Game Night for 1GAM

I decided to participate in 1GAM as part of my resolutions for 2016. The theme for January is hobby. The first few weeks of January have been taxing and I haven't found time to do much work. But I did manage to come up with a basic concept. A puzzle game themed around game nights.

Towards the end of my tenure in Gainesville, board game nights became the premiere social event for my friends and me. Anywhere from three to twenty people would arrive at my humble abode and we'd play games late into the night. As my board game collection grew, decision paralysis often took hold. It's difficult to find a game that everyone wants to play and everyone can play.


And that's the theme for my January 1GAM. Your friends have arrived for a game night and it's your job as host to maximize their fun. You arrange the games and the players to solve the puzzle. There are a handful of traits that represent compatibility between players and games. The more a player's traits match the game's, the more fun they have playing that game. Games also have a range of allowed players.

I like the theme and basic design. I've had a little bit of time to implement it but nothing to show just yet. I'm hoping to have a no-art playable demo by the end of the month.