Dr. Mike Reddy - "Play in Progress" - All Comments

re: My morning coffee wbnetz reading today is... Why your game idea sucks!

Matthew — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:41:32 GMT

"I have this great idea. It's brilliant and will sell millions of copies." Exactly what i said yesterday when discussing my board game with the other Matt.....

Found the article amusing tho! Erin Hoffman ftw!

re: Lesson 8 (LATE) - A game for Griefers

20080018 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:38:13 GMT

are you thinking of tim langdell?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE_Games

re: Eagle Alight - A Board Game inspired by Lunar Lander

mreddy01 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:49:32 GMT

Thank you.

Broken image links fixed now.

re: My first "homeplay" assignment - design a game in 15 minutes

mreddy01 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:42:27 GMT

Playtesting and Version 2 modification

Post Lesson 2 post-mortem: After playtesting three things became apparent. The first was that the winner of a bout guiding their pen forward to the next circle was just too hard for most people. It was, therefore, decided to scrap/simplify this constraint. Subsequently, the ability to side-step combat by drawing a line to the next circle was also removed, due to the difficulty spike. It had been originally put in to provide an alternative strategy, because it was thought that a conflict only game would be too samey; actually, this was not necessary as play testing never highlighted bout only play as a problem. This was an example of over-complicating things unnecessarily. The third issue from gameplay testing with young children, young adults and seniors - ages ranged from 8-70 - was the rule that the clearer line wins when both pens leave the circle at the same time. When people of different strengths played together it was quite common for there to be bouts where both pens shot out of the circle. Clearly, when only one pen skidded out there was an obvious winner. When both left, but one was measurably before the other, again a winner was straightforward. However, the rule of clearer line was expected to be seen as a mistake prior to testing. In fact, the surprise of testing was what seemed to be an inconsistency, was a perfect way to balance game play. When a 9 year old girl played with a 17 year old sporty boy, the latter's attempts to force his opponent out of circles, consisting of brute force, frequently resulted in both pens falling, but his making a fainter line, resulting in a loss. This was an unexpected bonus in playtesting. therefore, the anticipated removal/reversal of this rule was not justified. The only caveat being that after extended play - think Roddick v Federer! - the paper gets rather marked up, making calls difficult/easier to contest. In playtesting, we just called draws more often than expected. When the paper gets scuffed up, new paper or circles drawn in different places might be necessary. So, some changes, some justified non-changes. A simpler game.

re: Plagiarism training day part 2

mreddy01 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:21:37 GMT

LM = Lesley May
Amber Report is available from:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/AMBeR_PartII_Full_Report.pdf

re: My lower tech live blog - I.e. Not live!

mreddy01 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:57:25 GMT

The Western Mail article that Graham referenced is available online at:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/09/08/shame-of-our-hi-tech-university-cheats-91466-21698713/

re: My lower tech live blog - I.e. Not live!

mreddy01 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:53:21 GMT

For clarification:

GR = Graham Rogers
LD = Lesley Douglas
LM = Lesley May
DJ = David Jacob
SH = Simon Haslett

LIS = Library and Information Services
NBS = Newport Business School
QA = Quality Assurance
FoI - Freedom of Information

re: XLeague07 - Behind the scenes

mreddy01 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:07:41 GMT

Thanks for this Michael!

re: My first CoveritLive Live Blog - Newport Plagiarism Training Day

mreddy01 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:35:20 GMT

wifi in A16 is buggered - low signal

re: XLeague07 - Behind the scenes

Michael Webb — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:43:59 GMT

Ah, that didn't work - I just embed the video! Didn't realise it works for comments!

What I typed was (youtube:B_IbUpyGopQ) but with square brackets rather than round ones...

re: XLeague07 - Behind the scenes

Michael Webb — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:40:50 GMT

There's a slightly odd way of embedding youtube videos - you have to type: [youtube:B_IbUpyGopQ] where you want the video to appear.