{"id":13881,"date":"2025-05-08T09:57:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=13881"},"modified":"2025-05-09T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:38:24","slug":"play-test-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=13881","title":{"rendered":"Play test #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Participants: Parents (mid-50s), younger brother (17) , Me , Older brother (23)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting: Family game night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What Happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some family members didn\u2019t know newer songs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lots of laughter but also some frustration due to generational gaps in song knowledge.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What I Learned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There needs to be a balance between old and new songs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Including more universal or well-known tracks would help bridge age differences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Having a quick way to play a song snippet (YouTube or Spotify) helped a lot.<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 QR codes or song snippets in a companion app so players can sample songs they don\u2019t know.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make a \u201cFamily-Friendly\u201d version with more PG scenarios and songs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Create genre-based decks ( Classic Rock, Pop Hits, Kids\u2019 Favorites) that players can choose based on group type.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants: Parents (mid-50s), younger brother (17) , Me , Older brother (23) Setting: Family game night What Happened: What I Learned: Changes to Consider: Create genre-based decks ( Classic Rock, Pop Hits, Kids\u2019 Favorites) that players can choose based on group type.<\/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-13881","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\/13881","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=13881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13882,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13881\/revisions\/13882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}