Chin Music is a short and fast memory game that tests first of all your memory (Duh!) but also your ability to bluff and improvise your way through a game. The game “Chin Music” was created by Talen Lee who is a part of the Invincible Ink community where individuals work to design both analog… Read More “CHIN MUSIC”
even if you are only building them in a game. Recently, I play-tested AI Escape (working title) in it’s most recent form, which was unfortunately incomplete. The issues that kept coming up with the game are as follows: Since the players were unfamiliar with the materials of the game, a master list of all the… Read More It turns out, building robots is hard
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THIS POST IS IN RELATION TO MY GAME DESIGN. (MORE INFO HERE: 1 | 2 ) (OTHER PLAYTESTS: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ) THE FIRST PLAYTEST CARRIED OUT IN CLASS! WOO! The people involved in this playtest (and links to their own game development) were: Ivan; Alex; someone whose name…
Now that I have had all semester to adapt my game idea I have finally come up with, what I believe to be, the perfect game that The Battlefield can be. I have been able to get an amount of variance with the points value of each card and how many cards carry the same… Read More Part 5
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This playtest was a little different to the other times; instead of bringing the game along to a group who was aware of it from my constant chatter, I brought it along to my extended family weekend away – more with the intent to update all of the cards,…
In my card game I wanted to create something that, while strategic, had a bit of “the social game” to it. Where people would talk out their strategies or even just generally converse with their opponent during their turns. It’s interesting to note in the article “Chores Are Fun: Understanding Social Play in Board Games… Read More Part 4
Again, been doing some playtesting and finetuning of my game. I playtested the game again, and came up with these rules: 5. Play ends when the map has been filled, with the person with the most tiles on the map being the winner! So, these were the rules that the playtest bred. We played around with… Read More Nearly there (hopefully)!
Game Profile Age: 14+ Play time: 30-60 minutes Players: 2-4 players Type: Strategy Category: Card/Board Game & Euro-Game Theme:Underwater Fantasy Publishers: Bombyx, Asmodee, Asterion Press, Galápagos Jogos, REBEL.pl Price: $80–$90 AU “For centuries, creatures without peer have ruled the depths of the ocean. Their kingdom, called Abyss, is respected by all their allied races, who… Read More Abyss: A Review & Dissection
First off, before you read this, take a look at the saga thus far. Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4 and Post 5. Caught up? Good, because you’ll need to remember what my game was like BEFORE this post. This is the post that could potentially change everything (or quite a lot). So, I playtested… Read More Let’s Playtest! (again….)
A few weeks back I had 2 awesome individuals play test my game. It turned out great! From the atmosphere I assume that everyone did enjoy themselves. From the play test I manage to get some feedback for the game and I found out that one of the issues the game was experiencing was the… Read More One Of Us Is Not Like The Other (Part 3)
