{"id":13879,"date":"2025-05-08T09:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=13879"},"modified":"2025-05-09T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:38:24","slug":"play-test-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=13879","title":{"rendered":"Play test  #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Participants: 5 friends, ages 18-21&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting: Dorm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What Happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Everyone quickly understood the rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Song choices sparked laughter and discussion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People leaned into humor, often choosing ironic or unexpected songs for a breakup scenario like a victory type song .<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What I Learned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Players enjoyed making ironic or funny choices more than sincere ones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some song cards weren\u2019t recognizable to everyone, which slowed the game down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Players wanted a way to \u201cargue\u201d for their song pick or explain why it fits.<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Changes to Consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add an optional 15-second pitch\/explanation round where players can defend their choice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create themed expansion decks \u201cThrowbacks\u201d \u201cTikTok Hits\u201d \u201cLove Songs\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add symbols or genres to song cards to help people unfamiliar with a track<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Someone had an idea where you have category scenario cards so they could pick a love, hype, or chill scenario.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants: 5 friends, ages 18-21&nbsp; Setting: Dorm&nbsp; What Happened: What I Learned: Changes to Consider:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-13879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design-studio-2","tag-marked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13879","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\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13880,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13879\/revisions\/13880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}