WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.040 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.470 align:middle line:84% The following content is provided under a Creative 00:00:02.470 --> 00:00:03.880 align:middle line:90% Commons license. 00:00:03.880 --> 00:00:06.920 align:middle line:84% Your support will help MIT OpenCourseWare continue to 00:00:06.920 --> 00:00:10.580 align:middle line:84% offer high quality educational resources for free. 00:00:10.580 --> 00:00:13.470 align:middle line:84% To make a donation or view additional materials from 00:00:13.470 --> 00:00:17.400 align:middle line:84% hundreds of MIT courses, visit MIT OpenCourseWare at 00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:18.650 align:middle line:90% ocw.mit.edu. 00:00:18.650 --> 00:00:21.156 align:middle line:90% 00:00:21.156 --> 00:00:24.890 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So a lot of folks, for instance, the rise in 00:00:24.890 --> 00:00:26.420 align:middle line:90% online poker or something. 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:29.400 align:middle line:84% And they will say that, oh, we don't fall into the tax 00:00:29.400 --> 00:00:33.210 align:middle line:84% bracket for gambling because we're a skill-based game. 00:00:33.210 --> 00:00:35.340 align:middle line:90% But literally [INAUDIBLE] 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:37.360 align:middle line:90% is about competition. 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:40.190 align:middle line:84% In some ways, you can class it as sport. 00:00:40.190 --> 00:00:46.480 align:middle line:84% But the reason why I was asking entirely is because the 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:50.540 align:middle line:84% way how Caillois writes it, or at least the way how Roger 00:00:50.540 --> 00:00:53.820 align:middle line:84% Caillois has been translated, kind of makes it sound like 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:56.640 align:middle line:84% he's actually drawing hard divisions between all these 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:57.180 align:middle line:90% categories. 00:00:57.180 --> 00:00:59.750 align:middle line:84% But really they're all adjectives. 00:00:59.750 --> 00:01:01.350 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: What was the original language? 00:01:01.350 --> 00:01:02.311 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: French, I believe. 00:01:02.311 --> 00:01:05.137 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I believe that's the original version. 00:01:05.137 --> 00:01:07.963 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Correct me if I'm wrong. 00:01:07.963 --> 00:01:09.213 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:01:09.213 --> 00:01:14.240 align:middle line:90% 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:15.600 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: If anyone can confirm that, 00:01:15.600 --> 00:01:16.565 align:middle line:90% that would be awesome. 00:01:16.565 --> 00:01:17.768 align:middle line:90% Write a blog post about it. 00:01:17.768 --> 00:01:18.724 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Jeremy, you're on it. 00:01:18.724 --> 00:01:20.420 align:middle line:84% JEREMY: Yeah, I'll try and confirm that 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:21.060 align:middle line:90% it's actually French. 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:23.364 align:middle line:84% I'll confirm it, and then write an obnoxious post about 00:01:23.364 --> 00:01:24.840 align:middle line:90% translation errors. 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:27.610 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:01:27.610 --> 00:01:29.440 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I'm sure it could have been translated in far 00:01:29.440 --> 00:01:32.256 align:middle line:84% more interesting language, because it's kind of dull. 00:01:32.256 --> 00:01:33.190 align:middle line:90% JEREMY: [INAUDIBLE] 00:01:33.190 --> 00:01:34.840 align:middle line:84% French [INAUDIBLE] if it actually it is French. 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:36.020 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: And then we have more meetings 00:01:36.020 --> 00:01:37.550 align:middle line:90% on Caillois on Wednesday. 00:01:37.550 --> 00:01:38.930 align:middle line:90% Yay! 00:01:38.930 --> 00:01:41.020 align:middle line:90% But it's an important text. 00:01:41.020 --> 00:01:44.390 align:middle line:90% 00:01:44.390 --> 00:01:45.140 align:middle line:90% But [? Ellings ?] 00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:48.910 align:middle line:84% will be, I use the word vertigo a lot, because it 00:01:48.910 --> 00:01:51.356 align:middle line:84% sometimes gets sort of substituted. 00:01:51.356 --> 00:01:55.725 align:middle line:84% But vertigo, I think people have a very specific 00:01:55.725 --> 00:02:00.730 align:middle line:84% understanding of vertigo as getting 00:02:00.730 --> 00:02:02.500 align:middle line:90% dizzy because of heights. 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:07.270 align:middle line:84% And obviously not all games are about heights. 00:02:07.270 --> 00:02:10.840 align:middle line:84% But people, sure, they use it to describe the sensation of 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:13.390 align:middle line:84% taking a roller coaster, which literally is about heights. 00:02:13.390 --> 00:02:14.770 align:middle line:90% But it's also about speed. 00:02:14.770 --> 00:02:17.810 align:middle line:84% And you can use the same thing. 00:02:17.810 --> 00:02:20.956 align:middle line:84% Have everyone played the game called Descent on the PC back 00:02:20.956 --> 00:02:22.520 align:middle line:90% in the day? 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:24.145 align:middle line:84% So imagine a first-person shooter. 00:02:24.145 --> 00:02:26.720 align:middle line:90% 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:29.510 align:middle line:84% The game is filling up the entire screen. 00:02:29.510 --> 00:02:33.550 align:middle line:90% But there is no up. 00:02:33.550 --> 00:02:35.000 align:middle line:90% There's no gravity. 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:38.120 align:middle line:84% Whenever you want, you can turn yourself this way. 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:40.390 align:middle line:84% And you just stay that way until you want to turn 00:02:40.390 --> 00:02:41.700 align:middle line:90% yourself again. 00:02:41.700 --> 00:02:44.490 align:middle line:84% By the way, the controls work just pretty much the same way 00:02:44.490 --> 00:02:47.370 align:middle line:90% as a first-person shooter. 00:02:47.370 --> 00:02:48.915 align:middle line:90% That was Descent. 00:02:48.915 --> 00:02:53.650 align:middle line:84% And the whole pleasure of that game, you'll be doing this all 00:02:53.650 --> 00:02:54.066 align:middle line:90% the friggin' time. 00:02:54.066 --> 00:02:56.310 align:middle line:84% I'm going down this straight corridor. 00:02:56.310 --> 00:02:58.110 align:middle line:84% And I never just go down the straight corridor. 00:02:58.110 --> 00:02:59.556 align:middle line:84% I go down the straight corridor, and I turn 00:02:59.556 --> 00:03:01.966 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:03:01.966 --> 00:03:02.930 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Inception. 00:03:02.930 --> 00:03:04.376 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:03:04.376 --> 00:03:05.822 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah! 00:03:05.822 --> 00:03:07.268 align:middle line:90% That sort of thing. 00:03:07.268 --> 00:03:10.530 align:middle line:84% If you ever get a chance to play the game Prey, which is 00:03:10.530 --> 00:03:13.640 align:middle line:84% probably like five dogs on like a pre-owned nowadays. 00:03:13.640 --> 00:03:15.240 align:middle line:84% You have that same sort of thing. 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:20.230 align:middle line:84% And Portal has a lot of that kind of loss of control, 00:03:20.230 --> 00:03:21.410 align:middle line:90% physical sensation. 00:03:21.410 --> 00:03:22.390 align:middle line:90% They're trying to get that. 00:03:22.390 --> 00:03:26.750 align:middle line:84% But obviously real physical experiences 00:03:26.750 --> 00:03:28.690 align:middle line:90% that are half an inch. 00:03:28.690 --> 00:03:34.410 align:middle line:84% They're talking about three-legged races or that 00:03:34.410 --> 00:03:36.150 align:middle line:84% horrible game where you spin around on a 00:03:36.150 --> 00:03:37.806 align:middle line:90% bat with your head. 00:03:37.806 --> 00:03:45.050 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:03:45.050 --> 00:03:46.790 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: And [? Ellings ?] can be used to describe any 00:03:46.790 --> 00:03:49.410 align:middle line:90% one of those things. 00:03:49.410 --> 00:03:52.070 align:middle line:84% I like to use it as describing the sort of fun 00:03:52.070 --> 00:03:53.580 align:middle line:90% of the loss of control. 00:03:53.580 --> 00:03:55.000 align:middle line:84% But that's not necessarily the case. 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:59.535 align:middle line:84% Just the sheer physicality of the game that's part of the 00:03:59.535 --> 00:04:03.857 align:middle line:84% experience in a way that digital chess doesn't really 00:04:03.857 --> 00:04:05.444 align:middle line:90% have any of that. 00:04:05.444 --> 00:04:06.845 align:middle line:90% Even real chess [INAUDIBLE]. 00:04:06.845 --> 00:04:09.650 align:middle line:90% 00:04:09.650 --> 00:04:13.010 align:middle line:84% So actually I'm just going to write out those words for 00:04:13.010 --> 00:04:16.554 align:middle line:84% those folks who didn't get a chance to read 00:04:16.554 --> 00:04:18.399 align:middle line:90% through that page. 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:19.470 align:middle line:90% So [INAUDIBLE] 00:04:19.470 --> 00:04:22.242 align:middle line:84% is kind of like intercompetition skill. 00:04:22.242 --> 00:04:26.409 align:middle line:90% 00:04:26.409 --> 00:04:29.216 align:middle line:84% I talked about [? Ellings ?] which is kind of jumping down 00:04:29.216 --> 00:04:31.656 align:middle line:84% through the last one of these such as-- am I 00:04:31.656 --> 00:04:34.190 align:middle line:90% spelling this right-- 00:04:34.190 --> 00:04:37.643 align:middle line:84% where just kind of physicality just kind of sucks. 00:04:37.643 --> 00:04:40.998 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:04:40.998 --> 00:04:42.770 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Actually Jason, can you turn the 00:04:42.770 --> 00:04:43.722 align:middle line:90% light in the room on. 00:04:43.722 --> 00:04:44.972 align:middle line:90% Its extremely dark. 00:04:44.972 --> 00:04:48.490 align:middle line:90% 00:04:48.490 --> 00:04:49.957 align:middle line:90% Loss of control. 00:04:49.957 --> 00:04:57.540 align:middle line:90% 00:04:57.540 --> 00:04:58.580 align:middle line:90% Other ones were-- 00:04:58.580 --> 00:04:59.610 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:04:59.610 --> 00:05:02.650 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Javier, what was that again? 00:05:02.650 --> 00:05:03.144 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Chance. 00:05:03.144 --> 00:05:07.096 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Chance, luck, not skilled. 00:05:07.096 --> 00:05:09.943 align:middle line:90% 00:05:09.943 --> 00:05:15.110 align:middle line:84% You guys know the phrase [INAUDIBLE]? 00:05:15.110 --> 00:05:16.950 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: The die had been cast. 00:05:16.950 --> 00:05:17.480 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yes. 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:19.730 align:middle line:84% Yes, the die has been cast right before Caesar 00:05:19.730 --> 00:05:21.143 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:05:21.143 --> 00:05:23.969 align:middle line:84% and says I now am able to attack someone. 00:05:23.969 --> 00:05:26.800 align:middle line:90% I couldn't remember who. 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:32.970 align:middle line:84% But Javier needs dice basically. 00:05:32.970 --> 00:05:33.300 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Actually-- 00:05:33.300 --> 00:05:34.590 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:05:34.590 --> 00:05:35.295 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Say what? 00:05:35.295 --> 00:05:36.670 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: He matched on the [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:05:36.670 --> 00:05:37.380 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Matched? 00:05:37.380 --> 00:05:38.250 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Matched on [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:05:38.250 --> 00:05:39.500 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:42.050 align:middle line:90% 00:05:42.050 --> 00:05:45.846 align:middle line:84% Although I've heard two translations of The Die Has 00:05:45.846 --> 00:05:47.560 align:middle line:84% Been Cast as a phrase actually. 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.345 align:middle line:84% Because on one hand, you can think of it as the 00:05:50.345 --> 00:05:50.980 align:middle line:90% die has been cast. 00:05:50.980 --> 00:05:55.800 align:middle line:84% So we'll see where fortune takes us, and there's nothing 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.350 align:middle line:90% we can do wrong. 00:05:58.350 --> 00:06:04.260 align:middle line:84% But I've also heard it described as the die as in the 00:06:04.260 --> 00:06:10.600 align:middle line:84% thing that you put molten metal into, as in cast. 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:14.695 align:middle line:84% And so whatever we were making is now set. 00:06:14.695 --> 00:06:17.702 align:middle line:90% 00:06:17.702 --> 00:06:22.790 align:middle line:84% And they had that same idea, but because we had because one 00:06:22.790 --> 00:06:26.920 align:middle line:84% way that you can think of is this is not auto control. 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:29.070 align:middle line:84% And the other way you can think of this is and now this 00:06:29.070 --> 00:06:30.170 align:middle line:90% is set in stone. 00:06:30.170 --> 00:06:33.370 align:middle line:84% Which are two very different connotations, but both saying 00:06:33.370 --> 00:06:35.670 align:middle line:84% we don't really have control of the situation. 00:06:35.670 --> 00:06:37.030 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yassa means thrown. 00:06:37.030 --> 00:06:38.325 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Thrown away, yeah. 00:06:38.325 --> 00:06:38.750 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:06:38.750 --> 00:06:42.780 align:middle line:84% But the English phrase, [INAUDIBLE]. 00:06:42.780 --> 00:06:46.290 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Are there words in English that [UNINTELLIGIBLE] 00:06:46.290 --> 00:06:48.400 align:middle line:90% root to mean random? 00:06:48.400 --> 00:06:51.820 align:middle line:84% In French the word for random is aleatoire. 00:06:51.820 --> 00:06:52.780 align:middle line:84% Come straight from [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:06:52.780 --> 00:06:53.320 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Sure. 00:06:53.320 --> 00:06:54.390 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:06:54.390 --> 00:06:56.175 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Which is undoubtably why he chose that 00:06:56.175 --> 00:06:57.710 align:middle line:84% word I just checked, he is French. 00:06:57.710 --> 00:07:00.610 align:middle line:90% 00:07:00.610 --> 00:07:04.925 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Obviously that's why Caillois used it. 00:07:04.925 --> 00:07:09.340 align:middle line:84% But yeah, I can't think of any English words that use that as 00:07:09.340 --> 00:07:13.672 align:middle line:84% a root, although there might be some. 00:07:13.672 --> 00:07:15.320 align:middle line:84% I know there's a game committee. 00:07:15.320 --> 00:07:18.206 align:middle line:90% 00:07:18.206 --> 00:07:19.649 align:middle line:84% And I think they actually make strategic games. 00:07:19.649 --> 00:07:24.090 align:middle line:90% 00:07:24.090 --> 00:07:25.922 align:middle line:84% And there's one more which is-- 00:07:25.922 --> 00:07:27.172 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Mimicry. 00:07:27.172 --> 00:07:32.188 align:middle line:90% 00:07:32.188 --> 00:07:35.160 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Which is kind of odd because that's in English, 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:36.410 align:middle line:90% not in French. 00:07:36.410 --> 00:07:38.630 align:middle line:90% 00:07:38.630 --> 00:07:41.750 align:middle line:90% Mimicry's mimicry. 00:07:41.750 --> 00:07:45.200 align:middle line:84% It's actually in English, so role playing, 00:07:45.200 --> 00:07:48.790 align:middle line:90% dress up, let's pretend. 00:07:48.790 --> 00:07:51.045 align:middle line:90% Simulations sometimes? 00:07:51.045 --> 00:07:52.870 align:middle line:84% You know, it might actually fall into that. 00:07:52.870 --> 00:07:58.660 align:middle line:84% So you can imagine in tactical simulation, for instance, 00:07:58.660 --> 00:08:02.530 align:middle line:84% being very much about competition and skills. 