{"id":11080,"date":"2024-11-22T12:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11080"},"modified":"2024-12-02T21:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T01:29:40","slug":"game-markers-playtest-notes-pt-2-truth-or-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11080","title":{"rendered":"Game Maker&#8217;s Playtest Notes Pt. 2 &#8211; &#8220;Truth or Lie&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What questions did your players have?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;How do penalty cards work?&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Can we exaggerate or lie in creative ways?&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;What happens if everyone guesses wrong?&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;How do you win? Is there a score?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How quickly did they learn how to play?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most players understood the basic rules quickly, though the specifics of penalty cards and how to use them took a bit longer to grasp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What kinds of interactions did the players have?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Players had lively debates and discussions while guessing whether someone was lying.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lots of laughter and social bonding over the penalty cards, especially the funny tasks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There were moments of tension when players tried to catch each other in a lie or figured out who was bluffing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What confused the players?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The rules around penalty cards were unclear at first.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some players didn\u2019t understand how much creativity they could use in telling lies or truths.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The game&#8217;s point system and how to track progress was confusing, especially for competitive players.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What made players excited?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Successfully guessing when someone was lying.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative storytelling, especially when players told wild or funny lies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The unpredictability of penalty cards and the challenges they included.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What did your players enjoy doing?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Telling stories\u2014either truths or lies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guessing whether someone was lying or not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completing or watching others do the goofy tasks on penalty cards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did any aspect of the game frustrate players?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yes, having to perform the &#8220;penalties&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What questions did your players have? How quickly did they learn how to play? What kinds of interactions did the players have? What confused the players? What made players excited? What did your players enjoy doing? Did any aspect of the game frustrate players?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-11080","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\/11080","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\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11082,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11080\/revisions\/11082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}