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This was so fun! My friend and I tag teamed it until we passed the last level. Lots of screaming and laughter. We loved the messages between. Congrats!

Loved the game, graphics were so cute! Really hard to get the foxes to leave my 1st plant alone. I couldn't survive the tutorial night. (crying face) Good game over all. 

Fun game, would love a map/ a map of what we have traveled to previously or pokemon go esc directional arrows. My friend and I had a bast though. TY

Awwww Thank you so much! ^^ 

Thank you for your feedback on the rules. :) I really appreciate your perspective. I was honestly super busy during the competition and didnt get to put as much time into it as I would have liked. That being said I'm glad to put the best I could come up with given the theme vision and time. But like most of my competition games, I'll probably make improvements later on as I get feedback/ new perspectives and ideas to improve on what's there. 

It makes me really happy that you took the time to look at it and give me your impressions. :) I hope you have a fun game day. Im looking forward to trying games out tomorrow too. :) 

God bless.

I understand paper being low and not owning a printer. You could try the rough printless play test I recommend in a pervious comment with a deck of cards and a rough hand draw of the board.  :)

Here's my rough print less  instructions:

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It would be a bit of a pain but assign a temptation to each face card ie pride kings, Idols queens,  greed jacks, lies ace and hate 2s. Then use 3s as humility to cancel kings, 4s as spirituality to cancel queens, 5s as restoring to cancel Jack's,6s as truth to cancel aces, 7s as forgiveness to cancel 2s. 8s can be stackable practices as prayer/ reading/ going you church 9's are conviction of the holy spirit, and 10s are prayers of restoration. Jokers are some one prayed for you. 

Then just draw two levels of circles to simulate the board. Use a paper to track stats. :) best fast non printable playtest I can offer. "

Hey, thank you for your inquiry. To be honest it is mostly  chance. I did this as a mostly chance game to ensure there's the slide back and forth on the paths. If there's a lot of agency players can rig it to where.they never slide to the other path. I included verse memoring and discussions to it where you can use it to start a conversation.  

As you draw cards there is no limit to how many you hold on to. So you could hold onto the cards you draw and use them later.

Thinking about it if I limit the number of cards in a hand it could add some strategy ie you can only hold 5 cards then you have to pick and choose.  :)

Regardless if you try it or not thank you for your interest and thoughts.

Best,

Karen 

Hmmmm. Maybe use playing cards instead? It would be a bit of a pain but assign a temptation to each face card ie pride kings, Idols queens,  greed jacks, lies ace and hate 2s. Then use 3s as humility to cancel kings, 4s as spirituality to cancel queens, 5s as restoring to cancel Jack's,6s as truth to cancel aces, 7s as forgiveness to cancel 2s. 8s can be stackable practices as prayer/ reading/ going you church 9's are conviction of the holy spirit, and 10s are prayers of restoration. Jokers are some one prayed for you. 

Then just draw two levels of circles to simulate the board. Use a paper to track stats. :) best fast non printable playtest I can offer. 

Its a physical game. You print it out and then play it. Think regular board game like monopoly,  but I'm sending you EVERYTHING through the internet.  :)

So glad for the extension! June has been busy. LOL

Scenarios:

Lies

You feel awkward talking to someone about things that are bothering you. You start stating things like “I’m being ridiculous” “I’m just over emotional”  “I was so stupid to have allowed this” and other expressions that demean yourself to soften the confrontation. 

You went to the store and saw that all the clothing that was available was much smaller than you could wear. You start to feel that you are fat. To the point that you start to feel depressed and stress eat more adding to weight gain. 

The kids at school keep laughing at you and saying your hair looks stupid and ugly. You thought it looked cute but as the days go on you start to wonder are you really ugly?

Greed

You got a job offer and accepted it. Then you got a more lucrative offer afterward. Do quit the first job to take the more lucrative one.

You see a small item in a store that is left unattended. You think about taking it.

You go to wash clothing at the community laundromat. The laundry in the dryer is done. There is a cool looking shirt in there. No one is there for that lode. It's been in there for hours… Do you take it?

You are putting stuff in your car after shopping. As you unload you find an item you didn’t pay for. What do you do?

Pride

You are watching over a dog that your relative dumped on you for a weekend without asking. You feed it but don’t really pay attention to it. The dog gets out and severely hurts the neighbor's little dog. It's not your dog, so not your problem.

You want to get to your things and get a move on. There is another slow person in front of your things. You shove through and bump them out of the way. The slow person is angry with you and yelling for an explanation. How do you react?

Hate

Your best friend shared things you told them in confidence to others that used that information to make fun of you. What’s your reaction?

Your parents didn’t believe you over the school. You were right, the call about your grades was made in error stating you were failing. But your parents believed the school anyways. What is your reaction?