00:08:02.530 --> 00:08:08.950 align:middle line:84% But then if it's a tactical simulation about Russian 00:08:08.950 --> 00:08:11.360 align:middle line:84% [UNINTELLIGIBLE], something like that, then 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:12.610 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE] 00:08:12.610 --> 00:08:16.180 align:middle line:90% 00:08:16.180 --> 00:08:18.600 align:middle line:90% territory. 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:18.875 align:middle line:90% Do you-- 00:08:18.875 --> 00:08:21.195 align:middle line:84% It's part of the pleasure of believing that you are 00:08:21.195 --> 00:08:24.200 align:middle line:84% something else, as opposed to I'm just guy playing 00:08:24.200 --> 00:08:25.280 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:08:25.280 --> 00:08:31.208 align:middle line:84% as opposed to I am this 17th century scholar [INAUDIBLE]. 00:08:31.208 --> 00:08:35.100 align:middle line:90% And making a game about that. 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:40.340 align:middle line:84% So these are the adjectives that he talks about to 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:43.640 align:middle line:84% describe games, but in the bit where we actually ask you to 00:08:43.640 --> 00:08:47.750 align:middle line:90% read, it's more about why. 00:08:47.750 --> 00:08:51.600 align:middle line:84% These words give you a clue to think about why are people 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.852 align:middle line:90% playing games. 00:08:53.852 --> 00:08:58.393 align:middle line:84% These are types of fun, much in a way that gets touched on 00:08:58.393 --> 00:09:03.820 align:middle line:84% by the MDA paper that we had you read last week. 00:09:03.820 --> 00:09:06.090 align:middle line:84% What are these aesthetics that people are going for? 00:09:06.090 --> 00:09:09.892 align:middle line:84% Are they going for the thrill of competition or 00:09:09.892 --> 00:09:11.360 align:middle line:90% the thrill of luck? 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:14.901 align:middle line:84% Are they going for physical motion and how that feels, or 00:09:14.901 --> 00:09:18.510 align:middle line:84% are they going for the feeling of being someone else? 00:09:18.510 --> 00:09:20.330 align:middle line:90% And it's not-- 00:09:20.330 --> 00:09:22.980 align:middle line:84% Again, these are not mutually exclusive terms. 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:25.220 align:middle line:84% These are things that you could have one game that has 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:26.025 align:middle line:90% all of this. 00:09:26.025 --> 00:09:29.400 align:middle line:84% You could have one game that has two in some strong 00:09:29.400 --> 00:09:33.136 align:middle line:84% competition and the rest are all minimized. 00:09:33.136 --> 00:09:33.905 align:middle line:90% That's fine. 00:09:33.905 --> 00:09:36.977 align:middle line:84% But understanding that this is why people are enjoying the 00:09:36.977 --> 00:09:39.410 align:middle line:84% game more, and more importantly this is what 00:09:39.410 --> 00:09:43.950 align:middle line:84% people are enjoying playing with each other for. 00:09:43.950 --> 00:09:46.770 align:middle line:84% One nice thing about this is that fodder for 00:09:46.770 --> 00:09:47.580 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE] 00:09:47.580 --> 00:09:51.250 align:middle line:84% and for mimicry, it's really, really difficult to think 00:09:51.250 --> 00:09:53.960 align:middle line:84% about those two in particular without 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:55.880 align:middle line:90% thinking about the players. 00:09:55.880 --> 00:09:58.998 align:middle line:84% Competition sucks if there's no one else 00:09:58.998 --> 00:10:00.950 align:middle line:90% you're competing with. 00:10:00.950 --> 00:10:05.342 align:middle line:84% Sure playing against computers nowadays, but 00:10:05.342 --> 00:10:08.270 align:middle line:90% traditionally we couldn't. 00:10:08.270 --> 00:10:11.198 align:middle line:84% At least you were playing against the designer, and 00:10:11.198 --> 00:10:13.590 align:middle line:84% especially when it came puzzles. 00:10:13.590 --> 00:10:16.728 align:middle line:84% It's really, really annoying to pretend to be somebody else 00:10:16.728 --> 00:10:19.584 align:middle line:84% when there's no audience, even if that other person is 00:10:19.584 --> 00:10:21.488 align:middle line:84% someone pretending along with you. 00:10:21.488 --> 00:10:23.392 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:10:23.392 --> 00:10:24.670 align:middle line:90% Now, luck-- 00:10:24.670 --> 00:10:29.050 align:middle line:84% you can continue to play a game flipping a coin. 00:10:29.050 --> 00:10:32.080 align:middle line:84% But even when it comes to luck, and it comes to 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:36.650 align:middle line:84% experiences of physical motion, these things tend to 00:10:36.650 --> 00:10:37.885 align:middle line:90% be measurable [INAUDIBLE]. 00:10:37.885 --> 00:10:42.355 align:middle line:84% And that's why these four particular divisions that 00:10:42.355 --> 00:10:43.285 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:10:43.285 --> 00:10:47.005 align:middle line:84% picked out are really, really good for [INAUDIBLE] social 00:10:47.005 --> 00:10:47.935 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:10:47.935 --> 00:10:52.280 align:middle line:84% A game where is there a name for this game where you put a 00:10:52.280 --> 00:10:55.745 align:middle line:84% bat on the ground and you go around? 00:10:55.745 --> 00:10:57.230 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Bat? 00:10:57.230 --> 00:10:59.705 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Bat irritating. 00:10:59.705 --> 00:11:02.680 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: What is he talking about? 00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:05.540 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Wait, wait, and someone gets fixed and then? 00:11:05.540 --> 00:11:09.033 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So there's a type of relay race where you pick 00:11:09.033 --> 00:11:11.175 align:middle line:84% up a baseball bat, and you put your head on it. 00:11:11.175 --> 00:11:14.870 align:middle line:84% You go around it three times, and then you just run back to 00:11:14.870 --> 00:11:19.504 align:middle line:84% your team, carry the bat, and try to hand the bat off to 00:11:19.504 --> 00:11:20.250 align:middle line:90% somebody else on your team. 00:11:20.250 --> 00:11:23.130 align:middle line:84% Usually ending up hitting someone. 00:11:23.130 --> 00:11:24.710 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I've heard it called Dizzy Bats. 00:11:24.710 --> 00:11:25.090 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:11:25.090 --> 00:11:25.450 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Dizzy Bats. 00:11:25.450 --> 00:11:25.740 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Dizzy Bats. 00:11:25.740 --> 00:11:26.880 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Dizzy Bats. 00:11:26.880 --> 00:11:27.090 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:11:27.090 --> 00:11:31.650 align:middle line:84% So that game is a lot more fun when there's 00:11:31.650 --> 00:11:33.130 align:middle line:90% somebody else around. 00:11:33.130 --> 00:11:35.455 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:11:35.455 --> 00:11:38.710 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I do that by myself. 00:11:38.710 --> 00:11:42.000 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: You start handing it off to yourself. 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.172 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:11:44.172 --> 00:11:46.850 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Bats flying around. 00:11:46.850 --> 00:11:50.930 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: And even with games of chance, I mean sure, if you 00:11:50.930 --> 00:11:54.900 align:middle line:84% cook the games of chance by itself, but for the most part 00:11:54.900 --> 00:11:58.066 align:middle line:84% most of my enjoyment of the game of chance is usually with 00:11:58.066 --> 00:12:01.400 align:middle line:84% a group of four people, actually, either playing poker 00:12:01.400 --> 00:12:04.400 align:middle line:84% or playing something like mahjong. 00:12:04.400 --> 00:12:07.000 align:middle line:84% So these are all very support [INAUDIBLE]. 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:09.900 align:middle line:84% If you think about when someone's going to come down 00:12:09.900 --> 00:12:15.645 align:middle line:84% and sit in front of your game, and what sort of frame of mind 00:12:15.645 --> 00:12:20.409 align:middle line:84% they're going to be in to play your game? 00:12:20.409 --> 00:12:23.109 align:middle line:84% What sort of frame of mind do you want to put them in in 00:12:23.109 --> 00:12:24.130 align:middle line:90% order to enjoy the games? 00:12:24.130 --> 00:12:27.136 align:middle line:84% Think about why they might want to hang 00:12:27.136 --> 00:12:28.369 align:middle line:90% out with other people. 00:12:28.369 --> 00:12:29.619 align:middle line:90% Because [INAUDIBLE]. 00:12:29.619 --> 00:12:32.313 align:middle line:90% 00:12:32.313 --> 00:12:35.437 align:middle line:84% So if there's this other person they play with, that 00:12:35.437 --> 00:12:39.150 align:middle line:84% you may or may not know, but try to think about how you're 00:12:39.150 --> 00:12:40.530 align:middle line:84% going to construct enough clues to sort of get 00:12:40.530 --> 00:12:42.112 align:middle line:90% them to enjoy it. 00:12:42.112 --> 00:12:46.310 align:middle line:84% So the game is about pretending to be someone else. 00:12:46.310 --> 00:12:50.280 align:middle line:84% I'm going to make a game where I am playing a negotiator in a 00:12:50.280 --> 00:12:52.780 align:middle line:84% hostage situation, for instance. 00:12:52.780 --> 00:12:54.780 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE], awesome. 00:12:54.780 --> 00:12:55.968 align:middle line:84% I'm going to be the negotiator. 00:12:55.968 --> 00:13:00.380 align:middle line:84% You all are going to be the guy taking hostages. 00:13:00.380 --> 00:13:03.800 align:middle line:84% And then you want to play that out, and harm them. 00:13:03.800 --> 00:13:08.240 align:middle line:84% Friday we had the game Crunch, where people were playing 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:11.570 align:middle line:90% CEOs, I think. 00:13:11.570 --> 00:13:12.840 align:middle line:90% I'm hoping [INAUDIBLE] 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:14.813 align:middle line:84% that you will already hate [INAUDIBLE]. 00:13:14.813 --> 00:13:16.005 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: That's awesome. 00:13:16.005 --> 00:13:16.820 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [INAUDIBLE] 00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:17.840 align:middle line:90% less corrupt. 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:21.086 align:middle line:84% And you think about how does the game, even from the rules, 00:13:21.086 --> 00:13:24.167 align:middle line:84% even from the design of the box, get you into the mood of 00:13:24.167 --> 00:13:30.837 align:middle line:84% thinking, OK, whoever I am in real life, I'm going to take 00:13:30.837 --> 00:13:31.514 align:middle line:90% on this persona. 00:13:31.514 --> 00:13:33.550 align:middle line:84% And I'm going to enjoy taking on this persona for a while. 00:13:33.550 --> 00:13:35.320 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Yeah, but then you're really not [INAUDIBLE] 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:37.382 align:middle line:84% because they have this game's kind of built in where you 00:13:37.382 --> 00:13:40.455 align:middle line:84% actually hide cards on yourself. 00:13:40.455 --> 00:13:42.880 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Did you guys catch anyone doing that in the act? 00:13:42.880 --> 00:13:43.850 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I got caught. 00:13:43.850 --> 00:13:46.480 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: No, I caught him. 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.550 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I feel like arguing about 00:13:47.550 --> 00:13:49.580 align:middle line:90% that's part of the rules. 00:13:49.580 --> 00:13:50.920 align:middle line:90% He already got it. 00:13:50.920 --> 00:13:53.455 align:middle line:84% He had already hidden them away, and then the cards were 00:13:53.455 --> 00:13:56.830 align:middle line:90% sought way afterwards. 00:13:56.830 --> 00:13:59.980 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: And even arguing over whether something was 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:02.670 align:middle line:84% illegal or not, even when there's evidence that it is, 00:14:02.670 --> 00:14:05.316 align:middle line:90% no one caught you doing it. 00:14:05.316 --> 00:14:08.836 align:middle line:84% It's appropriate for this theme of being a CEO of a 00:14:08.836 --> 00:14:10.570 align:middle line:90% failing bank. 00:14:10.570 --> 00:14:16.080 align:middle line:84% It's like, well, so we have all of these CDOs. 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.180 align:middle line:84% Yeah, we purchased them at some point, but nobody caught 00:14:18.180 --> 00:14:19.270 align:middle line:90% us while we were doing it. 00:14:19.270 --> 00:14:22.370 align:middle line:84% So now you guys have to help us fix it. 00:14:22.370 --> 00:14:23.850 align:middle line:90% That's what the game's about. 00:14:23.850 --> 00:14:27.040 align:middle line:90% 00:14:27.040 --> 00:14:30.270 align:middle line:84% Was there a game that was particularly competitive that 00:14:30.270 --> 00:14:32.300 align:middle line:90% people played on Friday? 00:14:32.300 --> 00:14:34.635 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: That game was pretty good. 00:14:34.635 --> 00:14:35.330 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Which one? 00:14:35.330 --> 00:14:36.272 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:14:36.272 --> 00:14:39.710 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: There was a competitive moment in Saboteur 00:14:39.710 --> 00:14:45.330 align:middle line:84% when Alec, revealed himself to be a saboteur and ruined our 00:14:45.330 --> 00:14:48.010 align:middle line:90% chance to find the gold. 00:14:48.010 --> 00:14:52.770 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Saboteur is what I would describe as cutthroat. 00:14:52.770 --> 00:14:57.610 align:middle line:84% It's a game that's deliberately about winning by 00:14:57.610 --> 00:15:00.120 align:middle line:90% other people losing. 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:02.702 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: It made me upset with Alec. 00:15:02.702 --> 00:15:04.520 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: It made me cry. 00:15:04.520 --> 00:15:08.127 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: And John Nash, actually, [INAUDIBLE]. 00:15:08.127 --> 00:15:20.880 align:middle line:90% 00:15:20.880 --> 00:15:21.330 align:middle line:90% Oh. 00:15:21.330 --> 00:15:25.320 align:middle line:84% Because he did spend some time here at MIT, possibly when 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:30.380 align:middle line:84% visiting, but he designed one game called Hex, which is 00:15:30.380 --> 00:15:36.345 align:middle line:84% ostensibly designed based on the washroom tiles of one of 00:15:36.345 --> 00:15:42.300 align:middle line:84% the Building 39 or Building 37 bathrooms. 00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:47.070 align:middle line:84% But anyway, that game and another game called Screw Your 00:15:47.070 --> 00:15:50.330 align:middle line:84% Buddies are all cutthroat games. 00:15:50.330 --> 00:15:53.700 align:middle line:84% The only way to get them to win this game is by screwing 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:57.730 align:middle line:90% over the other person playing. 00:15:57.730 --> 00:16:00.430 align:middle line:84% Screw Your Buddies in particular is just like boiled 00:16:00.430 --> 00:16:02.702 align:middle line:90% down diplomacy. 00:16:02.702 --> 00:16:04.892 align:middle line:84% The only way you're going to win this game is to betray 00:16:04.892 --> 00:16:05.520 align:middle line:90% someone else. 00:16:05.520 --> 00:16:07.550 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yes. 00:16:07.550 --> 00:16:09.026 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Let's see. 00:16:09.026 --> 00:16:09.938 align:middle line:90% Games of chance. 00:16:09.938 --> 00:16:12.510 align:middle line:84% What was kind of chancy on Friday? 00:16:12.510 --> 00:16:13.120 align:middle line:90% And you-- 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:14.370 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:16:14.370 --> 00:16:16.820 align:middle line:90% 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:18.045 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Think or go? 00:16:18.045 --> 00:16:18.400 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:16:18.400 --> 00:16:21.200 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: That's 17. 