fault.

Frustrations: i couldn’t tell if anyone had major frustrations other than my grammar and handwriting but it was hard for players to know when to pick up a charity card because the board was smaller than it should be and i didn’t make the outlines as defined as they needed to be. also labeling the start and finishes.

Takeaways: my players didn’t play through the hole game so they didn’t get to the end to get the takeaway of making a difference by doing thing that help the planet.

The Campaign Trail

Player Questions: i don’t think any of the players had any questions that were not answered in the rules.

Learning Curve: having to do some of the math is a learning curve for players, but it is a different way to play for each player. their aren’t many things to learn this game is mostly about luck of the roll.

Player Interactions: no one landed on this space but stealing voters is one of the biggest interactions. mostly people were just talking about what was happening. i feel like this game has the best opportunity to make more interactions of losing and swapping around voters between players.

Confusion Points: when to lose and gain voters/ remembering what color you are.

Player Enjoyment: i think players enjoyed this game but we didn’t end up finishing it because others had to go work on things.

Frustrations: not landing on your color but no frustrations that i think i can really fix in later versions.

Takeaways: the takeaway of how political campaigns work would have worked better if i had done my initial thought of adding money and investors to help you either buy adds or other things.