{"id":14144,"date":"2025-09-08T13:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=14144"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:28:28","slug":"9-4-2025-meredith_b-reading-homework-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=14144","title":{"rendered":"(9\/4\/2025 Meredith_B) Reading\/Homework Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question Set 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What Mechanics would you like to use for a game with a theme that revolves around being the size of a nanometer?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I think having a jumping or shrinking system would be cool. Jumping in context of jumping over\/around household objects, or shrinking to open the opportunities to have a tall and tiny version of the game (Like Antman)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Who are you making games for?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I want to make fun for ages 12+ as that is a good range to have some somewhat complex mechanics, but also to keep the game easy to understand, allowing for my game to reach wider audiences and be a generally family friendly game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Who will be your play testers outside of class?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mostly friends\/peers, since I am too far away from home to test board games on younger family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question Set 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Can you think of a game you were able to play without referring to the rules?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uno,Life,Cards Against Humanity, Blackjack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How do you define what a game is?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A game is something that has a set of rules to push players into a state of mind for some kind of goal to be completed in some way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What features can make your games more intuitive?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep point values\/ important information is placed on cards or game pieces so they are always visible and can be easily referenced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question Set 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"7\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What was your gateway game? What do you play to introduce others to gaming?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It depends on if its for tabletop or video games. For tabletop games my gateway game was Candyland, and Minecraft was for videogames. To introduce people to games, I would offer them UNO and MInecraft or Roblox, since they are easy to understand and can be adjusted and there are multiple versions and ways to branch out, and starts a good foundation for other games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What features do gateway games share?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Easy to pick up, simple concept and rules, and can be understood by 99% of the population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What are the 10 beautiful mechanics and what should you aim for with your own?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kingmaker\u2019s Noblesse Oblige,\u00a0 BattleTech\u2019s Heat, Set\u2019s Set-making, Magic Card Tapping, Battle Cattle Cow tipping rule, xXxenophile\u2019s Popping, Bohnanaza\u2019s hand order rule, Mississippi Queen Paddlewheels, Times Up Communication breakdown, Dominions constant shuffling. As a gamemaker, you should aim to understand and use these guidelines as a bar to go above in order to make your game successful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How does luck and strategy factor in to game play?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It adds a factor that the game can always keep changing until the final moment and keeps the player engaged. It&#8217;s no fun when one person is always winning, so luck can help anyone win, and strategy can be used to push the factors of luck more to help someone win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Homework:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Game similar to uno, but its collecting cards instead of getting rid of them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Card game version of battleship?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dress up based card game, score points based on outfits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zombie apocalypse card game, have to pick teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interior decorator card game, based on locations of decor gives points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question Set 1 Question Set 2 Question Set 3 Homework:&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,63,147],"tags":[136,139,148],"class_list":["post-14144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design","category-game-ideas","category-reading-questions","tag-game-design-1-question-set","tag-marked","tag-reading-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14144","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\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14145,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14144\/revisions\/14145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}