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[We Play Tonight]Teen-Islanders: Cheerleaders, Monkeys, Starvation and Social Drama
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TEEN-ISLANDERS
That's right, we play this game tonight. I'm going to be in #bombfell on irc.slashnet.org most of the night and for better or worse a game of this will begin around 11pm GMT. There's no GM and it's a collaborative group game, so the more people we have to chip in the more fun it will be.
But what's the game you say?
I was toying with the idea of creating a game that could be playable solo, taking inspiration from the randomly generated content of Roguelikes. I ended up with the idea of a desert-island survival game where you or your group collaboratively control a randomly generated group of highschoolers that have to balance gathering food and materials to survive with complex social networks and backstabing. Obviously there are also tropical storms, bear attacks and hopefully a raft. I painted the whole thing with a thick coat of highschool stereotypes and had my basic idea down.
So in the very early stages here's what I'm for now calling Teen-Islanders.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddmbxmt_13cg9mbdv5
The game has gone down well when played with around three people but I really think it's a case of the more the merrier. This is all playtesting, as there are still a few balance issues but life in the island is meant to be unfair. At the moment I'm just concerned it's not harsh enough, but hopefully we'll be proven wrong with a band of useless kids that starve in days.
The game actually benefits from sidetracking into silly comments and really reading into the events. You soon learn to hate the fat kids. Here's an example of what a group of Castaways will look like, each one being the result of a single d6 roll and up to two further rolls based on how they roll.
The Rebels
Lucia and Franklyn (Spunk, Couple)
The Cheerleaders
Michelle (Social, Fussy, The Bitch)
Tara (Social, Fussy)
Amber, Tiffany and Samantha (Social)
The Rest
Heather (Sports)
Christian (The Class Clown, Smarts, Spunk)
Eugene (Glutton)
Aaron (Jerk)
Amie (Sports, Crush on Franklyn)
The brackets contain any Strengths or Weaknesses the character has as well as how any other notable information such as relationships with other Castaways or whether they fit a special role such as Prom King or Class Clown. As you can see Cliques form rapidly on this island depending on character's Strengths.
Bear in mind this game was thrown together over a few hours. Hope to see some of you show for the game.
That's right, we play this game tonight. I'm going to be in #bombfell on irc.slashnet.org most of the night and for better or worse a game of this will begin around 11pm GMT. There's no GM and it's a collaborative group game, so the more people we have to chip in the more fun it will be.
But what's the game you say?
I was toying with the idea of creating a game that could be playable solo, taking inspiration from the randomly generated content of Roguelikes. I ended up with the idea of a desert-island survival game where you or your group collaboratively control a randomly generated group of highschoolers that have to balance gathering food and materials to survive with complex social networks and backstabing. Obviously there are also tropical storms, bear attacks and hopefully a raft. I painted the whole thing with a thick coat of highschool stereotypes and had my basic idea down.
So in the very early stages here's what I'm for now calling Teen-Islanders.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddmbxmt_13cg9mbdv5
The game has gone down well when played with around three people but I really think it's a case of the more the merrier. This is all playtesting, as there are still a few balance issues but life in the island is meant to be unfair. At the moment I'm just concerned it's not harsh enough, but hopefully we'll be proven wrong with a band of useless kids that starve in days.
The game actually benefits from sidetracking into silly comments and really reading into the events. You soon learn to hate the fat kids. Here's an example of what a group of Castaways will look like, each one being the result of a single d6 roll and up to two further rolls based on how they roll.
The Rebels
Lucia and Franklyn (Spunk, Couple)
The Cheerleaders
Michelle (Social, Fussy, The Bitch)
Tara (Social, Fussy)
Amber, Tiffany and Samantha (Social)
The Rest
Heather (Sports)
Christian (The Class Clown, Smarts, Spunk)
Eugene (Glutton)
Aaron (Jerk)
Amie (Sports, Crush on Franklyn)
The brackets contain any Strengths or Weaknesses the character has as well as how any other notable information such as relationships with other Castaways or whether they fit a special role such as Prom King or Class Clown. As you can see Cliques form rapidly on this island depending on character's Strengths.
Bear in mind this game was thrown together over a few hours. Hope to see some of you show for the game.
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I mean do you guys need the IRC info or anything?
- Although we have a few takers I feel some people are still missing out
- I received a nice big juicy playtest report from someone today that's given me a load of ideas that will improve the game, I can get these added in tomorrow no problem
- Your timezones are crazy
So this game will now be running on TUESDAY 24th at Midnight GMT.This game has bears and spontaneous combustion, come play.
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This is Midnignt GMT Tonight
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But sadly I leave in 45 minutes!
Would play again.
For those interested the situation on Day 11 was that we made a break for it on the raft but, upon spotting a ship on the horizon, we went unnoticed and it sailed away blindly. Washed back up on the island we had to burn most of the raft to survive and now everyone except the Prom King and Debate Team Captain are too hungry to work. Oh and the Class Clown had his arm bitten off by a crocodile so is no longer any help.
I'll give more notice for this next one so we can hopefully spread word across the forums.
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Anyone interested tell me what day/time you'd be cool to play. I'm pretty much available most of the week from 8pm to 3am GMT.
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dibs
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Are you guys able to fit in there somewhere?
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Luckily it's very easy to jump into this game in the middle and quickly catch up on how things are going.
edit: To Clarify the irc channel is #bombfell on irc.slashnet.org
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Perfect, if you start I'll just plan on jumping in then.
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It is hilarity based mostly
Basically it helps to not get too hung up on the mechanics of everything and instead focus on the hilarity of people getting their arms bitten off by crocodiles and such.
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The server is now irc.magicstar.net and the room is #TeenIsland
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Blame Microsoft, please.
I got some general positive feedback and one suggestion but if there's anything else you guys have thought of it'd be good to hear it, this is still the playtesting phase afterall.
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I had fun, when do you think the next playtest will be?
Technically you can play solo but it's not nearly as much fun without someone there to share it with. If you do run something just be sure to let me know on here and I'll try and make it, but I won't be arranging anything myself for a little while due to other commitments.
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