You tried to help a friend out and fronted money for them. They promised to pay you back. You agreed. They haven’t paid you back any money yet months later and are asking to borrow more and more. What is your reaction?

You needed your friend’s help. They were too busy. Then they are telling you about their fun time, while you had a rough time, they weren’t even there to help with. What do you do?

Idols

You look to a romantic relationship to fully be your rock, and comfort. As they cannot meet the demands we need from God eventually you start to feel disillusioned and resentful toward that partner. 

You prioritize work over family, your health and your spiritual walk - prayer, reading bible, and going to church. You lose your job and have lost your income. What do you rely on now?

You start to get a following on social media. You start to constantly think about what new posts you can make and what will your followers think of you saying/ doing different things. 

Works Cited

Matthew 5: 14-16 “14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

• The Righteousness Way is depicted as suns and light. 

2 Corinthians 11:3 “But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.”

• The Serpent's Path is named and drawn to depict the Snake that tempted Eve referenced in Genesis. 

Matthew 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”  

- the path from the Serpent’s Path to Righteousness Way is a needle with the needle eye on Righteousness Way. 

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” 

Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” 

• I have the pointy end of the needles going into the snake. 

1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. “

Ezekiel 26:36 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

• How the cards work to cleanse the heart from darkness and to restore you to Righteousness Way

I have started the instruction book and the print and play PDF. 

I added the strong hold tags and the distaste tags

I spoke with one of my friends and she suggested I add another way to escape the serpent's path- say a bible verse from memory to counter the sin.  I want to add an optional mode where you repeat the target verse each turn your stuck in the serpent's path so they can memorize it. 

Hello guys. Time is flying! So I spoke to my sage group and they suggested I further edit the game board so it didn't highlight my snake so much. Sigh so tricky. Here is the new version!

Here is a very rough rule set typed out (probably lots of typos and not yet formatted)

Rules 

Object of the game: Walk through life and reach the cross at the end that says, “Well done good and faithful servant.” 

To start put your playing piece on the start sun. roll the die and move. When you land on a space draw a card. 

Cards:

The cards can be a habit that is stackable - prayer, going to church and reading the Bible. Possessing one or more of these will allow you reroll the die ONCE if you have an unfavorable outcome. 

There are Whispers of the Serpent cards- you get too tired; break a habit. You get too busy; break a habit. These will discard a prayer, go to church or read the Bible card.  

There are Temptation cards; these cards will have you roll a die. If you get an even number you resisted the temptation! Stay on the Righteous Way. If you roll an odd number you succumb to the sin and find the nearest needle. Place your piece on the serpent’s path and place the piece with a tear drop location marker on the spot you were on the righteous way before you fell to temptation. 

Falling to temptation moves your stat sheet down by 1 on the corresponding stat.

Types of Sins:

Sin        Influences    To Fix it

Hate -   Temper       -  Forgiveness

Lies-    Self Image -    truth

Pride-   Empathy -      humility

Steal-   Morality-         return item

Idols- Spirituality- spend time with God

Hold onto the temptation card. If you fall on the same sin twice then you start to develop a stronghold. It requires resisting it twice to stay on the righteous way in the future. Alternatively if I resist a temptation in the same category twice I get a lack of interest meaning I get an extra roll if I start to succumb to the temptation.

In Example: I succumbed to PRIDE twice. I then take a Pride Stronghold marker. And put it in front of me. When I deal with PRIDE again, if I roll an odd number I instantly succumb. But if I roll an even number I MUST reroll a second time to see if I truly resisted as I have a taste for it. If I roll an even number on the second roll then I resisted. If I roll an odd number on the second roll then I thought twice and succumbed anyway.

(note: if I have any of the HABIT CARDS I can use it to try and resist one extra time. So I can roll up to 3 times on any un-desirable outcome)

Controversy: If I resisted THEFT TWICE I can take a THEFT  RESISTANCE TOKEN. Thus the next time I draw THEFT, if I roll an even number I resist it and stay on Righteousness Way. If I roll an odd number, I get to reroll to see if I thought better of it and decided to resist it after all. 

(note: if I have any of the HABIT CARDS I can use it with the RESISTANCE to THEFT TOKEN then I can roll up to 3 times on any un-desirable outcome)

Getting back to Righteousness Way

Once on the Serpent's Path you roll the die and travel forever in circles, until you meet one of 3 conditions to return to Righteous Way. (4 ways with expansion pack)   

Option 1:  You roll the number on the snake you are standing on. IE If I’m standing on a 1 and I roll the 1 I may return to where I left off on Righteous Way. 

Option 2: You resist the same kind of sin that sent you there. I fell to Idolity, so when I resist Idolity I may return to where I left off on Righteous Way. 

