Description How much does a fat penguin weigh? Enough to break the ice! Fat Penguin is a card-based drinking game designed to break the ice, make new friends, and laugh with the friends you already have. Perfect for parties, Fat Penguin uses five different types of challenge cards to get players talking, getting to know… Read More Fat Penguin Project Dossier
Fat Penguin has been the result of a process of ideation, rapid prototyping, and iteration. The iterative design process is cyclical, and ‘alternates between prototyping, play testing, evaluation, and refinement” (cited in Eladhari & Ollila 2012, 392). My development process has involved a long series of prototypes, playtests, feedback, and change. First Ideation At… Read More Fat Penguin Prototyping and Playtesting
Within a day of my initial ideation phase, I cobbled together a rough prototype of Fat Penguin using the online tool Go Deck Yourself, combined with a lot of assistance from my lovely housemates in cutting out cards. We invited some friends, and asked them to invite some friends, to the first playtest, which… Read More Fat Penguin Playtest – Digital Artifact
Cutting template Clink the link above to download a .docx cutting template – the boxes are exactly the right size for a standard card sleeve. Remember to delete the text box before you start, and ‘save as’ when you fill up the template.
How much does a fat penguin weigh? Enough to break the ice! Fat Penguin is a card-based drinking game designed to break the ice, make new friends, and laugh with the friends you already have. Perfect for parties, Fat Penguin uses five different types of challenge cards to get players talking, getting to know each… Read More Fat Penguin Pitch
A tile-placing game set in imperial China, ‘Lanterns: The Harvest Festival’ is family board game for players of all ages developed by Foxtrot Games. Two to four players must prepare the Emporer’s palace for the Harvest Festival by placing colourful lanterns across the lake. The artisan (player) who earns the most honour before the festival begins… Read More ‘Lanterns: The Harvest Festival’ Review
