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(8/28/25_Meredith B) Game Test: Fluxx

Play: Fluxx

  1. Was it fun? Kinda? Some parts were annoying to learn, and the game overall wasn’t too bad, mostly just a big thing of confusion.
  2. What were the player interactions? Yes, but lots of it was just explaining rules/cards and the confusion behind it
  3. How long did it take to learn? About 5 minutes to fully understand. However since the rules kept changing due to the gameplay mechanic, the game is always changed, hence constant learning.
  4. What was the most frustrating moment or aspect of what you just played? The constant changing of rules made the game mostly confusing due to the exceptions and changes being made all of the time. Almost every turn changes the rules, making the game change constantly, which I personally don’t find fun.
  5. What was your favorite moment or aspect of what you just played? Nothing in particular honestly, due to the nature of the game it personally felt very mundane the whole time.
  6. Was there anything you wanted to do that you couldn’t? Honestly I would want to keep the rules the same, the changing of goals is cool, but the rules changes are confusing.
  7. If you had a magic wand to wave, and you could change, add, or remove anything from the experience, what would it be? Remove the rules cards, as much as they impact the game, I would make it so you pick the rules, but it can’t constantly change. It would still allow for the weird rules as an option, but would make it a little more understandable.
  8. Is this a game you would play again? Not really, it’s not engaging and a little too confusing for me, especially for the constant rule changing for me to find enjoyable.
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Question Set 1

  1. In my opinion every game should have a good set of rules that are easy to follow(but can be exploited if needed) as long as a good story line to keep the player(s) engaged throughout the whole game. One reason that I like my favorite game(being The Binding of Isaac) is that there is a very high returnability factor for this game. For it being a Rogue like game that has 547 different items that you can use and combine to beat the various enemies.
  2. Some of the games that I have played include the entirety of the pokemon franchise, The binding of isaac games, Minecraft, Ping pong, Pong, pool, billiards, 9 ball, golf, basketball, baseball, softball.
  3. There is not a direct pacing for my favorite game due to it being skill based and some time based mechanics in the game but no set pacing.
  4. I try to start with the metaphor just to get all of the ideas then I start to get the mechanics after that.
  5. I feel like the student aspect would be Gideon to pick his brain on how he would do things. But also any faculty member to get there own spin to get them involved.

5 ideas for games around campus

  1. Group hide and seek (battle of the schools style)
  2. Capture the flag( battle of the schools)