play-test 10.31
to do:
- create a pre and post assessment questionaire
- find a laser printer for Tuesday
- set up the printing flow for volunteers
- masking tape and sticky tack
feedback:
1.What was the most fun part of the game?
- getting updates, made us more frantic
- challenges made us feel silly (chalk outlines, rioting)
- getting people to do things
- running around, racing other teams to locations
- running into other teams
- time constraints, competition between groups
- like an educational amazing race
- people’s reactions to trying to ask them questions
- buying pens from the store
- finding locations
2. What are three things you learned from this game?
- Tirangle Fire
- no protesting in Washington Square
- Writing with chalk is fun
- using my phone
- dealing with crashed server
- the riots and where they were
- NYC people can be extremely rude
- deaths by Washington Park
- 146 people died in the Shirtwaist fires
- New Yorkers aren’t very open to interviews
- history of the Stonewall Riot
- number of deaths in the Shirtwaist fire
- no one in a Union office wants to commit to answering simple questions
- unity for Barak will win the ware
- didn’t learn anything
- Stonewall Riots about gay rights, never knew those kids of protest happened so long ago
- 146 people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
- no rallying or performing in Washington Sq Par
3. Do you have any suggestions for improvements?
- scoring for task, unbalanced
- some of the photos were hard to match up
- include a fact about the different topics in domestic violence fact, Cindy Sherman fact
- bigger maps of a key
- heave teams read through instructions before taking off
- more frequent status updates
- working materials, pen was out of ink
- more options for tasks
- fix the damn server
- quicker phone responses
4. Were the rules clear? If not, what was confusing?
- yes
- yes, very clear
- yes, but we were confused initially because were trying to read while on the go
- for the most part, missed the bonus cards
- yes
- it was unclear how to send off a completed task to the game master
- player to game master mechanic could use work
- directions on contacting seemed repetitive
5. Would you recommend this game to a friend?
- yes - 5
- hell no
- i’d recommend it to younger age group, like a school group who would be more apt to learn