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.010 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:16:23.010 --> 00:16:24.710 align:middle line:90% 4:00 AM you've got-- 00:16:24.710 --> 00:16:26.045 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Every threat was on the board. 00:16:26.045 --> 00:16:27.520 align:middle line:90% Two people go in. 00:16:27.520 --> 00:16:28.550 align:middle line:90% 17 drops. 00:16:28.550 --> 00:16:30.400 align:middle line:90% Oh my God. 00:16:30.400 --> 00:16:33.260 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: It's a press-your-luck game, right? 00:16:33.260 --> 00:16:34.550 align:middle line:90% Do you dare? 00:16:34.550 --> 00:16:36.026 align:middle line:90% Do you think you can? 00:16:36.026 --> 00:16:41.910 align:middle line:90% 00:16:41.910 --> 00:16:43.410 align:middle line:90% I enjoy that game a lot. 00:16:43.410 --> 00:16:44.660 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:47.540 align:middle line:90% 00:16:47.540 --> 00:16:49.890 align:middle line:84% I don't think that we had any influence specifically. 00:16:49.890 --> 00:16:54.550 align:middle line:84% It's hard to get really physical in card games. 00:16:54.550 --> 00:16:57.250 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Maybe in that that game, Falling. 00:16:57.250 --> 00:16:57.505 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:16:57.505 --> 00:16:59.940 align:middle line:90% That was a pit. 00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:02.580 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Pit actually, you're right, two weeks ago, 00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:04.295 align:middle line:84% some of the games that were played were 00:17:04.295 --> 00:17:06.644 align:middle line:90% really kind of kinetic. 00:17:06.644 --> 00:17:10.684 align:middle line:84% So even with card games, you already have very good 00:17:10.684 --> 00:17:13.160 align:middle line:90% examples of that. 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:17.962 align:middle line:84% I want you to keep in mind because today we're actually 00:17:17.962 --> 00:17:20.940 align:middle line:84% going to start the process of getting new folks to think 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:23.687 align:middle line:84% about what you're going to do as social assignment and break 00:17:23.687 --> 00:17:26.270 align:middle line:90% you up into teams. 00:17:26.270 --> 00:17:31.585 align:middle line:84% Before we continue , Jason, do you have anything to raise 00:17:31.585 --> 00:17:33.070 align:middle line:90% regarding [INAUDIBLE]? 00:17:33.070 --> 00:17:34.920 align:middle line:90% No. 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:36.660 align:middle line:90% Anybody else? 00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:39.370 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I'm still confused about the whole Eskimo part. 00:17:39.370 --> 00:17:41.770 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Agreed. 00:17:41.770 --> 00:17:43.020 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:17:43.020 --> 00:17:47.480 align:middle line:90% 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.950 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Eskimos. 00:17:48.950 --> 00:17:50.310 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Take a look at the French. 00:17:50.310 --> 00:17:51.390 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:17:51.390 --> 00:17:52.710 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE] 00:17:52.710 --> 00:17:54.590 align:middle line:84% and what took universities, some are a good 00:17:54.590 --> 00:17:55.300 align:middle line:90% friend of ours did. 00:17:55.300 --> 00:17:57.990 align:middle line:84% I mean we might know someone who knows him. 00:17:57.990 --> 00:17:59.980 align:middle line:90% I'll find out tonight. 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.500 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.720 align:middle line:90% is not that old. 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:03.160 align:middle line:90% So maybe-- 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:05.390 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: We to just have him come over over, chill at MIT 00:18:05.390 --> 00:18:07.365 align:middle line:90% for a little bit. 00:18:07.365 --> 00:18:09.300 align:middle line:84% We could talk to him about the Eskimos. 00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:10.550 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:18:10.550 --> 00:18:17.580 align:middle line:90% 00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:19.431 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: He is dead, but I might know some 00:18:19.431 --> 00:18:21.355 align:middle line:90% people who knew him. 00:18:21.355 --> 00:18:23.700 align:middle line:84% Just be a necromancer, that's OK. 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.210 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: All right. 00:18:24.210 --> 00:18:27.910 align:middle line:84% So this is what we're going to do. 00:18:27.910 --> 00:18:30.630 align:middle line:84% We're basically going to do brainstorming today. 00:18:30.630 --> 00:18:33.662 align:middle line:84% The basic idea is that we're going to have a bunch of index 00:18:33.662 --> 00:18:39.670 align:middle line:84% cards and one job to make it easier on the job of the 00:18:39.670 --> 00:18:43.180 align:middle line:84% secretary is that you'd actually be reading off 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:44.390 align:middle line:90% something written. 00:18:44.390 --> 00:18:46.910 align:middle line:84% So especially while other people are throwing out their 00:18:46.910 --> 00:18:49.250 align:middle line:84% ideas, and you get something, and that 00:18:49.250 --> 00:18:50.030 align:middle line:90% person's still talking. 00:18:50.030 --> 00:18:52.630 align:middle line:84% You might as well just write down your idea. 00:18:52.630 --> 00:18:54.470 align:middle line:84% So we'll have a whole bunch of cards. 00:18:54.470 --> 00:18:58.340 align:middle line:90% 00:18:58.340 --> 00:19:01.280 align:middle line:84% I'd also like you to start off by writing your 00:19:01.280 --> 00:19:03.280 align:middle line:90% name right on top. 00:19:03.280 --> 00:19:06.280 align:middle line:84% And the reason for this is because I don't think every 00:19:06.280 --> 00:19:10.410 align:middle line:84% single person in this room knows each other's names yet. 00:19:10.410 --> 00:19:13.835 align:middle line:84% As we do this process, it's more that you remember oh 00:19:13.835 --> 00:19:17.080 align:middle line:84% yeah, it's that guy who came up with that idea. 00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:19.773 align:middle line:84% Oh, and that person's name is so-and-so. 00:19:19.773 --> 00:19:23.286 align:middle line:90% 00:19:23.286 --> 00:19:24.708 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: That's what you want? 00:19:24.708 --> 00:19:27.236 align:middle line:84% To have all the ideas from each person on one card, or 00:19:27.236 --> 00:19:29.190 align:middle line:90% have one idea per card? 00:19:29.190 --> 00:19:30.100 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: All on one. 00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:31.930 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: What if the professors took notes and we 00:19:31.930 --> 00:19:33.620 align:middle line:90% could just bounce out ideas? 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:35.920 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Well that's what the tape recorder is for. 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:38.330 align:middle line:84% But the thing about writing your ideas down is that 00:19:38.330 --> 00:19:41.600 align:middle line:84% someone can look at the card and say, yeah, that guy. 00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:43.150 align:middle line:84% I want to follow up with this guy. 00:19:43.150 --> 00:19:47.820 align:middle line:84% Because we're not actually going to form the teams for 00:19:47.820 --> 00:19:49.430 align:middle line:90% you by the end of this class. 00:19:49.430 --> 00:19:56.360 align:middle line:84% The idea is so that after this brainstorm, you've got a pool 00:19:56.360 --> 00:20:00.620 align:middle line:84% of ideas of which you guys can make games. 00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:04.875 align:middle line:84% Actually, frankly, we don't care if two teams ended up 00:20:04.875 --> 00:20:07.947 align:middle line:84% making pretty much the same game, out of the same concept. 00:20:07.947 --> 00:20:09.903 align:middle line:84% Because I know that two different teams of two 00:20:09.903 --> 00:20:13.000 align:middle line:84% different sets of people are going end up making different 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:16.750 align:middle line:84% games anyway, even if you start from the same. 00:20:16.750 --> 00:20:18.730 align:middle line:90% That's not a requirement. 00:20:18.730 --> 00:20:21.700 align:middle line:90% You folks can make-- 00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:25.840 align:middle line:84% you can take any set of ideas from the book today. 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:29.950 align:middle line:84% Obviously, if you're the one who pitch an idea and somebody 00:20:29.950 --> 00:20:32.750 align:middle line:84% else thinks, hey, that was actually pretty cool. 00:20:32.750 --> 00:20:35.215 align:middle line:84% Take that opportunity to talk to the person and 00:20:35.215 --> 00:20:37.790 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:20:37.790 --> 00:20:41.010 align:middle line:84% That pretty much is going to happen between classes. 00:20:41.010 --> 00:20:44.660 align:middle line:84% So by Wednesday, I want you all to come in. 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:47.198 align:middle line:84% This is basically one of the ideas of the homework, is to 00:20:47.198 --> 00:20:51.460 align:middle line:84% tell me which team you're on, who's on your team, and what's 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:56.210 align:middle line:84% the general one line idea that you're working with. 00:20:56.210 --> 00:20:57.960 align:middle line:84% Now, the idea that they're giving us is 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.980 align:middle line:90% what you started with. 00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.630 align:middle line:84% It may not be what you end with. 00:21:00.630 --> 00:21:01.900 align:middle line:90% That's fine. 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:04.560 align:middle line:84% I'm very comfortable that ideas change 00:21:04.560 --> 00:21:05.440 align:middle line:90% while you guys work. 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.400 align:middle line:90% I think that's fine. 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.800 align:middle line:90% The teams shouldn't change. 00:21:07.800 --> 00:21:11.140 align:middle line:84% So you're working with these three other people, 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:12.160 align:middle line:90% or a team of a four. 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:17.398 align:middle line:84% Then that should be intact for the rest of this-- 00:21:17.398 --> 00:21:18.880 align:middle line:90% for this assignment. 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:23.820 align:middle line:90% 00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:25.580 align:middle line:90% OK, so teams of four. 00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:28.700 align:middle line:90% 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:33.565 align:middle line:84% Now, one more clarification about the project. 00:21:33.565 --> 00:21:39.460 align:middle line:84% The card game, all the cards need to be identically sized. 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:42.940 align:middle line:84% We do like cards that are going to be legible, but you 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.920 align:middle line:84% don't need to spend a whole lot of 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:45.350 align:middle line:90% time making them pretty. 00:21:45.350 --> 00:21:49.230 align:middle line:84% I will just appreciate it that by the time you actually hand 00:21:49.230 --> 00:21:53.760 align:middle line:84% in your cards, you have them written in ink. 00:21:53.760 --> 00:21:55.952 align:middle line:84% Pencil is great when you're prototyping because you can 00:21:55.952 --> 00:21:57.810 align:middle line:90% erase [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:21:57.810 --> 00:21:59.670 align:middle line:84% Ink is great for creating the [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:21:59.670 --> 00:22:02.700 align:middle line:90% 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:09.410 align:middle line:84% Your game can be playable by two, three, or four players. 00:22:09.410 --> 00:22:14.760 align:middle line:84% It does not need to cater to any grouping other than what 00:22:14.760 --> 00:22:15.385 align:middle line:90% you decide. 00:22:15.385 --> 00:22:18.352 align:middle line:84% So if you're saying, this is a two-player game, we will test 00:22:18.352 --> 00:22:19.100 align:middle line:90% it with two people. 00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:22.260 align:middle line:84% If you're saying this is two to four, we'll test it with 00:22:22.260 --> 00:22:24.420 align:middle line:84% some number with however many people we manage to 00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.660 align:middle line:90% rustle up to test. 00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:28.160 align:middle line:84% If you say it could be two or four, but not 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.392 align:middle line:90% three, that's fine. 00:22:29.392 --> 00:22:31.865 align:middle line:84% You think I kid, but there are some games that work really, 00:22:31.865 --> 00:22:32.910 align:middle line:90% really well with even numbers. 00:22:32.910 --> 00:22:34.160 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:38.270 align:middle line:90% 00:22:38.270 --> 00:22:40.920 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Keep it four and under. 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:45.540 align:middle line:84% Or at least make it possible for us to grade it with a 00:22:45.540 --> 00:22:46.650 align:middle line:90% maximum of four people. 00:22:46.650 --> 00:22:49.780 align:middle line:84% Because if you give us a game that requires five people, we 00:22:49.780 --> 00:22:52.335 align:middle line:84% have to find five people and get them together in order to 00:22:52.335 --> 00:22:53.585 align:middle line:90% create your [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:22:53.585 --> 00:22:58.240 align:middle line:90% 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:01.420 align:middle line:84% I think there was one more requirement for how long the 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.250 align:middle line:90% game could take. 00:23:02.250 --> 00:23:03.270 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I think it's 5 to 10 minutes. 00:23:03.270 --> 00:23:04.040 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: It was short. 00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:05.040 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: That's really short. 00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:06.110 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: That's super short. 00:23:06.110 --> 00:23:08.895 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Falling is really short. 00:23:08.895 --> 00:23:09.440 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:11.025 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Crunch is not. 00:23:11.025 --> 00:23:12.275 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:23:12.275 --> 00:23:14.000 align:middle line:90% 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:16.370 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So when you're brainstorming for game ideas, 00:23:16.370 --> 00:23:18.337 align:middle line:84% how much do we [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE] come 00:23:18.337 --> 00:23:21.240 align:middle line:90% to up with in our brainstorm? 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.200 align:middle line:90% It's a cool idea. 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:24.536 align:middle line:90% It's an amusing space. 00:23:24.536 --> 00:23:27.260 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I will say that if the character's the thing 00:23:27.260 --> 00:23:29.860 align:middle line:84% that's encouraging you to [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:32.740 align:middle line:90% 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:36.210 align:middle line:84% I have this cool game that comes to mind. 00:23:36.210 --> 00:23:40.855 align:middle line:84% Then that's the thing that you're throwing out. 00:23:40.855 --> 00:23:44.430 align:middle line:84% If instead, I want to make a game about fish. 00:23:44.430 --> 00:23:46.680 align:middle line:84% I have no game mechanics in mind, but I 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.928 align:middle line:90% think fish are awesome. 