Out of the Woods is a limited resource management game in which aliens crash land on Earth in the forest and are forced to find their way out, fully dressed in human clothing, to blend in with civilization without raising too many concerns. The game comes in a compact box and contains: resource tiles, a game board, action cards, player pieces, and dice. Directions:
I have learned a lot about game development in the process of creating this game. I learned that some ideas may sound good, but turns out when they’re played they’re boring and not as entertaining. When we first created our game we expected it to be super fun but when we had people play it, we found several flaws. It was not very entertaining and a lot of the features we had just didn’t work and our directions weren’t very clear. The amount of feedback we received from everyone on ways to improve the game was surprising. I did not expect to receive as much constructive feedback as we had gotten and it was very helpful when making improvements to the game. We went back and refined our game several times and although it was only required to get our game play tested three times, we got ours play tested several more times. I also learned that at a certain point it becomes a boring and tedious process because ideas don’t come as quickly after improving the game so many times. It was difficult being motivated but I pushed through. Through this project, I remembered how fun playing board games used to be and have actually started playing them more often. I ordered a few games off Amazon and recently got together with my friends and rather than watching movies we played card games (which got violent very quickly) and other board games. Although I did not enjoy the project at first, I got invested and am finding this project very enjoyable!
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AuthorHibah Shafi is a Senior at New Technology High School. Archives
May 2019
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