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Thank you so much for hosting. my team had a blast making the game. It was a wonderful experience. 

I messaged you on Facebook. ^^

How many submissions do you have so far? 

So my team is on final typos, and tweaks to game play. ^^ Once again my teammates ask I don't say too much quite yet, but tastes are ok. ^^ Here are the tiles as they stand and the cover of the rule book.

Such a beautiful sentiment. I hope this helps you both with your grieving process. 

So I'm still asked to keep game details quiet for now, but I'll show a taste of art update. ^^

Fantastic! I'll look forward to seeing what you bring! ^^

Looking forward to see what you will be up to as well. ^^

So  I'm up to a team of three and my partners want to keep most of the game details under wraps until the end.  BUT I will give a sneak peak at a couple of art pieces we are using. ^^ Can't wait to have a finished product and to see the other entrees. 

So game contest round 2 for me. ^^ I really struggled for an idea on this one as Heaven and Utopia sound so perfect its hard to think of a concept for players to strive for. I also didn't want to  portray resources in heaven as scarce or have really much competition. I wanted a feel good game.. I'm excited to say that I got a friend on board and she is bouncing ideas with me. We have an exciting game in the works. Ill post more about it as we iron out a few more specifics. 

A  couple of rejected ideas we played with were: Heaven as a courtroom where Jesus is your lawyer and Satan is trying to get you convicted of your sins.  (not sure entirely HOW we would have worked it but it was a thought)

A building game were you are building the rooms onto the fathers house. 

Files have been updated!

Updated to fix the rule book text size, extra page removed, Cards updated to have reward for winning obstacles/fights

It was brought to my attention that an extra formatted page on the rule book snuck in. Please disregard page 7. 

ty for the tips. Lol ill have to try again and just look for the exit then . :) this event flew by I was rushing on parts of my game too. I completely understand.  

I am starting this off with I am NOT a person who plays games on her PC normally. The backgrounds were lovely. I think I didn't get the extra textures in the right spot. However, as a NOOB on this I got surrounded and was getting beat up by the Philistines pretty quickly. LOL  I look forward to seeing some people post about their experiences that are good PC game players. ^^

So I had to catch my breath at the end hahaha. We revamped all the landmark art, got the files ready for print and play and I uploaded it like 5 different times as I edited files to polish them.  oh my goodness. This was a whirlwind, but it was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!  I was even able to get a rough copy of the character selection in at the last 10 min. No time to draw the characters, but I assigned them weapons for images off of canva clipart.  Good enough. ^^

For the Character cards this one cracks me up.  I didn't know what weapon to assign this one, but he defended a field of Lentils so I gave him a sword and some grain. LOL. ^_^ Wish I could have done better on these but at least I got them in there!

Thank you to my fellow competitors, it was fun reading what you all wrote and getting your feedback/ encouragement on mine.  I wish you all the best in this Jam. 

A post mortem LOL that's funny. I hear though. I got a lot done at the last moment, but I would have done the last part better if I had more time. My artist and I are both so tired LOL. Best of luck to you I can't wait to see your build.

re did the cards this morning, the board is getting a makeover!  My artist took the image I made last night and really jazzed it up!

I hear you, time flies, I can't believe its due tomorrow!  It sounds like you've done a lot though! I can't wait to check out your game.

Pros and cons

I'll start with pros:

So  today was exciting, I have a rough working copy of the game that I play tested.  The game works well, and I had enough cards to get through a 2 player game without shuffling.  

I flushed out the bios and the Character abilities

David

15 - 30 years old  born 1040 BC

 David was a shepherd boy, the youngest of eight boys in his home. At 15 years old David killed Goliath. He ran from King Saul for 15 years before taking the throne.

Special ability: Strengthen yourself in the Lord 1 Samuel 30: 6 - You can reroll once per turn. 