00:23:47.928 --> 00:23:49.302 align:middle line:90% Then, OK. 00:23:49.302 --> 00:23:51.140 align:middle line:84% That's the game you're doing now. 00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:56.010 align:middle line:84% Maybe that's the first bad idea [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:23:56.010 --> 00:23:59.230 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: If we have like several game ideas, should we 00:23:59.230 --> 00:24:02.500 align:middle line:84% take several index cards and write one per? 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:05.210 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Actually, no I would rather see them all on 00:24:05.210 --> 00:24:06.790 align:middle line:90% one if you can fit them. 00:24:06.790 --> 00:24:09.210 align:middle line:84% And if you run out of space, flip them over. 00:24:09.210 --> 00:24:12.950 align:middle line:84% Again, the idea of the index cards is not just to record 00:24:12.950 --> 00:24:16.775 align:middle line:84% the ideas down, because what I am going to do is I'm going to 00:24:16.775 --> 00:24:19.250 align:middle line:84% try to type them all out, so that you can 00:24:19.250 --> 00:24:20.500 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:22.940 align:middle line:90% 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:25.740 align:middle line:84% But also to find you folks again. 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.280 align:middle line:84% So I said, yeah that was that guy who had 00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:28.250 align:middle line:90% this idea about fish. 00:24:28.250 --> 00:24:29.500 align:middle line:90% Who was that again? 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:34.555 align:middle line:90% 00:24:34.555 --> 00:24:39.170 align:middle line:90% So I guess I will leave you. 00:24:39.170 --> 00:24:40.397 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:24:40.397 --> 00:24:41.888 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Want me to write them down? 00:24:41.888 --> 00:24:43.379 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I think that [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:46.860 align:middle line:90% 00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:49.360 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I mean, you're not a facilitator? 00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.656 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Yeah, I'm facilitating. 00:24:50.656 --> 00:24:54.400 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I like clerk better. 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.650 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:24:55.650 --> 00:25:02.730 align:middle line:90% 00:25:02.730 --> 00:25:03.980 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:10.003 align:middle line:90% 00:25:10.003 --> 00:25:11.422 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: But I am actually wonder whether we should 00:25:11.422 --> 00:25:14.400 align:middle line:90% define this into two groups. 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.780 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: We get to cross-pollinate. 00:25:15.780 --> 00:25:16.740 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:20.880 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Let's work as a whole class first. 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:23.290 align:middle line:84% I know there were some folks who actually started off with 00:25:23.290 --> 00:25:25.005 align:middle line:90% ideas already on the forum. 00:25:25.005 --> 00:25:28.585 align:middle line:84% So why don't those folks throw your ideas first because you 00:25:28.585 --> 00:25:29.845 align:middle line:84% already mentioned in the forum. 00:25:29.845 --> 00:25:32.850 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Yeah, I wasn't part of that group in the forum. 00:25:32.850 --> 00:25:35.250 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Well, to start off, Jeremy and I have been sort of 00:25:35.250 --> 00:25:37.290 align:middle line:84% discussing the idea, you want to go ahead? 00:25:37.290 --> 00:25:37.590 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Sure. 00:25:37.590 --> 00:25:38.270 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Two ideas, I guess. 00:25:38.270 --> 00:25:39.450 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: But yeah, [UNINTELLIGIBLE] 00:25:39.450 --> 00:25:40.100 align:middle line:90% titles. 00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:42.440 align:middle line:84% So the basic concept of the game in which players are 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:46.790 align:middle line:84% forced by some game mechanic to refer to each other by name 00:25:46.790 --> 00:25:48.130 align:middle line:84% constantly throughout the game, and at 00:25:48.130 --> 00:25:51.490 align:middle line:90% a very rapid pace. 00:25:51.490 --> 00:25:53.550 align:middle line:84% Their name is generated by the game and accumulate 00:25:53.550 --> 00:25:55.460 align:middle line:84% increasingly longer [UNINTELLIGIBLE] this game as 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.990 align:middle line:90% they succeed. 00:25:55.990 --> 00:25:56.790 align:middle line:90% So you would start. 00:25:56.790 --> 00:25:58.900 align:middle line:84% You would be the lord of something, and then you could 00:25:58.900 --> 00:26:00.330 align:middle line:84% accumulate extra title, son of this. 00:26:00.330 --> 00:26:01.365 align:middle line:90% Like bringer of flame. 00:26:01.365 --> 00:26:03.680 align:middle line:84% And you could just like have all these modifiers and just 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:05.535 align:middle line:84% kind of accumulate and accumulate until your title 00:26:05.535 --> 00:26:06.120 align:middle line:90% becomes ridiculous. 00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:08.270 align:middle line:84% And then, have people start screwing up as 00:26:08.270 --> 00:26:09.160 align:middle line:90% they say your name. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.340 align:middle line:90% And it'd just be hilarious. 00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:13.112 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: OK, I'm just going to write down 00:26:13.112 --> 00:26:15.060 align:middle line:90% like, memory jogs. 00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:17.530 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So like procedurally generated names, titles. 00:26:17.530 --> 00:26:18.770 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Name game. 00:26:18.770 --> 00:26:21.090 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Name game. 00:26:21.090 --> 00:26:22.744 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yes. 00:26:22.744 --> 00:26:24.310 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: You said you had a second one? 00:26:24.310 --> 00:26:26.610 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Yeah, can I go with the second one? 00:26:26.610 --> 00:26:28.650 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: OK, so I had this idea of sort of like a 00:26:28.650 --> 00:26:31.410 align:middle line:84% survival horror game, kind of inspired by falling. 00:26:31.410 --> 00:26:34.880 align:middle line:84% Like the premise is, you have a group of like player 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:37.365 align:middle line:84% characters that are charging through a building, and you 00:26:37.365 --> 00:26:39.760 align:middle line:84% can have like a dealer that is putting down hallways as 00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:41.070 align:middle line:90% you're going through. 00:26:41.070 --> 00:26:43.420 align:middle line:84% And occasionally threats come up and you have to react 00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:45.120 align:middle line:84% really quick and be like, it's a zombie. 00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:46.380 align:middle line:90% We have to go upstairs. 00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.700 align:middle line:84% And thrown down a card to do that. 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:49.430 align:middle line:84% Then you have to keep doing this until you get to the end 00:26:49.430 --> 00:26:53.510 align:middle line:84% of it and people can die, and get eaten, and stuff. 00:26:53.510 --> 00:26:54.300 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: That's good. 00:26:54.300 --> 00:26:55.410 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I like that a lot. 00:26:55.410 --> 00:26:56.970 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Kind of like cooperative falling off? 00:26:56.970 --> 00:26:57.280 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:59.400 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Should we be writing his ideas down? 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:01.490 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: No, I'm writing mine down and then. 00:27:01.490 --> 00:27:02.010 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Cool. 00:27:02.010 --> 00:27:04.850 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Write down your own ideas. 00:27:04.850 --> 00:27:06.430 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: So I have an idea. 00:27:06.430 --> 00:27:09.070 align:middle line:84% I made this up a year ago when I took Game Design. 00:27:09.070 --> 00:27:12.590 align:middle line:84% Or not Game Design, Intro to Video Game Studies. 00:27:12.590 --> 00:27:14.500 align:middle line:84% Actually, it's like majority rule. 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:17.320 align:middle line:84% So it's kind of like crunch where you can just 00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:18.860 align:middle line:90% hide cars and stuff. 00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:22.320 align:middle line:84% But if you get caught, then you get called out. 00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:27.470 align:middle line:84% And in order to be penalized for it, you have to be-- 00:27:27.470 --> 00:27:30.770 align:middle line:84% a majority rule has to be by every one playing. 00:27:30.770 --> 00:27:36.150 align:middle line:84% And so you can actually bribe people to vote for you. 00:27:36.150 --> 00:27:37.662 align:middle line:90% It's more of like a-- 00:27:37.662 --> 00:27:42.052 align:middle line:84% yeah, and then the way you get points is, it depends on how 00:27:42.052 --> 00:27:44.024 align:middle line:90% we'd [UNINTELLIGIBLE] it. 00:27:44.024 --> 00:27:46.500 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I'm just going to go around this way. 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.640 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: OK. 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:50.120 align:middle line:84% So I have an idea of a card game based on like having 00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.700 align:middle line:90% success in life. 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:53.298 align:middle line:84% So the beginning of the game, all the players are randomly 00:27:53.298 --> 00:27:57.070 align:middle line:84% assigned different goals in order, which are like wealth, 00:27:57.070 --> 00:28:01.570 align:middle line:84% and adventure, and love, and things like this. 00:28:01.570 --> 00:28:03.310 align:middle line:84% And then all the cards represent different activities 00:28:03.310 --> 00:28:05.090 align:middle line:84% that take up a different amount of time. 00:28:05.090 --> 00:28:07.630 align:middle line:84% So you all these activities you can keep in front of you. 00:28:07.630 --> 00:28:10.120 align:middle line:84% And then, however much free time you have, you draw that 00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:12.180 align:middle line:84% many cards looking for new opportunities. 00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:14.630 align:middle line:84% So it's like you take opportunities and leave 00:28:14.630 --> 00:28:17.570 align:middle line:90% opportunities and things. 00:28:17.570 --> 00:28:19.530 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I could write out time and opportunities. 00:28:19.530 --> 00:28:23.450 align:middle line:90% 00:28:23.450 --> 00:28:24.430 align:middle line:90% Let's see. 00:28:24.430 --> 00:28:26.410 align:middle line:90% Who's next? 00:28:26.410 --> 00:28:29.000 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I have a very mechanically oriented idea. 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:31.790 align:middle line:84% Essentially I'm stealing and trying to improve the drop 00:28:31.790 --> 00:28:34.900 align:middle line:84% mechanic from Magic the Gathering booster draft. 00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:39.230 align:middle line:84% For those who don't know, the idea is that you're trying to 00:28:39.230 --> 00:28:40.930 align:middle line:90% collect a set. 00:28:40.930 --> 00:28:45.820 align:middle line:84% And so let's do it in terms of regular card games. 00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:47.910 align:middle line:84% You're trying to collect a straight flush as long as 00:28:47.910 --> 00:28:50.620 align:middle line:84% possible, as high valued as possible. 00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:53.740 align:middle line:84% But other people may be trying to collect that same suit. 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:55.230 align:middle line:84% So you want to collect a different 00:28:55.230 --> 00:28:57.300 align:middle line:90% suit from other people. 00:28:57.300 --> 00:29:01.270 align:middle line:84% And you do this by looking at the cards in your hand, 00:29:01.270 --> 00:29:03.790 align:middle line:84% picking one of them, passing the rest to the 00:29:03.790 --> 00:29:04.760 align:middle line:90% person on your right. 00:29:04.760 --> 00:29:06.590 align:middle line:84% and then, continuing to do this, and then going back in 00:29:06.590 --> 00:29:08.150 align:middle line:84% the other direction with a new hand. 00:29:08.150 --> 00:29:12.020 align:middle line:84% And then in the same direction again with a third hand. 00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:16.280 align:middle line:84% And the object is collect a big, straight flush. 00:29:16.280 --> 00:29:19.110 align:middle line:84% Also, guess what the person to your right was collecting, and 00:29:19.110 --> 00:29:21.190 align:middle line:84% guess what the person to your left was collecting. 00:29:21.190 --> 00:29:24.200 align:middle line:84% So you're trying to signal the other people what suits are 00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:26.509 align:middle line:84% open and collect the suit which is open. 00:29:26.509 --> 00:29:31.888 align:middle line:90% 00:29:31.888 --> 00:29:32.377 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Let's see. 00:29:32.377 --> 00:29:34.500 align:middle line:90% Who's next. 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:37.452 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So it's going to be there are different types of 00:29:37.452 --> 00:29:40.404 align:middle line:84% cards, like action cards, like pick up cards or lose cards. 00:29:40.404 --> 00:29:41.880 align:middle line:90% But then [UNINTELLIGIBLE] 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:47.300 align:middle line:90% 00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:50.255 align:middle line:84% Stock pile from your friend's hand to the discard pile. 00:29:50.255 --> 00:29:52.084 align:middle line:84% You can play a different card in a different order so the 00:29:52.084 --> 00:29:53.249 align:middle line:90% rule always changes. 00:29:53.249 --> 00:29:56.243 align:middle line:84% Kind of mess other people up or help yourself out. 00:29:56.243 --> 00:29:58.239 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I will just write that the rules 00:29:58.239 --> 00:29:59.736 align:middle line:90% are constantly changing. 00:29:59.736 --> 00:30:01.732 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah, but you get-- 00:30:01.732 --> 00:30:04.726 align:middle line:84% so there's actually an order to it. 00:30:04.726 --> 00:30:05.724 align:middle line:90% So you can choose. 00:30:05.724 --> 00:30:08.718 align:middle line:84% So if it's going to be your turn and it says pick a free 00:30:08.718 --> 00:30:11.712 align:middle line:84% card, you can put down, like from a friend's hand or lose 00:30:11.712 --> 00:30:13.209 align:middle line:90% three cards [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:30:13.209 --> 00:30:17.201 align:middle line:84% Makes a lot of sense in my mind. 00:30:17.201 --> 00:30:18.451 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So rules changing with cards. 00:30:18.451 --> 00:30:27.050 align:middle line:90% 00:30:27.050 --> 00:30:30.340 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So one idea I have is a game about character 00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:31.810 align:middle line:90% growth through narrative arc. 00:30:31.810 --> 00:30:34.030 align:middle line:84% So the start of the game you're given a character, and 00:30:34.030 --> 00:30:36.670 align:middle line:84% the idea is you want to follow a certain narrative arc so 00:30:36.670 --> 00:30:38.950 align:middle line:84% that they grow in terms of the hands of 00:30:38.950 --> 00:30:39.830 align:middle line:90% the game you're playing. 