#bluffing game

[Note: I received a free copy of this game in exchange for a fair, unbiased review.] Most memory games are pretty simple, falling into one of two categories: you either observe a pattern and repeat it, or you look at multiple items and remember where they are when hidden/concealed. Memory games that include a social mechanic are rarer, and memory games with a social mechanic AND bluffing are…

Fluffy Dragons by Lamf Games Sometimes you sit down to write a blog post and realize one of your friends has already done it better than you could do it yourself! So why not share the post instead?! Check out Choas & Confetti’s lovely rundown of the upcoming game Fluffy Dragons by Lamf Games, which you can still back on Kickstarter for another 9 days (as of this posting on 6/19) – support indie…

Kill the Unicorns is a new bidding and bluffing game with one of the silliest themes out there. Unicorns have overrun the kingdom and their farts are ruining everything alive. Whoever kills the most unicorns to rid the land of their scourge wins the game.

Playtest 6

Tested with 2 players: played 5 times. Changes were made during each round.

We played with the same game guide as the last one, but with the tiny changes that needed to be made. The Game Guide above is the result we got after testing. I believe I am getting close to the final result, as it was fun to play. 

After 2 rounds:  What do you think needs changing in the game? Can’t think of anything at the moment, need to play more and get used to the skills.

Professional Engagement #NZGDC2016 (New Zealand Game Developers Conference)

I was lucky to be able to attend the NZGDC, I would like to thank Ben Kenobi, for recommending me to attend and giving me the opportunity to attend. It was a wonderful 2 day experience, 1 day to enjoy the conferences and 1 day volunteering. This was a paid event, but I got one day free for volunteering. I got too see a lot of wonderful presentations, and got to meet a lot of new people, and made new friends. One unfortunate thing was that my sickness got worse as I was volunteering, fever got to me, so I had to stay home for the next few days, putting me a bit more behind on my work schedule.  

There was some amazing speakers and talks that really helped and inspired me. There was one presenter who did a talk on “ UI/UX 101 for Indies: How to push your buttons ”, her talk had some useful tips as she speaks about some bad UI/UX design out there. One quote I really like from her is “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good design fits our needs so well that the design becomes invisible.” because I find this to be very true. 

I also got to meet a game board developer from Cheeky Parrot (Lucy Morris). It was really interesting to hear what she had to say about game board packaging design. She mentions that games that are easier to pronounce, and packaging that shows what the game is about is more effective and get sold more. I asked her what advice she can give me on play testing and she suggested to go to some of these places where the community can help me play test, Board Game by the bay, Cakes and Ladders, King of cards. She also gave me the advice that adding design will often distract the players from the actual game play.

On Friday when I was volunteering, I was lucky enough to be assigned to level 9 where a Analog Game Design Workshop was happening. I got to see the process they did to come up with quick game designs and was able to join in on some of the play testing. For one of the game that I helped play test with, we had to hold our arms like T-Rexs, and had to keep them there as we collect our assigned coloured paper and put them in our box. We had to roar every time we got something in. Another game that I was involved in was a bluffing game, coincidence or what? The theme for their bluffing game was that we were space monkeys and we are trying to crack a code, each of the monkey has apart of the code, the catch is that there are sabotor monkeys who are trying to sabotage us to fail the code. 

As I was designing a new iteration of my game. I came up with a new play style and came up with a name for my game. Because my game requires the player to state what they are and what they are doing each turn saying things like “I am The Government, and I’m taxing you”, I think it would be cool to use this phrase in the name. To help me design the game and help me make it more immersive, I’ve decided to add a story and personality to the game.