Last class we
play tested other groups’ games. Everyone besides one member in a group stayed
back to explain the rules and directions to the players. Sunny and I played the
Harry Potter and the Empires of Trade games. The Harry Potter game seemed to
have many problems such as the their board and the mechanics of the game. Sunny
and I personally enjoyed the Empires of Trade game. The Empires of Trade is
similar to the first board game we played in class, which was the Settlers of
Catan. Similarly, their game had resources to set up a location. Moreover,
trade was involved that is a great way for player interaction and strategy.
As we were play-testing other games, Mihaly and Ian took turns in explaining the rules and
directions to other groups. Our game received a good response. A lot of people
were amazed by the 3D boats and enjoyed the battling of the ships. The feedback
they received was really good. Everyone for the most part liked our game and
strategy however said minor changes needed to be made. One of the things they
wanted changed was the size of the resource cards because they were too small
and easy to lose. Therefore, we made
the resource cards bigger so they can fit into ones hands. People were also very confused with the movements of the boats. So we decided to make
diagrams for the movements of both boats and how they shoot from the nose. Overall everything was well executed, however some minor details needed to
be fixed and I believe the four of us collectively came up with solutions to
those problems.
Some other new
ideas we thought of was that whoever is the captain, the person who’s turn it
is, has to wear the captains hat to distinguish his or herself. We believed the
captains hat would add add a fun element to our board game. We look forward to present our game to the professional game designers next week.
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