00:30:39.830 --> 00:30:41.890 align:middle line:84% So if you start out with a cocky character, then you may 00:30:41.890 --> 00:30:45.630 align:middle line:84% want to actually lose a couple of the hands of the game, such 00:30:45.630 --> 00:30:47.925 align:middle line:84% that your character experiences failure and his 00:30:47.925 --> 00:30:50.410 align:middle line:90% character growth increases. 00:30:50.410 --> 00:30:53.425 align:middle line:84% And so, basically the winner of the game is determined by 00:30:53.425 --> 00:30:56.120 align:middle line:84% who manages to get their character to grow the most 00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.584 align:middle line:90% emotionally. 00:30:57.584 --> 00:31:01.290 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: It's very deep. 00:31:01.290 --> 00:31:03.430 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So I had this idea for a poker-like game, except 00:31:03.430 --> 00:31:05.650 align:middle line:84% it's played with more than one deck, but the normal rules 00:31:05.650 --> 00:31:06.330 align:middle line:90% still apply. 00:31:06.330 --> 00:31:09.412 align:middle line:84% So if you get dealt five aces, you can't actually play that 00:31:09.412 --> 00:31:11.200 align:middle line:84% hand because that would be cheating. 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:14.630 align:middle line:84% So you have an incentive to try and like slip cards into 00:31:14.630 --> 00:31:16.050 align:middle line:84% your sleeve, slip back and forth. 00:31:16.050 --> 00:31:18.350 align:middle line:84% So you're almost forced to cheat at the game to be able 00:31:18.350 --> 00:31:21.900 align:middle line:90% to actually play it. 00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:24.056 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE] 00:31:24.056 --> 00:31:28.657 align:middle line:84% if you get caught then, just pretty much you have to figure 00:31:28.657 --> 00:31:31.570 align:middle line:90% out how to get out. 00:31:31.570 --> 00:31:34.070 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So the idea that I had was kind of like 00:31:34.070 --> 00:31:35.070 align:middle line:84% Bananagrams, but with a card game. 00:31:35.070 --> 00:31:39.480 align:middle line:84% So you have cards with lines or preset lines or shapes, 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.380 align:middle line:90% just something on the card. 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:43.890 align:middle line:84% And you have to try to connect them all in some way on your 00:31:43.890 --> 00:31:46.370 align:middle line:84% personal board, so that it forms a closed shape. 00:31:46.370 --> 00:31:49.250 align:middle line:84% And once you're done, you have to take another from the pile 00:31:49.250 --> 00:31:52.158 align:middle line:84% and try to fix your shape so that it's still closed while 00:31:52.158 --> 00:31:52.848 align:middle line:90% trying to beat everyone else. 00:31:52.848 --> 00:31:55.308 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So collecting cards, make shapes. 00:31:55.308 --> 00:31:59.250 align:middle line:90% 00:31:59.250 --> 00:32:02.766 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So my idea was just using normal poker cards and 00:32:02.766 --> 00:32:04.100 align:middle line:90% doing a trading game. 00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:07.110 align:middle line:84% Just like trading four kinds of pattern as 00:32:07.110 --> 00:32:08.165 align:middle line:90% four kind of stocks. 00:32:08.165 --> 00:32:12.410 align:middle line:84% And you can randomly draw the card to be your own stock. 00:32:12.410 --> 00:32:15.875 align:middle line:84% And everyday, you randomly draw a card to 00:32:15.875 --> 00:32:16.865 align:middle line:90% determine the day price. 00:32:16.865 --> 00:32:19.850 align:middle line:84% And you can trade with bank or other players. 00:32:19.850 --> 00:32:24.420 align:middle line:84% I think you can use 8 and 10's as the stocks and the J, Q, 00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:28.284 align:middle line:84% and the K as the special cards [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:32:28.284 --> 00:32:30.216 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:32:30.216 --> 00:32:31.670 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: OK. 00:32:31.670 --> 00:32:34.740 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So this was another procedurally generated idea. 00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:37.050 align:middle line:84% The game generates for you encounters. 00:32:37.050 --> 00:32:38.680 align:middle line:84% And it's supposed to be ridiculous 00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:40.125 align:middle line:90% and somewhat humorous. 00:32:40.125 --> 00:32:43.300 align:middle line:84% You'd have a base card, like a bear. 00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:46.920 align:middle line:84% And then there are various modifiers that you would draw 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.635 align:middle line:90% to create that encounter. 00:32:47.635 --> 00:32:50.025 align:middle line:84% Or it could be like a ninja zombie pair in 00:32:50.025 --> 00:32:52.790 align:middle line:90% space wrapped in bacon. 00:32:52.790 --> 00:32:54.030 align:middle line:84% And then those would all give different 00:32:54.030 --> 00:32:55.740 align:middle line:90% attributes to that encounter. 00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:57.530 align:middle line:84% And then you'd have to find a way to beat it. 00:32:57.530 --> 00:32:59.220 align:middle line:84% And your characters might also maybe be procedurally 00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:01.395 align:middle line:84% generated in similarly ridiculous ways and you'd have 00:33:01.395 --> 00:33:03.020 align:middle line:90% to counter it with-- 00:33:03.020 --> 00:33:05.600 align:middle line:84% basically, I like procedurally generated ideas. 00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:07.540 align:middle line:84% Cards games that are never played the same way twice. 00:33:07.540 --> 00:33:10.528 align:middle line:90% 00:33:10.528 --> 00:33:12.022 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I need something [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:33:12.022 --> 00:33:17.510 align:middle line:90% 00:33:17.510 --> 00:33:19.200 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: With laser beams. 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.535 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Of course. 00:33:19.535 --> 00:33:22.270 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Of course you need laser beams. 00:33:22.270 --> 00:33:25.850 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So my idea was a musical RPG in which players' 00:33:25.850 --> 00:33:27.860 align:middle line:90% cards and musical notes. 00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:30.700 align:middle line:90% And you build chords. 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:33.130 align:middle line:84% For example, to raise your character's strength, you 00:33:33.130 --> 00:33:35.860 align:middle line:84% might make an augmented chord, et cetera. 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:39.050 align:middle line:84% And then you can chain chord progression to attack players. 00:33:39.050 --> 00:33:40.870 align:middle line:90% Diminished your life. 00:33:40.870 --> 00:33:43.600 align:middle line:90% 00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:45.309 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I just dominated your [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:33:45.309 --> 00:33:50.468 align:middle line:90% 00:33:50.468 --> 00:33:52.455 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I got obsessed with drafting. 00:33:52.455 --> 00:33:55.620 align:middle line:90% I have another drafting game. 00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:57.420 align:middle line:84% Uses the same drafting mechanic except that you're 00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.300 align:middle line:90% drafting tiles. 00:33:58.300 --> 00:34:02.020 align:middle line:84% You play the tiles in front of you and they make a machine. 00:34:02.020 --> 00:34:04.650 align:middle line:84% Drafting the same color of machine bit or same type of 00:34:04.650 --> 00:34:08.630 align:middle line:84% machine bit, and then laying it in consecutive blocks. 00:34:08.630 --> 00:34:09.560 align:middle line:90% Multiple [UNINTELLIGIBLE] 00:34:09.560 --> 00:34:11.699 align:middle line:84% makes them better, and then your machines like attack 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:13.121 align:middle line:90% other people. 00:34:13.121 --> 00:34:15.017 align:middle line:90% Or they can do crazy shit. 00:34:15.017 --> 00:34:18.820 align:middle line:90% 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:20.929 align:middle line:84% But the challenge being that you have to drop the piece 00:34:20.929 --> 00:34:22.533 align:middle line:90% that fits into your machine. 00:34:22.533 --> 00:34:24.250 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: That can do crazy shit. 00:34:24.250 --> 00:34:26.139 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: That can do crazy shit. 00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:28.656 align:middle line:84% It has to be pronounced like crazy. 00:34:28.656 --> 00:34:29.906 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:34:29.906 --> 00:34:35.289 align:middle line:90% 00:34:35.289 --> 00:34:38.199 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So my idea to have like a monarchy type thing. 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:42.460 align:middle line:84% So it starts out everyone is like heir to the throne. 00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:45.464 align:middle line:84% Everyone wants to become the king, or queen, I guess. 00:34:45.464 --> 00:34:47.960 align:middle line:84% And the point is you have to get the king to really like 00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:49.862 align:middle line:90% you, or to assassinate him. 00:34:49.862 --> 00:34:52.559 align:middle line:84% But if you want to assassinate him, you have to kill off all 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.875 align:middle line:90% the other players first. 00:34:53.875 --> 00:34:57.813 align:middle line:84% So it's kind of a like a betrayal and deciet game. 00:34:57.813 --> 00:35:00.807 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: So a betrayal. 00:35:00.807 --> 00:35:03.310 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:35:03.310 --> 00:35:03.580 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yep. 00:35:03.580 --> 00:35:07.350 align:middle line:84% So another game, it's about reducing your opponents 00:35:07.350 --> 00:35:11.020 align:middle line:84% mobility by placing cards that represent walls, and placing 00:35:11.020 --> 00:35:13.010 align:middle line:84% other cards to rotate various walls. 00:35:13.010 --> 00:35:14.700 align:middle line:84% And your opponent is doing the same thing. 00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:17.390 align:middle line:84% So you could sort of envision the Tron Light Cycle game 00:35:17.390 --> 00:35:21.180 align:middle line:84% without any hint of reflex removed completely. 00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:23.740 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: That would be really cool. 00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:26.820 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So it's all just a strategic placement of walls 00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:28.956 align:middle line:84% to reduce your opponent's mobility. 00:35:28.956 --> 00:35:32.948 align:middle line:90% 00:35:32.948 --> 00:35:34.870 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Yeah, I think you can just make a Tetris box and 00:35:34.870 --> 00:35:38.302 align:middle line:84% then every time you select one give to the other player 00:35:38.302 --> 00:35:39.552 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:35:39.552 --> 00:35:44.206 align:middle line:90% 00:35:44.206 --> 00:35:46.174 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: So Tetris blocks. 00:35:46.174 --> 00:35:48.142 align:middle line:90% Got it. 00:35:48.142 --> 00:35:49.620 align:middle line:90% OK? 00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:53.400 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: This is kind of like Pokemon, except now you raise 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:55.060 align:middle line:90% zombies or you catch zombies. 00:35:55.060 --> 00:35:58.450 align:middle line:84% So you have different types of zombies. 00:35:58.450 --> 00:36:01.940 align:middle line:84% Like maybe you take some from Left 4 Dead universe or 00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:07.950 align:middle line:84% something, or just Resident Evil or something, and you can 00:36:07.950 --> 00:36:10.760 align:middle line:84% do like versus other people or something. 00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:13.930 align:middle line:90% 00:36:13.930 --> 00:36:16.230 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I thought of having cards-- 00:36:16.230 --> 00:36:18.710 align:middle line:84% I don't know whether they would be like words or a few 00:36:18.710 --> 00:36:20.060 align:middle line:90% words together. 00:36:20.060 --> 00:36:22.570 align:middle line:84% But you would go around and each round, the goal would be 00:36:22.570 --> 00:36:23.480 align:middle line:90% to build a story. 00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:26.160 align:middle line:84% So each person would play a card face down, or something. 00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:28.610 align:middle line:84% So it'd be a mechanic like Apples to Apples, except 00:36:28.610 --> 00:36:32.320 align:middle line:84% you're progressively building a story and if people like 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:34.470 align:middle line:90% your addition to the story. 00:36:34.470 --> 00:36:36.736 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So Apples to Apples [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:36:36.736 --> 00:36:37.986 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:36:37.986 --> 00:36:40.117 align:middle line:90% 00:36:40.117 --> 00:36:41.367 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:36:41.367 --> 00:36:47.330 align:middle line:90% 00:36:47.330 --> 00:36:47.940 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Sure. 00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:51.246 align:middle line:90% Moving away from drafting. 00:36:51.246 --> 00:36:54.510 align:middle line:84% OK, so I have another game idea called, Are you a Cylon? 00:36:54.510 --> 00:36:57.430 align:middle line:90% 00:36:57.430 --> 00:36:59.694 align:middle line:90% Essentially-- 00:36:59.694 --> 00:37:00.668 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]? 00:37:00.668 --> 00:37:02.130 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Are you a Cyclon? 00:37:02.130 --> 00:37:03.160 align:middle line:90% Are you a Cylon. 00:37:03.160 --> 00:37:07.840 align:middle line:84% And essentially broad brush strokes steals the skill 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:10.000 align:middle line:84% resolution that came from Battlestar Galactica the board 00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:13.245 align:middle line:84% game, and then strips it down to secret 00:37:13.245 --> 00:37:15.170 align:middle line:90% Cylons sabotaging people. 00:37:15.170 --> 00:37:16.320 align:middle line:90% And then people accusing them. 00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:19.910 align:middle line:90% And then everybody crying. 00:37:19.910 --> 00:37:22.680 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So I really like Harvest Moon, so I was 00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:24.932 align:middle line:84% thinking that maybe there could be Harvest Moon 00:37:24.932 --> 00:37:26.315 align:middle line:90% competitive card game. 00:37:26.315 --> 00:37:30.010 align:middle line:84% And I guess you have a certain amount of stamina each turn 00:37:30.010 --> 00:37:31.483 align:middle line:90% and cards are actions. 00:37:31.483 --> 00:37:35.083 align:middle line:84% And whoever has the biggest harvest at the end of 00:37:35.083 --> 00:37:36.393 align:middle line:90% the game would win. 00:37:36.393 --> 00:37:39.830 align:middle line:84% I don't know how many turns there would be. 00:37:39.830 --> 00:37:43.770 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So stamina in farming. 00:37:43.770 --> 00:37:46.350 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So sort of building on the monarchy of the trail 00:37:46.350 --> 00:37:49.440 align:middle line:84% idea, this is a game about the heir to the throne. 00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:51.240 align:middle line:90% The king is dying in x turns. 00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:54.380 align:middle line:84% You and the other players are going to compete to prove who 00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:56.120 align:middle line:84% is the correct heir to the throne. 