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Card Games Follow Up Mini Assignment 4 Last one – I promise Due next week (week 6) or October 13th Length: 100 words to 250 words Or you can hopefully complete and submit it in class today Playtest your card game from mini assignment 3 with classmates, and/or with friends and family at home, or (as a last resort) by yourself

Mini Assignment 4 Cont. Note the title and core concept of your card game Note how easy or difficult it was to teach people your game. How quickly did players adopt the rules? What sort of questions did players ask? Which aspects of your game needed clarification? Describe the results of the playtesting session or sessions and any feedback you received from players Describe the adjustments you made, or would like to make, to your card game based on the playtesting

Mini Assignment 4 Cont. If your game from mini assignment 3 is not playable then just discuss the game idea with a playtest/focus group (classmates, friends, or family) Note any feedback, ideas, suggestions, thoughts given to you Describe the adjustments you would like to make to your card game based on this feedback

Individual Design Assignment

Write a treatment for a new game idea Due October 27th, 2011 (Week 8) Value: 20% of your final grade Length: 3-5 pages or 750 words to 1,250 words You may use an idea from any of the previous mini assignments as a base for this project, or you can come up with a brand new game idea

Describe your game in one to two paragraphs. What is the essence of your game idea? What makes it interesting and fun? How will the basic gameplay work? What is the core idea or creative centre of the game? - 5 marks Describe the formal elements of the game – 5 marks Describe the dramatic elements in this game – 5 marks Analyze the predicted challenges (costs, development time, man power requirements, technology, execution, polishing/balancing, etc.) to developing this game idea – 5 marks Total of 20 possible marks – clarity of writing (syntax, spelling, grammar, etc.) will also be considered.

Remember the formal elements are the the underlying system and mechanics of the game You may have already described those elements for this idea in a previous mini assignment and you are welcome to re-use that content in this document

But be sure you have answered all of these questions: What is the conflict in the game? What are the goals for each player? What is the single most important type of player action in the game? What are the rules and procedures? What actions do the players take and when? How does a player win? Are there turns? How do they work? How many players can play? How long does a game take to resolve? What is the working title? Who is the target audience? What platform will this game run on? What restrictions or opportunities does that environment have?