{"id":10627,"date":"2024-10-17T14:03:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=10627"},"modified":"2024-10-21T09:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:24:19","slug":"the-lamp-playtest-game-makers-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=10627","title":{"rendered":"The Lamp Playtest &#8211; Game Maker\u2019s Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What questions did your players have? <\/strong>If they could only go forward, if when you decide to stop playing you can change your mind,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How quickly did they learn to play? <\/strong>The players seemed to learn pretty quickly. The only thing that took them a while to get the hang of was what the numbers on the die indicated (lamp on or off, and 1-2 orbs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What kinds of interactions did the players have?<\/strong> Players didn\u2019t really interact much in terms of the gameplay. They kind of reminded each other of the rules and mechanics at times and suggested when they might be getting a little too close to the lamp.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What confused players? <\/strong>The dice and what each of the numbers meant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What made players excited? <\/strong>The mini lamp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What did your players enjoy doing? <\/strong>I think the players enjoyed the trading post cards although they didn\u2019t really get to use them very often. I think they enjoyed being able to turn on and off the lamp too. The players also enjoyed having their own paths on the board, versus one path for everyone. I believe they also enjoyed the art.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Did any aspect of the game frustrate players? <\/strong>Players wanted to be able to use the trading post cards more because there were so many of them and so few spaces on the board.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Potential changes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make sure that next time I have the ON and OFF dice instead of a 1-6 die, like I originally intended<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include reminders on the board itself to let players know what the number on the die means for collecting orbs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make the board bigger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create more opportunities to collect trading post cards\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add functions to the trading post cards that allow you to distract players with the new light source<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create opportunities where players will move backwards as well, such as when the light is off or when someone plays a trading post card<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarify that when you choose not to roll anymore you cannot change your mind and go back into the game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create more ways to earn points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change the shape of the board path a little bit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maybe incorporate action dies or cards that affect turns\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add more opportunities for player interaction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potential changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-10627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design","tag-marked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10628,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10627\/revisions\/10628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}