00:37:56.120 --> 00:37:58.190 align:middle line:84% And you can do so through combat directly with other 00:37:58.190 --> 00:38:02.020 align:middle line:84% players, assassinations, or political machinations, such 00:38:02.020 --> 00:38:04.440 align:middle line:84% as like accusing other players of being base born. 00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:07.849 align:middle line:90% 00:38:07.849 --> 00:38:09.099 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Assassinations. 00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:14.180 align:middle line:90% 00:38:14.180 --> 00:38:18.270 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Actually, I just have the paper when you throw 00:38:18.270 --> 00:38:21.820 align:middle line:84% out your idea, also throw out-- also mention your name 00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:23.920 align:middle line:84% because I'm still learning everyone's name. 00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:25.470 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: OK, so I'm Ian. 00:38:25.470 --> 00:38:28.225 align:middle line:84% So I had this idea for a game called Admiral Snack Bar. 00:38:28.225 --> 00:38:32.000 align:middle line:90% 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:34.520 align:middle line:84% It's a competitive game where each player is building up 00:38:34.520 --> 00:38:36.140 align:middle line:84% their own sort of like snack shop, and they 00:38:36.140 --> 00:38:38.510 align:middle line:90% make a certain product. 00:38:38.510 --> 00:38:42.280 align:middle line:84% And the other players need that product in some way to 00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:43.600 align:middle line:90% enhance their own things. 00:38:43.600 --> 00:38:46.180 align:middle line:84% But you can see secretly poison parts of your product, 00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:49.040 align:middle line:84% so that when they purchase them, they'll like get messed 00:38:49.040 --> 00:38:50.050 align:middle line:90% up in some way. 00:38:50.050 --> 00:38:52.380 align:middle line:84% So it's sort of like a trade-off and you can make 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:54.202 align:middle line:90% alliances and stuff like that. 00:38:54.202 --> 00:38:56.086 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So it's sort of like a trap? 00:38:56.086 --> 00:38:57.970 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: It's a trap. 00:38:57.970 --> 00:39:00.368 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: There's the tagline right there. 00:39:00.368 --> 00:39:01.832 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: It's a snack. 00:39:01.832 --> 00:39:04.400 align:middle line:90% 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:09.780 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So I'm thinking of a game, I guess to have like the 00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:12.730 align:middle line:84% total wars mixed with Nazi Germany. 00:39:12.730 --> 00:39:16.550 align:middle line:84% So the point of the game is you want to snatch up 00:39:16.550 --> 00:39:17.630 align:middle line:90% territories. 00:39:17.630 --> 00:39:21.295 align:middle line:84% And you can do this by maybe attacking other players. 00:39:21.295 --> 00:39:24.160 align:middle line:84% Well, in particular it's just like cards. 00:39:24.160 --> 00:39:25.890 align:middle line:84% And you can do this by attacking other players who 00:39:25.890 --> 00:39:28.180 align:middle line:84% may be making alliances, which you can easily betray. 00:39:28.180 --> 00:39:32.300 align:middle line:84% Or maybe have like all the cards in a pile and every turn 00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:35.770 align:middle line:90% you can take one and try it. 00:39:35.770 --> 00:39:39.680 align:middle line:84% And you get points by getting certain combinations of 00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:41.010 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:39:41.010 --> 00:39:43.855 align:middle line:84% More like Risk right there as well. 00:39:43.855 --> 00:39:45.105 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:39:45.105 --> 00:39:58.918 align:middle line:90% 00:39:58.918 --> 00:40:00.340 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I'm Brian. 00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:03.060 align:middle line:84% So I was thinking of like a trick taking game. 00:40:03.060 --> 00:40:06.490 align:middle line:84% But the idea is there's four players, and you're trying to 00:40:06.490 --> 00:40:08.230 align:middle line:84% get the second most tricks each round. 00:40:08.230 --> 00:40:11.250 align:middle line:84% And then there are cards that allow you to swap out other 00:40:11.250 --> 00:40:13.050 align:middle line:84% cards at the end of a round and other 00:40:13.050 --> 00:40:16.430 align:middle line:90% things that are tricky. 00:40:16.430 --> 00:40:21.870 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So hit the second-best trick? 00:40:21.870 --> 00:40:24.080 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Or second most tricks or something like that. 00:40:24.080 --> 00:40:25.330 align:middle line:90% But yeah. 00:40:25.330 --> 00:40:34.180 align:middle line:90% 00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:36.116 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So I was thinking of sort of a-- 00:40:36.116 --> 00:40:36.990 align:middle line:90% put succinctly-- 00:40:36.990 --> 00:40:38.970 align:middle line:90% Scrabble meets chicken. 00:40:38.970 --> 00:40:40.698 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Hm? 00:40:40.698 --> 00:40:42.000 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: What? 00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:43.180 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: You have a bunch of people. 00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:45.726 align:middle line:84% And they play cards in the middle and you have 00:40:45.726 --> 00:40:47.060 align:middle line:90% to make words out. 00:40:47.060 --> 00:40:49.370 align:middle line:84% And if you make longer words, you get more 00:40:49.370 --> 00:40:51.230 align:middle line:90% points and so forth. 00:40:51.230 --> 00:40:53.930 align:middle line:84% So maybe your letter is more rare, it gets more points. 00:40:53.930 --> 00:40:58.350 align:middle line:84% But the catch is that if the word is longer, you can't gain 00:40:58.350 --> 00:40:59.300 align:middle line:90% as much point. 00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:01.350 align:middle line:90% The point gain is-- 00:41:01.350 --> 00:41:02.270 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Diminishing. 00:41:02.270 --> 00:41:04.780 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: It's diminished more. 00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:07.790 align:middle line:84% It's proportional to how long the word is you make. 00:41:07.790 --> 00:41:12.173 align:middle line:90% 00:41:12.173 --> 00:41:13.030 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I'm Bato. 00:41:13.030 --> 00:41:15.340 align:middle line:84% And I wanted to combine Mario Karts and Chrononauts. 00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:18.820 align:middle line:84% So the idea of you're racing through time. 00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:21.720 align:middle line:90% Somebody is the main guy that's 00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:22.650 align:middle line:90% trying to get to someplace. 00:41:22.650 --> 00:41:23.880 align:middle line:84% Everyone else is trying to stop him. 00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:27.060 align:middle line:84% And your abilities or weapons only work in certain time 00:41:27.060 --> 00:41:28.850 align:middle line:90% periods and stuff like that. 00:41:28.850 --> 00:41:31.720 align:middle line:84% And so you have the time travel and the items from 00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:36.586 align:middle line:84% Chrononauts and the racing and attacking from Mario Kart. 00:41:36.586 --> 00:41:39.380 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Go, Michelle. 00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:40.950 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: My name is Michelle. 00:41:40.950 --> 00:41:44.310 align:middle line:84% So I was envisioning something like Ricochet Robots but where 00:41:44.310 --> 00:41:48.070 align:middle line:84% the two people-- basically, the point is that everyone has 00:41:48.070 --> 00:41:52.565 align:middle line:84% a set of cards that have pathways or grids or walls 00:41:52.565 --> 00:41:53.350 align:middle line:90% that you can bounce off of. 00:41:53.350 --> 00:41:55.940 align:middle line:84% And you build a grid with your opponent. 00:41:55.940 --> 00:42:00.190 align:middle line:84% And there's one robot piece that you have to try to bounce 00:42:00.190 --> 00:42:02.775 align:middle line:84% off the walls to reach some specific goal. 00:42:02.775 --> 00:42:05.250 align:middle line:84% You can screw up the other player. 00:42:05.250 --> 00:42:07.460 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Build walls and bounce robots around. 00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:12.310 align:middle line:90% 00:42:12.310 --> 00:42:14.250 align:middle line:90% Good. 00:42:14.250 --> 00:42:15.220 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I'm Patrick. 00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:15.705 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Go ahead. 00:42:15.705 --> 00:42:18.615 align:middle line:90% Oh, Patrick, then Jeremy. 00:42:18.615 --> 00:42:22.240 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So this is a game where the players are owners 00:42:22.240 --> 00:42:23.800 align:middle line:90% of businesses. 00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:26.360 align:middle line:84% And depending on the nature of the business, they might have 00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:29.260 align:middle line:84% mutual dependencies that would be beneficial for people to 00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:29.940 align:middle line:90% get more money. 00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:33.650 align:middle line:84% But then as the market goes bad, they'll have to play 00:42:33.650 --> 00:42:38.160 align:middle line:84% cards to cut off the ties between companies. 00:42:38.160 --> 00:42:43.715 align:middle line:84% And so I call it Objectivism, The Game. 00:42:43.715 --> 00:42:45.200 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: That was [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:54.110 align:middle line:90% 00:42:54.110 --> 00:42:54.605 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: OK. 00:42:54.605 --> 00:42:55.100 align:middle line:90% You? 00:42:55.100 --> 00:42:58.890 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So just a slight variation on the procedure 00:42:58.890 --> 00:43:03.680 align:middle line:84% [UNINTELLIGIBLE] idea but now I'm visioning it possibly as a 00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:05.710 align:middle line:84% sort of Falling real-time type deal. 00:43:05.710 --> 00:43:08.530 align:middle line:84% So every turn, you're getting dealt cards. 00:43:08.530 --> 00:43:13.060 align:middle line:84% And you have cards that can modify the dealing pattern so 00:43:13.060 --> 00:43:15.580 align:middle line:84% they can discard other players' cards or can get them 00:43:15.580 --> 00:43:17.030 align:middle line:84% to be skipped, so on and so forth. 00:43:17.030 --> 00:43:20.195 align:middle line:84% And you also have cards that can add various modifiers to 00:43:20.195 --> 00:43:20.570 align:middle line:90% your beast. 00:43:20.570 --> 00:43:23.310 align:middle line:84% And the goal of the game is that by time the deck has been 00:43:23.310 --> 00:43:27.720 align:middle line:84% entirely dealt, you have the most bad-ass creature that 00:43:27.720 --> 00:43:30.265 align:middle line:84% you've created and that-- you'd have to figure out-- and 00:43:30.265 --> 00:43:31.850 align:middle line:84% there might be an optimum way to rearrange things, so as 00:43:31.850 --> 00:43:33.390 align:middle line:84% you're getting cards, you have to try to figure out how to 00:43:33.390 --> 00:43:33.860 align:middle line:90% rearrange them. 00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.850 align:middle line:84% And at the same time, other players could 00:43:34.850 --> 00:43:36.120 align:middle line:90% be discarding stuff. 00:43:36.120 --> 00:43:38.280 align:middle line:84% And you have to deal with all these things at the same time. 00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:40.300 align:middle line:84% And then at the end of the game, you have to freeze and 00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:41.320 align:middle line:90% see who has the best one. 00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:43.653 align:middle line:84% And it could be a really quick game and very hilarious. 00:43:43.653 --> 00:43:46.018 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: OK, so [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:43:46.018 --> 00:43:51.164 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So kind of like building a creature, plus Uno. 00:43:51.164 --> 00:43:53.718 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: OK, this game is Monkey or Shakespeare? 00:43:53.718 --> 00:43:57.850 align:middle line:90% 00:43:57.850 --> 00:44:00.980 align:middle line:84% So there are several different piles of cards. 00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:03.900 align:middle line:84% Each of them has words on them in Shakespearean English. 00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:06.590 align:middle line:90% 00:44:06.590 --> 00:44:10.430 align:middle line:84% Some of them are going to be played by players. 00:44:10.430 --> 00:44:12.760 align:middle line:84% Some of them are going to be like random number generators, 00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:14.966 align:middle line:90% essentially. 00:44:14.966 --> 00:44:19.000 align:middle line:84% The players that are playing as covert Shakespeares select 00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:22.506 align:middle line:84% cards and then place them face down in a common pool. 00:44:22.506 --> 00:44:24.770 align:middle line:84% Then the top cards from all the other decks get 00:44:24.770 --> 00:44:25.360 align:middle line:90% placed in the pool. 00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:27.450 align:middle line:84% And then everything gets shuffled up. 00:44:27.450 --> 00:44:30.490 align:middle line:84% And then each of these different piles is going to be 00:44:30.490 --> 00:44:31.160 align:middle line:90% a different color. 00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:34.130 align:middle line:84% And so you will spell out sentences in the color 00:44:34.130 --> 00:44:36.370 align:middle line:84% progressively, based on the card draws. 00:44:36.370 --> 00:44:39.075 align:middle line:84% And the object of the game for the other players who aren't 00:44:39.075 --> 00:44:42.640 align:middle line:84% hidden Shakespeares is to try to work out who's the 00:44:42.640 --> 00:44:45.900 align:middle line:84% Shakespeare, who's just trying to spell the prearranged 00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:49.904 align:middle line:84% sentence beforehand is, and who are just monkey piles. 00:44:49.904 --> 00:44:52.390 align:middle line:90% All right. 00:44:52.390 --> 00:44:56.910 align:middle line:84% So it's detect the random number generator. 00:44:56.910 --> 00:44:57.780 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Bato, again. 00:44:57.780 --> 00:45:00.870 align:middle line:84% I want to take that tanks versus robot game that we 00:45:00.870 --> 00:45:03.340 align:middle line:84% played before on the paper and make it into a card game 00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:04.640 align:middle line:90% between players. 00:45:04.640 --> 00:45:06.620 align:middle line:90% And the tanks can level up. 00:45:06.620 --> 00:45:09.840 align:middle line:84% And you could change your specific strategy and that 00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:10.929 align:middle line:90% kind of stuff. 00:45:10.929 --> 00:45:13.863 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:45:13.863 --> 00:45:15.330 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Would the robots still be 00:45:15.330 --> 00:45:17.775 align:middle line:90% deterministic from something? 00:45:17.775 --> 00:45:19.025 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Up in the air. 00:45:19.025 --> 00:45:21.687 align:middle line:90% 00:45:21.687 --> 00:45:22.665 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Let's see. 00:45:22.665 --> 00:45:25.110 align:middle line:84% Who from this side hasn't gone yet? 00:45:25.110 --> 00:45:26.088 align:middle line:90% I don't think you-- 00:45:26.088 --> 00:45:26.600 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I did. 00:45:26.600 --> 00:45:27.250 align:middle line:90% I had my convoluted idea. 00:45:27.250 --> 00:45:28.260 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I think everyone's gone. 00:45:28.260 --> 00:45:29.510 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:45:29.510 --> 00:45:32.480 align:middle line:90% 00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:37.420 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So one mechanic is any game that has a high 00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:40.430 align:middle line:90% amount of trading of cards. 