Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Fun is a Secondary Objective

I realized in making my "Game of Life: Africa Edition" that it's not designed for the player to have fun, it's designed so others can laugh at you.

At certain points in the game, outcomes of random events are determined by drawing cards from a pile. At the end of the game, the winner is whoever has the most pwnage points.

• Names (http://www.babynameworld.com/african.asp)
○ Rain
○ Monsoon
○ Monday
○ Tuesday
○ Wednesday
○ Thursday
○ Friday
○ Saturday
○ Sunday
○ C-Section
○ Drought
○ Sun
○ Dwayne
○ Erik
○ Fola
○ Finn
○ Femi
○ Abeni
○ Aissa
○ Baako

• Puberty
○ Circumcised: Death from complications
§ Start over

○ Circumcised: Hurts like a mother
§ Move back two spaces

○ Physical ordeal: Slay a lion
§ + 50 pwnage points
§ Move forward one space

○ Physical Ordeal: Brutally mauled by a lion
§ - 50 Pwnage points
§ Move back one space

○ No physical ordeal or circumcision, your family lives in the city and is too progressive
§ Move forward two spaces

• Exams
○ Success! Your family is wealth enough to buy your way through the test. Perfect scores.
○ Failure! Go start selling sunglasses.
○ Success! Your studying pays off.
○ Success! Your schooling has served you well.
○ Success! You got lucky. Don't let it go to your head.

• Random
○ Realize that Rob was full of shit about the two lions. Move forward 2 spaces.
○ Get mauled by the same two lions. Move back three spaces.

• University

○ Become revolutionized and start a revolution.
§ + 150 pwnage points

○ Protest against corrupt government and be put in prison
§ Move back two spaces

○ Get hella smart, enter the government
§ Move forward three spaces

○ Sellout: Work for a corporation exploiting Africa and its resources
§ Move back one space

○ Flunk out
§ Move back 5 spaces

○ Start your own business
§ Move forward one space

○ Become disillusioned, bitter, and burnt out on academia
§ Move backwards one space

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh man. this is priceless.

Mara said...

This is truly a thing of beauty.

Ariana said...

i love this hahaha.
classic nick heiner.