Tag: games

FAVORITE FACE is a STRATEGY game in which PLAYERS WITH BLANK FACE CARDS COMPETE TO MAKE THE BEST FACE by DRAWING FACE PART CARDS AND PIECES FOR POINTS.

RECORD SCRATCH is a PARTY game in which PLAYERS SLOWLY SCRATCH A “RECORD” TO TRY AND GUESS A SONG WITHIN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT IF THEY PLAY THE RECORD TOO MUCH BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO GUESS THE SONG CORRECTLY, THE RECORD WILL SCRATCH AND THEY LOSE.

TYPE TEST is a PHONE SKILL game in which PLAYERS TYPE WORDS WITH THEIR PHONES AS FAST AS THEY CAN IN UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING WAYS, SUCH AS WITH ONE HAND OR WHILE UPSIDE DOWN.

NAIL BITERS is a STRATEGY CARD game in which PLAYERS TRY TO BUILD THE BEST (OR GROSSEST) NAIL MEALS by DRAWING INGREDIENT CARDS AND PLAYING THEM LIKE RUMMY.

INFECTED: ZOMBIE OUTBREAK is a SOCIAL DEDUCTION game in which HUMANS MUST ROOT OUT WHO AMONG THEM (IF ANY) HAS BEEN INFECTED BY THE ZOMBIE VIRUS by WATCHING TO SEE WHO ISN’T DOING THEIR JOB IN THE SURVIVAL BUNKER.

Was it fun? It was moderately enjoyable. Strategizing and collaborating was fun because that’s something I can really sink my teeth into when I play games but the impending doom of knowing you probably weren’t going to win was just kinda meh.

What were the player interactions? As I usually do in group activities, I took on a leadership role because I thought I understood the game the best and tried to help everyone else make the best moves. Everyone did try to share there ideas too which i didn’t shut down which I think made it a positive social aspect.

How long did it take to learn? Hard to say because we left for Saxby’s in the middle of setting up but in total I’d say it took about 30 minutes.

Would you play it again? Yeah I would say I would. I’m interested in seeing how much better I could do with more experience.

3 Act Structure: We started by making small moves and following directions closely. When we got more comfortable we talked a lot more about our options and planned accordingly to account for the epidemics. We then got to a point where we realized we couldn’t win, but we reached a satisfying conclusion by eradicating the virus throughout North America.

What are the collaborative and competitive aspects to the game? The game was fully collaborative, as everyone wins or loses together. We were able to share ideas and thoughts in a somewhat stress-free way.

What is the games metaphor and which of the game’s mechanics standout? I think the metaphor is that without experience, really hard problems like curing a pandemic are almost impossible. And even with experience, things don’t always work out as expected. The one mechanic that stood out to me was the forced epidemic cards which made things harder throughout the game, but what I liked specifically was that the directions had us shuffle the epidemic cards into the deck in a way that spread them out across the game.

• Question Set 1
  1. What Mechanics would you like to use for a game with a theme that revolves around being the size of a nanometer?
  2. Who are you making games for?
  3. Who will be your play testers outside of class?
• Question Set 2
  1. Can you think of a game you were able to play without referring to the rules?
  2. How do you define what a game is?
  3. What features can make your games more intuitive?
• Question Set 3
  1. What was your gateway game? What do you play to introduce others to gaming?
  2. What features do gateway games share?
  3. What are the 10 beautiful mechanics and what should you aim for with your own?
  4. How does luck and strategy factor in to game play?

Set 1
1. Being able to change objects’ sizes, limited movement, etc.
2. I guess my goal would be to make games that have a wide range of audience so that people across age groups, like families, can play together and have fun.
3. I could either go home and play with wonderful mom, or I could have so fun with it by asking my friends from RMU theater.

Set 2
1. Most of the games I have watched people play online are easy for me to get the gist of if I ever purchase the game for myself. For example the card game Anomia is a fast thinking card game with simple-ish rules that I was able to understand the pattern and quick turns of easily.
2. I would say a game is a competitive experience where one or more players tries to reach a goal to “win.”
3.I would try to implement simple graphics and simple action phrases so the rules are easy to pick up in an efficient manner.

Set 3
1. The earliest games I can recall playing are those Wii games I mentioned in my last question set post. If I were to introduce some to a simple gameplay experience, I would probably boot up one of those games because the motion controls and buttons are easy to understand.
2. Quick rounds/turns, simples rules and actions, attractive designs
3. Pass
4. A good balance of luck and strategy should be involved in any good game so that the players still feel the experience is fair and that they could still win at any point.

1. Guess the Card: Subjective- One player draws a card without looking at it and shows it to all other players. The others players give clues to the card drawer in a subjective way as if this playing card was a character with a specific vibe. Everyone wins if the card drawer guesses correctly.
2. Fast Flip- Two players lay out half of a standard deck of card in a grid in front of them. Using only one hand, players race to flip all of their cards before their opponent.
3. High/Low Solitaire- The player draws seven cards into their hand and puts seven cards in a pile to the side. Two more cards are put face up in front of them. You can play any card from your hand on either of the two face up cards if they are one higher or one lower in value. Redraw up to seven once you have no moves. If you have seven cards and no moves, take one of the side pile cards and place them on top of one of the piles of your choice. You win if you can play the entire deck. If not, play for the lowest number of cards left. Once the side pile is used up and you have no moves, you lose.
4. Card Tossing- Players take turn throwing a card as far as possible from behind a mark. Whoever tosses their card the farthest wins.
5. Each card has a word, players take turns playing cards and trying to match words as closely as possible.