00:45:40.430 --> 00:45:43.440 align:middle line:84% You can imagine anything from a Go Fish type thing to 00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:44.800 align:middle line:90% something more complicated. 00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:47.560 align:middle line:84% However, you don't mechanically enforce the 00:45:47.560 --> 00:45:48.110 align:middle line:90% traded cards. 00:45:48.110 --> 00:45:52.560 align:middle line:84% So there is basically lying in that [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:45:52.560 --> 00:45:59.030 align:middle line:84% Also, playing off of the robot tank idea, a game where, 00:45:59.030 --> 00:46:02.350 align:middle line:84% basically, your strategy is mitigated by the cards you 00:46:02.350 --> 00:46:04.650 align:middle line:84% play, rather than the actual characteristics. 00:46:04.650 --> 00:46:09.810 align:middle line:84% So the cards played dictate how another deck or another 00:46:09.810 --> 00:46:12.640 align:middle line:84% mechanic is run, rather than you directly 00:46:12.640 --> 00:46:13.620 align:middle line:90% interfacing with that. 00:46:13.620 --> 00:46:14.600 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Robots. 00:46:14.600 --> 00:46:18.520 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE] robots with mechanical 00:46:18.520 --> 00:46:19.500 align:middle line:90% modifications. 00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:20.750 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:46:20.750 --> 00:46:25.870 align:middle line:90% 00:46:25.870 --> 00:46:26.850 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I am Justin. 00:46:26.850 --> 00:46:30.770 align:middle line:84% So I just have an idea about your asylum game that seems 00:46:30.770 --> 00:46:31.950 align:middle line:90% very interesting. 00:46:31.950 --> 00:46:32.390 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:46:32.390 --> 00:46:34.600 align:middle line:84% Maybe it will help if you can play two 00:46:34.600 --> 00:46:36.440 align:middle line:90% characters instead of one. 00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:39.280 align:middle line:84% So if you have four people, you have eight characters 00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:40.530 align:middle line:84% determined [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:46:40.530 --> 00:46:43.200 align:middle line:90% 00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:44.450 align:middle line:90% So two player asylum. 00:46:44.450 --> 00:46:47.270 align:middle line:90% 00:46:47.270 --> 00:46:48.520 align:middle line:90% Two characters. 00:46:48.520 --> 00:47:01.570 align:middle line:90% 00:47:01.570 --> 00:47:02.270 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Sure. 00:47:02.270 --> 00:47:03.150 align:middle line:90% Andrew. 00:47:03.150 --> 00:47:05.680 align:middle line:84% So you could have something that's sort of an MIT case. 00:47:05.680 --> 00:47:07.590 align:middle line:90% So you're an MIT student. 00:47:07.590 --> 00:47:10.402 align:middle line:84% And you're going through pizzas, you're doing energy 00:47:10.402 --> 00:47:12.620 align:middle line:84% drinks to help you along through the 00:47:12.620 --> 00:47:13.850 align:middle line:90% night, social events. 00:47:13.850 --> 00:47:17.280 align:middle line:84% You can hang out at Harvard for a night. 00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:18.400 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:19.782 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: That would be a debug. 00:47:19.782 --> 00:47:21.590 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah, exactly. 00:47:21.590 --> 00:47:23.770 align:middle line:84% Sorry, you'd force other people to hang out at Harvard 00:47:23.770 --> 00:47:25.020 align:middle line:90% for a night. 00:47:25.020 --> 00:47:29.670 align:middle line:90% 00:47:29.670 --> 00:47:30.650 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Anything else? 00:47:30.650 --> 00:47:33.110 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:47:33.110 --> 00:47:34.270 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Deion. 00:47:34.270 --> 00:47:38.120 align:middle line:90% This is MIT or Harvard. 00:47:38.120 --> 00:47:41.740 align:middle line:90% 00:47:41.740 --> 00:47:43.580 align:middle line:84% So let's say you're in a design class. 00:47:43.580 --> 00:47:46.150 align:middle line:84% And you're trying to build a project. 00:47:46.150 --> 00:47:49.320 align:middle line:84% So there's some students that are MIT. 00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:49.720 align:middle line:90% Most of them are. 00:47:49.720 --> 00:47:52.110 align:middle line:84% But then there's one or two Harvard students. 00:47:52.110 --> 00:47:54.100 align:middle line:84% And so everyone's trying to build this project. 00:47:54.100 --> 00:47:57.330 align:middle line:84% But the Harvard student is messing it up. 00:47:57.330 --> 00:47:59.730 align:middle line:84% Or maybe it could be Harvard, MIT, or Caltech. 00:47:59.730 --> 00:48:03.690 align:middle line:84% So the other student, that's not MIT, is trying to screw up 00:48:03.690 --> 00:48:04.220 align:middle line:90% your project. 00:48:04.220 --> 00:48:07.150 align:middle line:84% And so by the end of the game, you want to figure out who 00:48:07.150 --> 00:48:10.280 align:middle line:90% that person is. 00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:15.680 align:middle line:84% Or maybe you take turns making additions to it. 00:48:15.680 --> 00:48:18.994 align:middle line:90% Something like that. 00:48:18.994 --> 00:48:22.770 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So this came up only a few seconds ago in my brain. 00:48:22.770 --> 00:48:27.080 align:middle line:84% The setting I imagine for this might be something like a dark 00:48:27.080 --> 00:48:29.170 align:middle line:90% elf realm underground. 00:48:29.170 --> 00:48:31.750 align:middle line:84% And there's various houses or various 00:48:31.750 --> 00:48:33.020 align:middle line:90% families of dark elves. 00:48:33.020 --> 00:48:35.971 align:middle line:84% And there's one that is not controlled by players. 00:48:35.971 --> 00:48:38.797 align:middle line:84% So I guess it's deterministic [UNINTELLIGIBLE] 00:48:38.797 --> 00:48:39.850 align:middle line:90% set rules. 00:48:39.850 --> 00:48:42.950 align:middle line:84% And players every turn can place written cards to 00:48:42.950 --> 00:48:46.420 align:middle line:84% influence the behavior of this non-player 00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:47.990 align:middle line:90% entity the next turn. 00:48:47.990 --> 00:48:52.012 align:middle line:84% And basically, players are vying for influence over this 00:48:52.012 --> 00:48:54.322 align:middle line:84% non-player entity, which would then do benevolent or 00:48:54.322 --> 00:48:56.230 align:middle line:84% malevolent things towards players. 00:48:56.230 --> 00:48:59.980 align:middle line:84% And it might be only semi-obvious, depending on how 00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:04.590 align:middle line:84% cards are played who exactly took certain actions to get 00:49:04.590 --> 00:49:08.795 align:middle line:84% this master house to give favor or remove favor from one 00:49:08.795 --> 00:49:09.750 align:middle line:90% player to another. 00:49:09.750 --> 00:49:11.130 align:middle line:84% And so it would be a game where you're trying to beat 00:49:11.130 --> 00:49:11.720 align:middle line:90% other players. 00:49:11.720 --> 00:49:13.490 align:middle line:84% At the same time, you're trying to figure out who's on 00:49:13.490 --> 00:49:15.400 align:middle line:84% your side, who's not on your side, and forging alliances 00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:16.650 align:middle line:90% and betraying each other. 00:49:16.650 --> 00:49:20.536 align:middle line:90% 00:49:20.536 --> 00:49:22.504 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Second one is a guy at a party. 00:49:22.504 --> 00:49:26.932 align:middle line:84% He's trying to get the girl at the end of the night. 00:49:26.932 --> 00:49:28.920 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:29.780 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Oh, frat boys. 00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:30.610 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Is that a card game? 00:49:30.610 --> 00:49:32.782 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: You could screw other people over by going up 00:49:32.782 --> 00:49:34.770 align:middle line:84% to them and bringing up embarrassing stories. 00:49:34.770 --> 00:49:36.586 align:middle line:84% Or you could be really nice and try to 00:49:36.586 --> 00:49:38.050 align:middle line:90% meet the girl's friends. 00:49:38.050 --> 00:49:40.490 align:middle line:84% It's all based off an AI kind of [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:49:40.490 --> 00:49:43.418 align:middle line:90% 00:49:43.418 --> 00:49:44.900 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: And hook up. 00:49:44.900 --> 00:49:46.942 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I'm Ian. 00:49:46.942 --> 00:49:50.570 align:middle line:84% You have a game where the objective is all the players 00:49:50.570 --> 00:49:52.680 align:middle line:84% are actually trying to build a physical house of 00:49:52.680 --> 00:49:53.960 align:middle line:90% cards out of the cards. 00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:58.990 align:middle line:84% But each card has an in-game mechanical effect as well. 00:49:58.990 --> 00:50:02.820 align:middle line:84% And then there's possibly the actual structure determines 00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:03.986 align:middle line:90% something as well. 00:50:03.986 --> 00:50:07.070 align:middle line:84% You'd have to do it with very thick cards. 00:50:07.070 --> 00:50:07.555 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: So-- 00:50:07.555 --> 00:50:09.980 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:10.950 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Jenga with the cards. 00:50:10.950 --> 00:50:13.375 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Jenga cards. 00:50:13.375 --> 00:50:16.285 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: There would be a mechanic-- actually, my idea 00:50:16.285 --> 00:50:18.225 align:middle line:84% was building a house, but not with a house of cards. 00:50:18.225 --> 00:50:20.165 align:middle line:90% But that's a better idea. 00:50:20.165 --> 00:50:22.570 align:middle line:84% Adding a mechanic who'd be like you can play an action 00:50:22.570 --> 00:50:26.830 align:middle line:84% card that's like, a storm destroys the west wall of your 00:50:26.830 --> 00:50:28.626 align:middle line:90% opponent's house or something. 00:50:28.626 --> 00:50:30.995 align:middle line:84% In your case, [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:50:30.995 --> 00:50:32.245 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:50:32.245 --> 00:50:36.710 align:middle line:90% 00:50:36.710 --> 00:50:37.170 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Jason. 00:50:37.170 --> 00:50:41.460 align:middle line:84% So you're on a student project or corporate project or some 00:50:41.460 --> 00:50:43.130 align:middle line:90% team doomed to fail. 00:50:43.130 --> 00:50:46.170 align:middle line:84% So your objective is to make you look as good as you can, 00:50:46.170 --> 00:50:48.825 align:middle line:84% whether by making the project better, or by making sure 00:50:48.825 --> 00:50:51.048 align:middle line:84% other people are responsible for it being worse. 00:50:51.048 --> 00:50:52.298 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:50:52.298 --> 00:50:55.830 align:middle line:90% 00:50:55.830 --> 00:51:00.996 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: A terrible microcosm for the first assignment. 00:51:00.996 --> 00:51:02.246 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:51:02.246 --> 00:51:04.482 align:middle line:90% 00:51:04.482 --> 00:51:05.976 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Don't fail too badly. 00:51:05.976 --> 00:51:09.470 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Who is next? 00:51:09.470 --> 00:51:09.775 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Brian. 00:51:09.775 --> 00:51:11.400 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Brian. 00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:13.960 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: With all this talk of drafting, I started 00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:15.400 align:middle line:90% thinking about auction games. 00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:19.330 align:middle line:84% So an auction game where there's some different points. 00:51:19.330 --> 00:51:20.830 align:middle line:84% And maybe if you collect certain types of 00:51:20.830 --> 00:51:21.910 align:middle line:90% points, it's good. 00:51:21.910 --> 00:51:24.582 align:middle line:84% And then also some of the cards, you can add a few 00:51:24.582 --> 00:51:25.534 align:middle line:90% mechanics for yourself. 00:51:25.534 --> 00:51:27.438 align:middle line:84% So you can bid for a card that later you can play. 00:51:27.438 --> 00:51:29.342 align:middle line:90% And have everyone else bid. 00:51:29.342 --> 00:51:30.786 align:middle line:84% And then you have to go bid after them, or 00:51:30.786 --> 00:51:32.300 align:middle line:90% something like that. 00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:34.882 align:middle line:84% But everyone has the same amount of points at the 00:51:34.882 --> 00:51:36.132 align:middle line:84% beginning [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:51:36.132 --> 00:51:43.733 align:middle line:90% 00:51:43.733 --> 00:51:44.860 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I'm Jason, by the way. 00:51:44.860 --> 00:51:47.295 align:middle line:84% Going back to my guys at a party one, you could work in a 00:51:47.295 --> 00:51:51.247 align:middle line:84% mechanic where people could bring in real stories and real 00:51:51.247 --> 00:51:54.670 align:middle line:84% traits that they have [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:51:54.670 --> 00:51:55.920 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:51:55.920 --> 00:51:58.250 align:middle line:90% 00:51:58.250 --> 00:52:00.240 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: But you could honestly lie and make it worse 00:52:00.240 --> 00:52:02.076 align:middle line:84% for someone else, but then you lose points for lying. 00:52:02.076 --> 00:52:02.750 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE] 00:52:02.750 --> 00:52:04.480 align:middle line:90% dishonest guy. 00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:05.730 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:52:05.730 --> 00:52:08.650 align:middle line:90% 00:52:08.650 --> 00:52:13.610 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So again, it's like an RPG card game, where you 00:52:13.610 --> 00:52:17.320 align:middle line:84% each have your set of things you can do and 00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:18.700 align:middle line:90% equipment you have. 00:52:18.700 --> 00:52:20.410 align:middle line:84% And then there's an encounter deck. 00:52:20.410 --> 00:52:21.560 align:middle line:84% And these keep getting flipped over. 00:52:21.560 --> 00:52:23.270 align:middle line:84% And then people have to react to this. 00:52:23.270 --> 00:52:27.290 align:middle line:84% But it's not quite cooperative because at the end, there's 00:52:27.290 --> 00:52:30.770 align:middle line:84% something that only one person can get. 00:52:30.770 --> 00:52:33.575 align:middle line:84% So maybe they have to duke it out at the end if there's more 00:52:33.575 --> 00:52:35.224 align:middle line:90% than one person left. 00:52:35.224 --> 00:52:37.192 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Sounds like [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:52:37.192 --> 00:52:38.670 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah, kind of. 00:52:38.670 --> 00:52:42.010 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So bringing up auction mechanics, there's a 00:52:42.010 --> 00:52:44.690 align:middle line:84% bidding mechanic that is interesting from a theoretical 00:52:44.690 --> 00:52:48.110 align:middle line:84% standpoint that I never see implemented, where if you have 00:52:48.110 --> 00:52:53.230 align:middle line:84% a thing that's being bidded for-- 00:52:53.230 --> 00:52:55.020 align:middle line:84% or you have everyone assign something that they 00:52:55.020 --> 00:52:56.320 align:middle line:90% get from some pile. 00:52:56.320 --> 00:52:58.700 align:middle line:84% And then if someone feels that they are unhappy with what 00:52:58.700 --> 00:53:01.420 align:middle line:84% they have, they trade it with someone else's, and either put 00:53:01.420 --> 00:53:04.750 align:middle line:84% some amount of money on the other item or some decremental 00:53:04.750 --> 00:53:07.530 align:middle line:90% type object on their item. 00:53:07.530 --> 00:53:09.760 align:middle line:84% The bidding system comes out of the pirates trying to split 00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:13.340 align:middle line:84% up booty and making everyone happy. 