Saturday, 9 January 2016

Board Game (second edition & what have I learnt)

 If I were to make my game again, I would be sure to add images into the rule book to make them as clear as possible. Also because it is a timed game I would add in a small egg timer, in case neither player had any other way of timing e.g a phone. Also to prevent any confusion with the cards I would make several (around 50) for each of the 6 subjects (300 in total) and each card has 6 numbered objects so the other player doesn't have to think of one themselves. I would also change the image die to 6 easier topics, such as TV/Movies or Animals and to change the premise completely I would have the player pick up their own card and have to rant about something without saying the name of the object so the other person would have to guess what it was.

 Throughout the week i have learnt a lot about board games and why it is such a significant starting point when thinking about game development. I have released just how difficult it is to make a fun and entertaining game without over complicating the rules. It is also hard to come up with a completely original idea since there are so many card and board games out there already. It was also really interesting to observe how other people managed with my own game and see where there went wrong and to see what they would do to overcome things they didn't understand. I liked playing another pairs game just to see how different it was to ours and to see how well they incorporated the image die they were given, which was a lot more difficult than it first seemed.

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