Option 3: You draw the card to correct the initial sin. IE I succumbed to Idolity that made me lose spirituality. Then on the Serpent's path I drew to spend time with God to restore Spirituality.  I may return to where I left off on Righteous Way. 

(Expansion Play Only) Option 4: Clearing my heart of built up Sin returns me to Righteous Way - BUT I go up the closest needle. 

(If I succumbed to multiple sins while in the serpent’s path, I will have to correct or resist each kind once to return to the Righteous way. HOWEVER, if I have a prayed for card  I can use it to take care of 1 additional sin per prayed for card I use). 

Expansion- Fight for the Heart

Each player takes a white heart. As you succumb to sin, you add a black puzzle piece to the heart and play the game as usual. 

To cleanse the heart you need either a prayed for card, or a Convicted by the Holy Spirit card  followed by a Prayed for Restoration card. This cleans the heart back to white and immediately puts you back on the Righteousness Way. 

Winning- Make it to the cross on Righteousness way. Well done Good and Faithful Servant.

sounds awesome! I like what your planning so far. It sounds engaging.  I love the detail you shared on the verse too. Im looking forward to your game.

wow! I love your take on this! The combo of the problem foxes and the troubles in king's is so cool! I look forward to playing your game. So awesome to see another tabletop game in progress.  :)

I think I'm ready to write the rule book and play test play test play test!

So I had some inspiration from the sermon on Sunday. I am adding a heart that has black puzzle pieces. As you fall into sin, you add a black puzzle piece to your heart. The darkness on your heart stays there until you are prayed for and repent, or convicted by the holy spirit and repent. then your heart is wiped clean. I also am adding status trackers for players to use to show the toll sin is taking on them or the wonders walking with God can do.  I am trying to decide on black or yellow text. hmmmm. I decided to pair pride to Empathy.

Thank you. ^^ I am looking forward to your game as well. 

I want to make a list of example senarios for each sin type that can be used by families to discuss and teach with. 

Ie

If you draw a lie card- 

Scenario 1: the kids at school keep laughing at you and saying your hair looks stupid and ugly. You thought it looked cute but as the days go on you start to wonder are you really ugly? Roll even stand firm you aren't ugly but maybe look at your hair and be sure you're happy with it. Odd- believe the lie. Go to the serpent's path and lower self image by 1. Hold on to the card when another lie pops up if you fall, it becomes a stronghold.  You tend to fall for these easier. If you pass on a strong hold re roll to give it one more try. Strongholds can be broken by others praying for you, or building up your habits prayer, reading and going to church. 1 per failed card in a category.  If you beat the strong hold you can build a resistance to those sins and get an extra re roll to succeed.  

sooo to have sins affect the player i'll do  a stat card. 

Types of Sins:

Hate - Temper - To fix forgiveness

Lies- Self Image - to fix truth

Pride-  ? - To fix humility

Steal- Morality- to fix return item

Idols- Sprituality- to fix spend time with God

The stackable cards pray, read and go to church can help you avoid sin. 

Re roll?  How many times?

My friend suggested I flip the paths and put the cross in the center. 

Ok, So I colored my Snake and spoke to a friend. She was saying that my Snake is winning by the look of my board so I added some Christ imagery.  The clouds made it feel a little too after school special for me, so I changed the background and the border.  I switched the bridges to needles. The needles are pointing into the snake as The Serpent's Path hurts us, but the eye is at the Righteousness Way as its easier for a camel to go through the eye of needle. 

Sketched the snake inner board. ^^ might do Sun's as outer path. 

Not final art at all. LOL just playing with concepts. I'm not sure if I like it even as concept art though. The idea of watercolor clouds as Gods path and the snake body with threatening head as The Serpent's path...  It might look better when I draw it... 

Please don't be discouraged! I love seeing all the games that compete and you always deliver a good game.  Winning is fun, but I feel just challenging yourself and making a good "product" is a reward all in its own.  You are going to do a great job, I know it. ^^ 

karen.a.rees@gmail.com -thank you so much!

round 2 changed verse. Rough start notes:

"For you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."James 1:3-4

Solo game? 

Competitive? How?  

Cooperative? How?

Testing of faith…. Challenges…. Opportunities to sin…. We can fall or raise…. 

When we fail a test God doesn't leave us there. He gives us opportunity to grow and retake the test to pass.  

Wants to to learn and grow.

Game board with a path - God's path for us. All good things. Divergent paths that lead into an inner circle. Full of self definition, hollow victories, empty, alone, self image erodes, confidence falters, depression. How to show in game? Stats?

 Flaming swords block paths back out that give an edge until game conditions are right. 

