For this week, I decided to prototype “We Didn’t Start The Fire” (does the name have to change for copyright purposes?? idk) . It is based off of the Billy Joel song. I know that a lot of people either really like the song or hate it, but I feel that it includes some useful references that Americans should likely understand.
To make the game a little more relevant, I decided to also include reference to the 2023 Fall Out Boy version of the song that contains even more newsworthy topics and events.
I think that this game is important to help people become educated on both culture and historical events. It is a very simple trivia game right now, but I see potential for adding some more fun mechanics in regards to the music aspect of the game. I really feel like I am mainly creating this game for my little brother, as he loves both trivia games and the Fall Out Boy songs. I see this being a great educational tool for at least him (and myself as I learned a lot in the making of this game).
Making the Game
To make the game, I found a few very incredible articles on Britannica that explain all of the references in both of the songs (over 100 in the old and over 80 in the new). I selected one reference from a few line “chunks” of lyrics and developed a trivia question based on that. I included the full lyric on the top of the cards so the full song is presented throughout the cards that I made.
The Rules
Design
The design is fairly simple, with a red gradient, black square, and white typography. I was really excited to do this game because I think it has really good potential for some fun and creative typography.
i also made the cards very big because why not!
