Review on Photosynthesis

Was it fun? Yes, but no. The game was somewhat fun once you learned what you were doing.

What were the player interactions? This game didn’t have to much interactions among the players, it was more about where you planted your trees and how fast you grew them.

How long did it take to learn? It took a very long time for us to get started, and even as we started to figure out what it was that we were supposed to be doing, we still had to pause to figure out the answers to our questions along the way. We then discovered that we were playing the game partially wrong about half way through.

Would you play it again? I may play it again, but it would depend on what other options that there are. It most likely wouldn’t be my first choice.

Analyze the game using the 3 act structure.

Act 1 – would be reading the instructions and setting up the trees, and seeds on each players board. This was a long process at first because we were not given the clearest instructions.

Act 2- We finally starting planting trees and using our light points to buy more seeds to plant more trees and buying more trees to upgrade them.

Act 3- When we finally starting to uproot out large trees for points and then we could start to see who was going to win the game.

What are the collaborative and or competitive aspects of the game? This game is more the competitive type. It’s all about where you place your trees, and how fast you grow them so you can uproot your large trees for points.

What is the game’s metaphor and which of the game’s mechanics standout? The mechanics of this game is very simillar to how it would be in reality with the rotation of the sun and planting a seed and the tree growing.