00:53:13.340 --> 00:53:19.925 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So bidding by reducing other people's bids-- 00:53:19.925 --> 00:53:22.730 align:middle line:90% is that a good description? 00:53:22.730 --> 00:53:24.150 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: It's a bidding system in which 00:53:24.150 --> 00:53:25.070 align:middle line:90% everyone has something. 00:53:25.070 --> 00:53:29.910 align:middle line:84% And then you trade and add value until everyone feels 00:53:29.910 --> 00:53:31.830 align:middle line:90% it's equal. 00:53:31.830 --> 00:53:33.270 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [INAUDIBLE] 00:53:33.270 --> 00:53:34.520 align:middle line:90% something. 00:53:34.520 --> 00:53:37.590 align:middle line:90% 00:53:37.590 --> 00:53:39.030 align:middle line:90% Let's see. 00:53:39.030 --> 00:53:40.950 align:middle line:90% Yeah? 00:53:40.950 --> 00:53:44.840 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So my idea was you have two 00:53:44.840 --> 00:53:48.120 align:middle line:90% teams, maybe four players. 00:53:48.120 --> 00:53:49.030 align:middle line:90% It's like an RPG. 00:53:49.030 --> 00:53:55.640 align:middle line:84% And so before you start, you have to draft the equipment 00:53:55.640 --> 00:53:57.015 align:middle line:90% and spells you can do. 00:53:57.015 --> 00:54:02.180 align:middle line:84% And so then you have team battles against each other. 00:54:02.180 --> 00:54:08.000 align:middle line:84% And the way you determine what happens is maybe a War-like 00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:12.320 align:middle line:84% system, where each one has a deck which is shuffled. 00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:13.770 align:middle line:90% Take the top card of the deck. 00:54:13.770 --> 00:54:16.270 align:middle line:90% The highest card wins. 00:54:16.270 --> 00:54:20.816 align:middle line:84% And so that determines damage and such done. 00:54:20.816 --> 00:54:21.540 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:54:21.540 --> 00:54:25.050 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I like it. 00:54:25.050 --> 00:54:28.650 align:middle line:84% So searching off the RPG idea but adding on a randomly 00:54:28.650 --> 00:54:32.665 align:middle line:84% generated fort or castle that one player has to defend and 00:54:32.665 --> 00:54:33.930 align:middle line:84% everyone else is trying to attack into. 00:54:33.930 --> 00:54:37.060 align:middle line:84% And he has to set up his defenses around. 00:54:37.060 --> 00:54:38.520 align:middle line:84% But he's also controlling a character. 00:54:38.520 --> 00:54:41.315 align:middle line:84% And so he can move his guy around the board to choose one 00:54:41.315 --> 00:54:42.650 align:middle line:90% of the guys to defend against. 00:54:42.650 --> 00:54:44.558 align:middle line:84% So essentially an RPG with randomly 00:54:44.558 --> 00:54:45.056 align:middle line:90% generated board as well. 00:54:45.056 --> 00:54:46.052 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Defend your castle? 00:54:46.052 --> 00:54:47.546 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah, yeah. 00:54:47.546 --> 00:54:49.470 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Castle defense. 00:54:49.470 --> 00:54:50.380 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I like it. 00:54:50.380 --> 00:54:52.580 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So it's sort of building off of the idea of 00:54:52.580 --> 00:54:53.450 align:middle line:90% pirate's booty. 00:54:53.450 --> 00:54:55.300 align:middle line:84% I like the idea that you have a bunch of 00:54:55.300 --> 00:54:57.220 align:middle line:90% items within the game. 00:54:57.220 --> 00:55:00.710 align:middle line:84% The value for them is chosen randomly so that it's unknown 00:55:00.710 --> 00:55:02.270 align:middle line:84% what the value of the items are. 00:55:02.270 --> 00:55:04.440 align:middle line:84% So you just have the items and various players can make 00:55:04.440 --> 00:55:06.580 align:middle line:84% various moves like choose to appraise an item 00:55:06.580 --> 00:55:07.690 align:middle line:90% by paying some gold. 00:55:07.690 --> 00:55:09.800 align:middle line:84% And the idea is you want to try to get the item that's 00:55:09.800 --> 00:55:12.580 align:middle line:84% worth the most amount of money during any round to get the 00:55:12.580 --> 00:55:13.730 align:middle line:90% most amount of gold. 00:55:13.730 --> 00:55:19.120 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Get the maximum amount of [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:55:19.120 --> 00:55:23.078 align:middle line:84% I'm running out of space, so I better be ending this soon. 00:55:23.078 --> 00:55:26.550 align:middle line:90% 00:55:26.550 --> 00:55:27.542 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I'm out. 00:55:27.542 --> 00:55:30.022 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I'm Jason. 00:55:30.022 --> 00:55:31.510 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:55:31.510 --> 00:55:33.460 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I kind of like the bidding [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:55:33.460 --> 00:55:34.680 align:middle line:84% So you build competing factories 00:55:34.680 --> 00:55:36.910 align:middle line:90% with different products. 00:55:36.910 --> 00:55:39.032 align:middle line:84% So you want to bid on different items, but for some 00:55:39.032 --> 00:55:40.830 align:middle line:84% people, it might be necessary to have a certain 00:55:40.830 --> 00:55:43.770 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:55:43.770 --> 00:55:44.750 align:middle line:84% Things are going to have different values 00:55:44.750 --> 00:55:45.875 align:middle line:90% for different people. 00:55:45.875 --> 00:55:47.155 align:middle line:90% And you could also get high-end 00:55:47.155 --> 00:55:48.230 align:middle line:90% stuff or low-end stuff. 00:55:48.230 --> 00:55:49.600 align:middle line:84% And the randomness is going come in where if you have 00:55:49.600 --> 00:55:51.716 align:middle line:84% low-end stuff, a user could hate your product. 00:55:51.716 --> 00:55:53.144 align:middle line:84% And then you lose money and stuff like that. 00:55:53.144 --> 00:55:56.480 align:middle line:90% 00:55:56.480 --> 00:55:57.330 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Michelle? 00:55:57.330 --> 00:55:59.550 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: In a bidding sort of game, you could be bidding for 00:55:59.550 --> 00:56:03.100 align:middle line:84% space, let's say, space to use the Hubble Telescope. 00:56:03.100 --> 00:56:05.650 align:middle line:84% But before you can do this, you have to pass a couple of 00:56:05.650 --> 00:56:09.512 align:middle line:84% hurdles, like taking J-lab, or-- 00:56:09.512 --> 00:56:10.230 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Bidding. 00:56:10.230 --> 00:56:10.711 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Use the Hubble. 00:56:10.711 --> 00:56:12.635 align:middle line:90% That's awesome. 00:56:12.635 --> 00:56:15.530 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: One of the first hurdles. 00:56:15.530 --> 00:56:17.644 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I wrote it down as bidding 00:56:17.644 --> 00:56:18.894 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:56:18.894 --> 00:56:22.180 align:middle line:90% 00:56:22.180 --> 00:56:23.870 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Tower Defense, the card game. 00:56:23.870 --> 00:56:26.050 align:middle line:90% Interpret as you will. 00:56:26.050 --> 00:56:28.726 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Tower defense. 00:56:28.726 --> 00:56:30.070 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: That's a lot of math. 00:56:30.070 --> 00:56:32.940 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:56:32.940 --> 00:56:34.116 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Slight variation-- 00:56:34.116 --> 00:56:35.990 align:middle line:90% Dungeon keeper, the card game. 00:56:35.990 --> 00:56:39.170 align:middle line:84% So I'd imagine that there would be several lanes, down 00:56:39.170 --> 00:56:42.230 align:middle line:90% which enemies would come. 00:56:42.230 --> 00:56:44.370 align:middle line:84% And you would collaborate with other players to create 00:56:44.370 --> 00:56:46.460 align:middle line:84% buildings on the other end of those lanes that would then 00:56:46.460 --> 00:56:50.300 align:middle line:84% generate either traps along the way or your own units that 00:56:50.300 --> 00:56:52.240 align:middle line:84% would knock down the lanes, taking out the enemies. 00:56:52.240 --> 00:56:55.230 align:middle line:84% And every turn, you run the game yourself. 00:56:55.230 --> 00:56:57.960 align:middle line:84% So you run your opponent and it automatically advances and 00:56:57.960 --> 00:56:59.390 align:middle line:84% sends stuff at you that's drawn from decks. 00:56:59.390 --> 00:57:01.290 align:middle line:84% And you have to be able to time stuff right and all that, 00:57:01.290 --> 00:57:04.394 align:middle line:84% not to get your core destroyed, basically. 00:57:04.394 --> 00:57:05.644 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:57:05.644 --> 00:57:08.300 align:middle line:90% 00:57:08.300 --> 00:57:09.940 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I'm just thinking of the idea of Tower 00:57:09.940 --> 00:57:10.890 align:middle line:90% Defense, the card game. 00:57:10.890 --> 00:57:13.953 align:middle line:84% Combine that with Falling, the idea that turns are happening 00:57:13.953 --> 00:57:14.720 align:middle line:90% at the same time. 00:57:14.720 --> 00:57:16.890 align:middle line:84% So you have one player who's playing the zombies invading. 00:57:16.890 --> 00:57:19.980 align:middle line:84% And he's just basically going, one, two, three, four. 00:57:19.980 --> 00:57:22.260 align:middle line:84% That's like a zombie advance, four steps, or something, by 00:57:22.260 --> 00:57:23.340 align:middle line:90% placing cards down. 00:57:23.340 --> 00:57:26.180 align:middle line:84% And then the other player is trying to place defenses just 00:57:26.180 --> 00:57:28.390 align:middle line:84% as fast, but has to discard cards as well. 00:57:28.390 --> 00:57:30.380 align:middle line:84% So it's really a game of how well you are 00:57:30.380 --> 00:57:33.196 align:middle line:90% able to handle cards. 00:57:33.196 --> 00:57:35.170 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:57:35.170 --> 00:57:37.450 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I had another idea in the vein of Falling. 00:57:37.450 --> 00:57:41.000 align:middle line:84% But it would be like Russian Roulette. 00:57:41.000 --> 00:57:42.930 align:middle line:84% Everyone's trying to have everyone 00:57:42.930 --> 00:57:43.990 align:middle line:90% else die and not them. 00:57:43.990 --> 00:57:45.696 align:middle line:84% And then you can play excuse cards, be like, oh, I have to 00:57:45.696 --> 00:57:46.160 align:middle line:90% go to the bathroom. 00:57:46.160 --> 00:57:47.240 align:middle line:90% I'll be right back. 00:57:47.240 --> 00:57:49.470 align:middle line:84% Or calling somebody else out and calling them the chicken 00:57:49.470 --> 00:57:50.562 align:middle line:90% or something. 00:57:50.562 --> 00:57:54.160 align:middle line:90% You play with macho points. 00:57:54.160 --> 00:57:57.070 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I think that's Russian Roulette with excuses. 00:57:57.070 --> 00:57:58.320 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:57:58.320 --> 00:58:03.870 align:middle line:90% 00:58:03.870 --> 00:58:07.420 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: So players take turns being a prospective high 00:58:07.420 --> 00:58:08.620 align:middle line:84% schooler who wants to go to college. 00:58:08.620 --> 00:58:11.020 align:middle line:90% And the other players are, 00:58:11.020 --> 00:58:13.730 align:middle line:90% therefore, admissions officers. 00:58:13.730 --> 00:58:16.610 align:middle line:84% And as a student, you're trying to get into the college 00:58:16.610 --> 00:58:18.276 align:middle line:90% that gives you the most-- 00:58:18.276 --> 00:58:19.550 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Financial aid? 00:58:19.550 --> 00:58:20.882 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Most swag, anything. 00:58:20.882 --> 00:58:21.260 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:58:21.260 --> 00:58:22.720 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: And as admissions officers, you're trying to 00:58:22.720 --> 00:58:23.740 align:middle line:90% give them the least. 00:58:23.740 --> 00:58:25.876 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So admissions [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:58:25.876 --> 00:58:28.750 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:58:28.750 --> 00:58:29.725 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Admissions officer is easy. 00:58:29.725 --> 00:58:32.300 align:middle line:84% You're just just like, no, no, no. 00:58:32.300 --> 00:58:33.620 align:middle line:84% You got into community college. 00:58:33.620 --> 00:58:35.600 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I've come up with a game mechanic for his idea. 00:58:35.600 --> 00:58:38.067 align:middle line:84% So you could have bluffing where you say, oh, I'm going 00:58:38.067 --> 00:58:38.311 align:middle line:90% to the bathroom. 00:58:38.311 --> 00:58:40.746 align:middle line:84% And then someone else could call you out on it. 00:58:40.746 --> 00:58:42.450 align:middle line:84% And you either have the bathroom card and you're 00:58:42.450 --> 00:58:45.129 align:middle line:84% actually going to the bathroom or its an excuse. 00:58:45.129 --> 00:58:48.538 align:middle line:84% So that's a mechanic [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:58:48.538 --> 00:58:49.512 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: That's [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:58:49.512 --> 00:58:50.762 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Yeah, the full bladder card. 00:58:50.762 --> 00:58:53.391 align:middle line:90% 00:58:53.391 --> 00:58:55.440 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Isn't there a simple mechanic-- 00:58:55.440 --> 00:58:58.350 align:middle line:84% you basically place cards down to try to create a path from 00:58:58.350 --> 00:59:01.480 align:middle line:84% some predetermined point to another but in that way, you 00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:03.550 align:middle line:84% can block other players by placing cards 00:59:03.550 --> 00:59:07.050 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So create impasse and blocking them. 00:59:07.050 --> 00:59:07.280 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:59:07.280 --> 00:59:08.852 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I think you're done. 00:59:08.852 --> 00:59:11.510 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I think we're done. 00:59:11.510 --> 00:59:12.760 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE]. 00:59:12.760 --> 00:59:15.398 align:middle line:90% 00:59:15.398 --> 00:59:16.856 align:middle line:90% All right. 00:59:16.856 --> 00:59:18.314 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Just use the bottom. 00:59:18.314 --> 00:59:20.510 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I guess I could write down to the bottom, but 00:59:20.510 --> 00:59:22.530 align:middle line:84% it would be a pain for folks to look at. 00:59:22.530 --> 00:59:27.790 align:middle line:84% So these are just memory jogs of what we've got up here. 00:59:27.790 --> 00:59:32.170 align:middle line:84% None of these ideas need to be taken up wholesale for your 00:59:32.170 --> 00:59:34.690 align:middle line:90% original idea for the team. 00:59:34.690 --> 00:59:36.350 align:middle line:90% [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE] 00:59:36.350 --> 00:59:38.394 align:middle line:84% things that folks [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. 00:59:38.394 --> 00:59:42.330 align:middle line:84% I would actually like folks to grab one of the thumbtacks 00:59:42.330 --> 00:59:42.960 align:middle line:90% over there. 00:59:42.960 --> 00:59:45.645 align:middle line:84% Once you've written down your ideas on the card and pinned 00:59:45.645 --> 00:59:47.270 align:middle line:90% them up on the wall. 00:59:47.270 --> 00:59:49.230 align:middle line:84% They don't have to be closely packed. 00:59:49.230 --> 00:59:52.660 align:middle line:84% In fact, spread them out a little bit, so that people can 00:59:52.660 --> 00:59:54.780 align:middle line:90% look at them one at a time. 00:59:54.780 --> 00:59:57.175 align:middle line:84% And the rest of the class basically is just time for you 00:59:57.175 --> 00:59:57.960 align:middle line:90% guys to talk. 00:59:57.960 --> 01:00:00.370 align:middle line:90% You [UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE] 01:00:00.370 --> 01:00:02.860 align:middle line:84% get to know each other's games better. 01:00:02.860 --> 01:00:06.280 align:middle line:84% And start discussing about projects that 01:00:06.280 --> 01:00:07.530 align:middle line:90% you're working on. 01:00:07.530 --> 01:00:08.894 align:middle line:90%