Week 5 : Test Play and Feedback

This week, we test-played our tabletop game to ensure everything was working well and made balance changes based on feedback.

Test Play Session 1

First round of test play

Some group photos of us testing out the tabletop game

Feedback:

• Event cards were confusing as some affected the user negatively. Changed to impact other players.

• Immunity wasn't useful; added more event cards affecting immunity.

• Added a rule to discard phobia cards causing damage to avoid accumulation.

• Simplified card descriptions using Canva App and added symbols.
  

Latest Card Design:

Presentation Session

Presentation Preparation

Slide Categories:

1. Introduction: Overview and purpose of the card game.

2. Game Concept: Theme, target audience, and unique selling points.

3. Game Mechanics: Basic rules, gameplay flow, and winning conditions.

4. Components: Description and examples of card types and additional game pieces.

5. Art and Design: Visual style, card layout, and packaging design.
   

Art Style and Direction:

• Planned the art style inspired by the fantasy survival game "Don't Starve."

• Created sketches of characters based on their weaknesses and immunities.

• Designed the Sleep Meter inspired by a health bar from ArtStation.

Art Style and Direction

• We started to plan what type of art style are we going to do for our tabletop game

Photo of us creating our presentation slide

Test Play Session 2

Improvements:

• Removed the discard rule for phobia cards causing damage.

• Added a rule for event cards to be used after a whole round, affecting all players.

• Simplified card descriptions and added symbols.

Photo of us doing test play

Proposal Video URL

Over the weekend, Aaditya, Alyssa and Aiman recorded voiceover for the proposal video linked here.