Our team decides to work on getting to know you/guessing game. There are two groups, where each group draw a card containing an ethical dilemma they face on daily basis, act out both situation and response, and the other group guess what the situation and response is.
1. Would this game help people know each other on individual level?
This question is important to answer because it determines what type of social game it is. More specifically, is it a guessing game or a getting to know you game? We can prototype this by creating a deck of cards containing some ethical dilemmas and have two groups play the mini-version of our game. I predict that the game wouldn’t help people know each other on an individual level, since only one person’s ethical response will be acted out, or the group would alter their response for acting purposes. Yet, it would help the group bond through acting and laughter.
2. What’s the objective of the game?
This question is important since the objective of the game influences players when they enter the magic circle, as well as our game’s mechanics. This can be prototyped by using a deck of cards containing some ethical dilemmas but run the game with different groups under different objectives (i.e. competition, outwit). I predict that the objective would be competition to cultivate fellowship among each group.
3. What kind of challenges would players enjoy?
This is a critical question that differentiates us from other similar games and to make players stick. We need to find adequate level of challenge, otherwise it would defeat the purpose of fostering social connections. To prototype this, we can add different versions of challenges, such as deck of cards with acting constraints, twists like combining two ethical dilemmas, timer, etc. My prediction is that players would enjoy more challenges–specifically constraints and small twists–as that increases the difficulty and fun of the game.