Path out back to God's path redo of failed choice/ test

God's path builds us up. Serpent’s whisper cards bring tests/ obstacles

Roll for responses to these. If you pass you get to move forward. Higher chance to succeed as you pass lies/ trials and tests. Some stick with you and linger. Failed tests you gain a buff in facing again in certain circumstances or a negative buff if it's a temptation to you. 

God's guidance cards give help. 

God's guidance-

Read Bible each night ( can stack for multiple chapters)

Go to church each week ( can stack for Sunday school, small groups, extra bible studies etc)

Pray ( can stack for more conversation with God)

Serpents whispers

Get too busy - stop a practice

Get too tired - stop a practice

Temptation types theft, pride, hate, 

Serpents path looks like a snake body. Head in center. 

God's path pastels rainbows, clouds - heavenly

So I started brainstorming on a gam. The Best Christian theme threw me for a loop this round as I had wanted to do a factory game with "little foxes" going wrong and constantly fixing it. LOL oh well. 

Here are my notes for a possible game with the Song of Solomon Verse, but I don't think its competition worthy... I may play with game ideas for the other verses....

Ideas

Song of Solomon 2:15 says, "Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom". 

Fixing problems - catching issues/ stopping problems

Christian theme 

Cards?

Board?

Roll n Write?

Use card deck

Old maid?

Wacky a mole?

It has to begin so small and grow rapidly like an infestation like hate

Be cute even at first then grow terrifyingly. 

Idea 1:

Use card deck add a ton of fox cards to play.

Place 1 fox card somewhere in the upper part of each players deck. Flip your card to see if yours is bigger than opponents card? Fox in your hand. If you flip fox you get to flip your next card if it's a 10 or higher fox is defeated. If it's 6-9 consequence hits an opponent.  If it's 1-5 consequence hits you. Roll die 1-6 pick up the pile and add that many additional foxes to the top of your deck. 

If 2 foxes come up at once. Roll the die and double the effects for each fox not defeated. Ie 2 foxes come up. Fox A got a 10 and is defeated. Fox b got a 6 and rolls to attack  opposition. I Roll a 5 add 10 foxes additional foxes to the opposites deck plus the entire pile. 

If neither foxes is defeated or passed- the center pile is split in half the larger half goes to the player with the lowest card played on the fox. Roll and double amount of extra foxes to shuffle in for each player.

Worst case scenario - if a double fox comes up, and one is passed to the opponent while one is staying. That player rolls for both foxes and multiplies both rolls times 2 up to 24 foxes will be added to their deck and all the cards in the center.

Grow coffee plants end with ground coffee / coffee cups 1-14

How to add agency to the game?

1 or 2 heavenly intervention cards removes an amount of foxes from deck?

Different backs for foxes?

Cute Fox with cup of coffee

Working titles: Catch the Little Foxes?

Coffee Fox

I made a mini robot!!

I am so excited that you did a print and play this round. Its nifty that it was all on 1 page and was a solo game. However, I wish there had been a expanded info on how to set up the 3 difficulty levels- what do I set up differently to do recover the artifact vs destroy the monsters lair?  They say they are different difficulty but I'm having a hard time seeing the difference from the instructions.  Also some of the rules may have benefited from an example in a additional sheet.  for instance you say on my turn to move,  then roll for hidden 3rd location. Do I do this every turn? If so then how many final bosses do I fight? What are the ending conditions? Then I roll for an encounter.  The encounter only tells me how many enemies I face. I don't see what is the baseline for Enemy stats. 
Overall I love the concept and its a cute game. I just would love a bit more guidance to be available so I can have the same game play as you were picturing instead of making my own best guesses.  Still thank you for your hard work. I had fun! 

I got in, though I never got the creature maker to work. Excellent 3d word! I love the concept, but I couldn't interact with anything despite trying the lmbej buttons, and just random button mashing.  I found 4 different ways to move and 1 way to jump. ^^

I completely understand! It is a fast event and thus bugs can diffidently happen. ^^ I just wanted to check that I wasn't doing it wrong. ^^

Very cute! I love that you create the pond and guide the frog through. Sometimes my frog gets excited and ends up on the shore. I can't move him back into the pond. Is there a way for me to do that?

Wow it grew so much from your test run video! Its beautiful. But oh my goodness!!!! I was going nuts when I expanded the field to about 5 different groupings! So exciting. I know this was a fast make, but if you ever get to work on it further, it would be lovely for it to show I watered. Sometimes I was clicking so fast, I forgot to water after zooming in! LOL poor plants. Also I didn't realize the game continued while the robot was talking. I lost so many plants to that... :( 

I like the Genesis Trivia with star background! Very nice. I wish it would have revealed what answers I scored wrong on and what the correct answer was so if I didn't know I could learn. ^^