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Special Guests from the "Dice Cast"
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Arisia
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by Mike Wednesday, January 14 2009 07:40 pm
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Ninja vs Pirates will be selling our wares at a table at Arisia by the other vendors in the hotel. 12pm to 2pm! Be there, buy stuff, and meet the makers!
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Round 2 this year. And we will have an extra hand in yukking on nerds, as well as demonstrating games--JESS will be there.
Was there a costume party?
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*OBAMA
*Game Of Life
*Guess Who
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The Store is now open. There are 2 sections, provided by different providers.
The Game Store is powered by PayPal. You can still pay by credit card if you don't have a PayPal so don't worry. In the game store you can buy decks of Ninja Vs Pirates, Robots Vs Zombies, and Hammers Lasers Mirrors. Click Here to browse the games.
The Merch Store is powered by Spreadshirt. At this store you can purchase an array of Ninja Vs Pirate Shirts inspired by the background maker. Click here to browse the merch.
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Arisia ended Monday, well Sunday for me. Kristen Mike and I all went together to demo the games. As i noted it the previous blog, we demoed 4 times. They all went Very well. Read more for Full breakdown, Picks and Vids
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRPgnL5HQcE
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Hello all you potential fans, We would just like to announce that we will be demoing some of our games at the Arisia convention this year.
Arisia takes place in Cambridge MA, so if you're near there come!
Related Links
2008.arisia.org/
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While drifting in and out of sleep on the train returning home from work, my mind wandered into the realm of game design. Everyone loves the game Rocks, Papers, Scissor, so why not make a card game out of it. This gave birth to a new game: Hammers, Lasers, Mirrors. Similar to the relationships between the rocks, papers and scissors, HLM takes on the game from a different approach. Hammers smash Mirrors, Mirrors deflect Lasers and Lasers incinerate Hammers.
Modifying dollar store playing cards (for test purposes only) we came up with the regular and special cards to make the game as fun as possible. The tests were successful. Jess even brought the deck to the camp she worked at over the summer and the six-year-old boys she oversees loved the game. Absolutely loved it. They even fought over who got to play.
The rules are simple enough for anyone to understand and enjoy the game. Gameplay is quick (not as quick as NvP) which allows for multiple games to be played over and...
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Saturday was the first time that we played Ninja Vs Pirates with four players.
I must say, the game was awesome! With 4 players the game is even more fast pased and hectic than the 2 player game. I was very glad that no rule tweeks were needed.
On a similar note the art work for Robots Vs Zombies, the 3 to four player expansion, is DONE. Demo cards are in my hands
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Its time to introduce some game design theory. (note: NOT game theory, thatÂs totally different). There is a great article on game analysis by Doug Church on the subject. It is available at Gamasutra.com (free registration required).
The title of the article is ÂFormal Abstract Design ToolsÂ. In the article Doug Church introduces three tools (think categories or criteria) to use to describe and analyze computer games.
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