Playtest and Film Day

I’m ready to start rolling the game out to more public events. This includes entering it in game festivals like GDC alt.ctrl and Indiecade. To do that I need some kickass footage of the game in action for demo videos. I invited some of my past students and their friends over for free food and […]

Party!

The game made it’s semi-public non-playtesting debut at a birthday party. Due to some space limitations, the batters were positioned on a flagstone patio in a garden, and the LED strip was wrapped around a tree. The distance from the batting stands to the tree was about 15′, so there was time to see the […]

Playtest #3

Playtest #3 was at ETC’s Soft Open on Wednesday night with about 65 guests at Microsoft’s Reactor space in SF. I set up the game at the far end of the room and let it run itself. I wasn’t monitoring the game the whole time, but I would estimate that at least 15 or 20 […]

Playtest #1

For my first official playtest I set the game up in a hallway at work and invited my students to give it a try. My Goals Learn what’s involved in installing and breaking down the hardware. Use just the basic one and two player rally game to see if people understand it enough to play, […]