Recently the Global Game Jam occurred and my university loosely participated. Sadly most of the people who said they would participate ended up playing games instead of creating them. Since no one was really working on a video game with much enthusiasm and I didn't feel like spending the majority of my time doing research on coding (since I'm still really new to programming) I opted to make a board game. And I succeeded!
The game is about being the first one to earn a college degree. As you take classes, you increase your score in four skill areas: Writing, Math, Creativity, and Research. Each class requires three things. The first thing is a certain skill level to receive a corresponding grade and rewards the student with an increase in their skill. Higher level classes require higher levels of skill to successfully complete. The second is time, which is used to enroll in the class and invest in studying. Students have 20 hours they can allot to classes, study time, and part-time jobs. Studying is important because if you don't have enough skill to get say an A in the class, you can invest time to study to increase your grade. The final thing you need to take a class is paying tuition. All money is in increments of $1000 and the low 100 level classes typically cost $1000 and the higher the class, the more tuition costs. You can earn money by take a part-time job or by trading in grades for a scholarship. There are also action cards that you can use on yourself (like All-Nighter, gain 2 hours of study for one class) or use against other players, and there are event cards that affect everyone (like Spring Break, all students lose 3 hours for this round). You juggle the three resources of skill, time, and money to complete you degree first, competing against other students for limited classes.
I'd like you show MonkeyPro the game (I'm sure it sounds confusing without being able to see anything). I'm working on making up all of the cards right now and I am hoping to present it at a club meeting on Thursday and then have some friends play test it on Monday. If anyone has suggestions for how I might show you guys the game I am open to suggestions.
Oh, and the name comes from a university event I saw in the 1943 university paper since I'm working on scanning it at the archives. Right now it's just a fun project name but I am also open to name suggestions.
