so on thursday other members of the class got to play our game and rate it the members of our team got to rate and play other class members games which was good fun. i think we had the third best game with a rating of 16 which wasnt too bad. Our game was one of the games where people actually figured our who the killer was which is also a plus as some of the games where quite difficult to follow. so in conclusion i think we did a good job! we probably could have got the game finished earlier but there were some minor details left for us to complete the weekend before the assignment has to be handed in. so overall i think we did a good job!

So at last we have finished the game! yay!
I had a few technical problems with printers but eventually with a bit of help from a classmate got all the pages printed! Now we will see wheater the game will work or not! i dont think we have enough clues as i leaft that to the other team members to finish. the box was pretty bascic design with a picture of 2 masks on the from the picture is shown below. i didnt use the original picture i planned on using as it wouldnt have looked as good in black and white





for the box itself i used a underwear box with plain cardboard glued over the original pictures on the box. the envelopes which are inside in the box include the character descriptions foe each player of the game and the invitation. we had a few problems with the envelopes as they were rather small so we had to cut off some of the excess paper to get the invitations and character description into one envelope!
we used a second envelope to carry a copy of the map (drawn by Daniel) for each player. there were a futher 2 envelopes for the host which had the conclusion and the basic outline of how the game is played inside. so hopefully it all works out when we play the game on thursday!

Map update

The maps are finished and enveloped.

outlining the basic rules and introduction for the game!
the Game starts
the host introduces the game and outlines whats going on and whos been murdered then all the characters introduce themselves! there will be 4 rounds in all.
the players will not be allowed to reveal who they think is the murderer until the end of the game.

A pen and paper is given to each player so they can write down the info they have
each player will be given a map of the area where the murder has taken place!

the First round consists of cocktails for all participants. yay! Also 2 clues are given out to each of the players are given 10 minutes to talk amongst themselves share information on there clues if the wish to do so and enjoy there drinks. you can reveal as much or as little info as you want to.

the second round will aslo be ten minutes there will be a starter served and the round can last as long as the players are eating they can decide amonst themselves when they feel they want to proceed! a further 2 clues of more significance can be given out in this round. also in this round you have to swap a clue of your choosing with the person next to you.

the third round dinner will be served and there will be another 2 clues given out same rules apply as the first round. people can talk about the clues over dinner.

the fourth round will be the final round desert will be served with this also another 2 clues and the same method will apply as in the 3rd round, after this the Host of the party will read out the conclusion and reveal who the killer is.

we were thinking of using this for the cover of our box and we have renamed the game the final curtain! yeehaw!

also this week we have started our storyboard in which we outline basically what happenened leading up to the murder. who was hanging about the theatre who was acting suspiciously. how the director was killed (he was run over by his own car gasp!) this will be useful and help us develop the game clues! im also going to work on the design of the box this week and Daniel is going to draw out a proper version of the map which we sketched roughly in this weeks meeting!

last week we handed in the first part of the game including characters costume suggestions and the invitations here is an example of one of the characters.

the patron: Hughbert thistlewick.

Age:60

Has Been a patron of the theatre for the last 20 years also a member of the theatre board and has invested large sums of his own cash in the theatre. He lives in a large mansion just outside the town and made his fortune by inventing a chilli sauce. Hes a well dressed old man with a large grey moustache, he always seems to be sucking on a pipe and carrying a walking stick because of a bad back . He seems to have gone a bit crazy since his beloved wife Eliza passed on a few years back. He also has it in for the director Hermin Kauff due to the fact that he believes that Kauff has beeen running the theatre into the ground for years and spending his money on overly extravagant productions that don’t seem to be a great hit with the public. Unfortunately for Hughbert the theatre board don’t agree and have full confidence in Kauff. Could this be enough of a motive for murder?


Costume suggestion|:
Tweed jacket with leather patches, pipe, fake moustache, walking stick

the minutes of the second meeting for team untitled.
first of all we disscussed possible characters for the game and we came up with a number of these we decided that for the next meeting what we would have done was a background for a character and what the looked like etc. the list of characters for the game would be.
the patron
the conductor of the orchestra
the stage hand
the phantom of the opera
alladin
the pirate
also the police man who would be kind of a narrator
and the director who was to be murdered.

we also decided on the possible rooms in which the murder could take place in the theatre these included.
the stage
the box office
the backstage area
the attic
the directors office
the dressing rooms
the basement.

so for the following meeting this week we were all to have completed a character including a back story and a possible motive for wanting the director dead.

minutes of first meeting

Team untitled.
the minutes of our first meeting inlcuded.

first of all we discussed where the game would be based and what the scenario would be.
we brain stormed a number of ideas including when and where the game could be set.
we eventually decided on a theatre murder mystery as it seemed like something that could have a large variety of characters including actors playing different parts people working in the theathre or even people just visiting the theatre could be possible suspects in the murder.

we also talked about what we need for the game and how we would go about creating it. this included.
Possibly writing a simple story and drawing up a story board.
come up with a begining middle and an end for the game
duration of the game
a list of possible outcomes and scenarios
we also decided that in the next week we would research party murder mystery games on the internet and research the format of games like cludo.

we also discussed the rules of the team which we decided would be.
we should meet once a week on a wednesday
all people must attendd the meeting for it to go ahead
we also decided that we werent going to be too strict about attendance of meetings as long as the work is being done by each member of the team.