• • Question Set 1
    1. What Mechanics would you like to use for a game with a theme that revolves around being the size of a nanometer?
  • I’d like to use mechanics where people have to work together for their goals at a small size,
    1. Who are you making games for?
  • Parties, fun group settings
    1. Who will be your play testers outside of class?
  • My family and a group of my friends
  • Question Set 2
    1. Can you think of a game you were able to play without referring to the rules?
  • Usually any video game, but a board game that comes to mind is Life
    1. How do you define what a game is?
  • A series of a story that is to be interacted with to continue on.
    1. What features can make your games more intuitive?
  • Easy to read, clear instructions right from the beginning
  • Question Set 3
    1. What was your gateway game? What do you play to introduce others to gaming?
  • I grew up around my older siblings who were crazy gamers, I can’t remember what my personal gateway game was, but I always remember playing Mario Party with my siblings on our Nintendo 64. For a card game I always love to introduce through Uno, great game to mess with new players.
    1. What features do gateway games share?
  • Easy to learn, a main theme, not much complexity, it should be interactive, luck, should be around 46-90 min. long, original, and have good replayability
    1. What are the 10 beautiful mechanics and what should you aim for with your own?
• KingMaker’S noblesse oblige, battle tech’s heat, Set’s set-making, Magic’s card tapping, battle cattle’s cow tipping rule(I really want to play this one ), XXXenophile’S s popping, Bohnanza’s hand order rule, Mississippi queens paddle wheels, times up communicating breakdown, Dominion’S constant shuffling. My game should aim for clearing all of these mechanics
  1. How does luck and strategy factor in to game play?
     They should factor into a game together, so it doesn’t leave the player bored and the game not replayable

So I played Munchkin with Gideon, Kiya, Grace, and Brady, and it lasted the entire class period. It took a while to learn the rules and we didn’t even finish our game, but we were close to finishing and once we got a handle of the rules the game started to get really fun. It is definitely worth replaying with those who know a lot about the game.

As far as the three act structure goes, I would say act one consisted of me reading the rules out loud for everyone and starting the game. This lasted longer than I thought but putting that effort into learning the rules was worth it. The second act of us getting more comfortable and playing strategically was a lot of fun. The third act started around the time Kiya and I were at level 8 (you need to get to level 10 to win) and we were using all of our force to push our way to the end and win. Unfortunately we didn’t get to the climax as class ended before someone was able to win, but the nail-biting energy was a fun experience.

In your opinion what should every game have? Why do you like your favorite game?

I feel like every good game should have some unique aspect or take that draw a certain audience in and keeps them coming back.

List the games you’ve played and currently play.

This might take a while. These are mostly going to be simple or casual games because that’s what I like, but I’m gonna condense this to video games and vr games. There’ll be a lot of Wii and Mii games. It’s an autistic special interest.

• Wii Sports
• Wii Sports Resort
• Wii Fit
• Wii Play
• Wii Play Motion
• Wii Party
• Wii Party U
• Mario Party
• Just Dance
• Tomodachi Life
• Miitopia
• Wario Ware
• Mario Kart Wii
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
• Superliminal
• The Stanley Parable
• Please, Don’t Touch Anything VR
• Please, Don’ Touch Anything: House Broken
• Jackbox Party Packs
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Kinect Sports
• Kinect Adventures
• Minecraft
• Roblox
• Beat Saber
• Superhot VR
• There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
• Brain Age
• Mario Kart 7
• Tetris
• Tetris Effect VR
• Accounting+
• Among Us
• Skribbl.io
• Gartic Phone
• Minecraft: Story Mode

I might come back and edit this post if I come up with any more.

Can you apply the three act structure to your favorite game? What is it’s pacing and how long do you find yourself in each act?

I think I can kinda apply this structure to Minecraft. Act 1 is the time you spend in the Overworld gathering supplies and preparing for the battles ahead. You spend about 50% of your time in this section. Then you go to the Nether to get the blaze rods and enter pearls required to get to the apply named End. This is where the action and battles pick up, as there are so many things that can kill you. You spend about 40% of your time there. Then finally, you make your way to the End at the climax of your journey where you fight the Ender Dragon Boss and beat the game. You spend the rest of your 10% here.

When coming up with ideas where do you find you start, with the metaphor or the mechanic?

I usually like figure out the rules and mechanics first because it gives me a better idea of how something will work and where I need to make changes from draft to final product.

Over the course of this semester, who would you like to collaborate with and why?

I would like to collaborate with people like Evan, Sarah, Gideon, and Grace because I have taken classes with them in the past, and I feel that I would vibe with their personalities the best.