Dyadic
An 18 card adventure game for 2-4 players.
You have been transported to the Dyadic, a parallel world where strange, nocturnal beasts with glowing eyes hunt you out at night. You must collect enough of the right resources in order to return home.
Files for playing:
Rules:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xevx4z5jll69ae2/dyadic_rules_01.pdf/file
Cards:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bhceed33r1za0d5/dyadic_cards_01.pdf/file
Additional resources:
3 dice, ideally 1 magenta, 1 yellow & 1 cyan.
Reflection:
This is my second game of my challenge to make 12 18 card PnP games in 12 months.
If I'm honest this game didn't feel as rewarding as the first in this challenge. If I was to rate it out of 10 it'd be a 5. I think the game technically works, but there's nothing remarkable about it.
Part of the problem was the theme. I made a point of trying to brainstorm a few ideas at the start of development as I rushed this part last time and that hindered the last game. However my brain just couldn't get passed this day/night idea and the scope was really too big for an 18 card game. This was a reaction to the last game which I felt was a little bit too abstract.
On the positive side I got to practice my art a bit as this is a part of my development skills that I'm least proud of. I'm not saying the art in this thing is special, it was just nice to draw a bit.
Anyway, the point of these little game challenges is to try something and then move on. Some will surprise me (like the last one) and others will disappoint (like this one) as long as I feel I'm improving, which I am, then that's what matters.
On to the next!
If you're curious, here's the link to the other game so far:
https://www.bgdf.com/forum/game-design/game-design-workshop/gene-dreams-...