Jashobean 

He was chief of the “Three Mighty Warriors” under King David. He carried a spear and killed 800 men in one encounter. He went with the two other members of the Mighty Three and fought a garrison of Philistines to bring David a drink from the well. He had a division of 24,000 men. 2 Samuel 23:8, 14 -17,  1 Chronicles 27: 2

Special ability: 3 times in the game you can delegate another player to take the negative for you (ie lose a turn, move back, lose cards etc) 

Eleazar

He was a member of the “Three Mighty Warriors” under King David. He fought the Philistines so long after the troops retreated that his hand had clamped onto his sword. The rest of the army only returned to strip the dead. He went with the two other members of the Mighty Three and fought a garrison of Philistines to bring David a drink from the well.  2 Samuel 23: 9 - 10, 14 - 17

Special ability: You may take one less move to draw one extra card per turn

(ie if a 4 is rolled,  you may move 3 and take an extra card instead of the last move)

 Shamaya 

He was a member of the “Three Mighty Warriors” under King David. He stood and defended a field of lentils after the troops fled against the Philistines. He went with the two other members of the Mighty Three and fought a garrison of Philistines to bring David a drink from the well. 2 Samuel 23:11-12, 14-17

Special ability: If a player tries to move past your spot they must play rock paper scissors with you. If you win they stop behind you, if they win then they may pass. 

Prince Jonathan

Born 1067 BC age 42 -57. He is the  son of King Saul and the Prince of Israel. He is David’s best friend. Jonathan made a covenant of friendship three times with David. He also sounded out his father and found that he indeed was trying to kill David. Jpnathan then helped David escape. Jonathan died at age 57 on the battlefield.

Special ability: Once per turn you may look at the top 3 cards in the draw pile and rearrange them before returning them back to the top of the deck.  

 Benaiah

He was captain of David’s bodyguard.  His weapon was a club.He killed two Moabite heroes, an Egyptian giant and a lion. Benaiah also helped Solomon secure the throne after David died. 2 Samuel 23: 20- 23 

Special ability: When you reach a landmark, you can stop others from passing that landmark as long as you are on the landmark spot.

Cons:

I had to cut the card count down from 65 to 64 due to the format of the card pages.

scratch that- after a play through I need to add another 8 cards for fights as I was swimming in faith but few fights to use them in

My artist double checked that any clipart she used was copyright free and found out that its green lit for concept art but not final products! So we divided the icons up and it will be getting an over hall  before tomorrow. Below are the 3 pictures my artist asked if I could do of the 11, I split 1 in 2 so I could focus on my subjects and they will be added together later.

Abigail with the donkey for Carmel

David's Sling

Goliath for Ellah

David's field for sheep where he killed the lion and bear for Bethleham

Due to this I may need to  cut the character cards with special abilities 

My artist got me a rough draft of the game board! We talked about tweaks but so pretty! All art is copywrite free. 

Awwww it reminds me of Zelda back in the day. <3

pretty detailed sketch in nd of itself wow. I'm excited to see more!

Wow I got some things done today! I checked in with my artist, she should get something for me to see tomorrow. All 65 cards are ready to put on the card art when it arrives. A rough copy of the rule book is complete (awaiting art to show examples, and needs a proof read on another day as I'm too close to it to catch all typos right now)

Here is the rough rule book text:

Journey to the Throne Room 

A Biblical Odyssey of a Boy Named David to King 

Rules

Set Up

All players start at Bethlehem.

Each player starts with 2 cards - if any of them require a dice roll to proceed to a landmark, please draw again and shuffle those cards back into the deck.  (see cards for more details)

The player that last took a trip goes first.

To Play

Roll the die then move the number of spaces shown on the board towards the end of the road Jerusalem.

The player draws a card and decides if they wish to play it now or hold onto it. (Some cards must be played at once see cards section) 

The player may play as many cards as they desire on their turn. (With one exception- You may only give one negative card to each opposing player per turn)

Discard any used cards and settle any rewards/ penalties your card may have given you.

Cards

All cards have instructions on the bottom of them to make it easy to recall in game play.

Play Now Cards 

These cards are fights, or objectives that David had to complete/ overcome to get to the throne. It will state, “ Roll the die to ____. If you roll a 1 you (positive outcome). 2-6 you lose, and return to the last landmark on the board.”

If you have a card that allows you to pick additional dice numbers you may use these here. You may stack these and use as many cards as you wish to help you.

Example:

 Play Whenever (on your turn) 

Faith/ Favor Cards

Cards that build up faith/ God’s favor can be stacked to aid in fights/ obstacle cards. 

They read something similar to this: “Faith in the battle is yours! Pick 2 numbers to add to the die as winners.“

These cards allow you to pick 1-3 additional numbers on the die to be victorious. (The higher your favor with God the better your odds of a good outcome) See the example 1-1 above

There are 3 special cards that allow you to pick 3 extra numbers if you share a testimony (story of something God did in your life) or something you are grateful to God for. (It can be as simple as “I’m glad God got me up this morning!” Whatever your comfort zone is. 

Once these cards are used, they must be discarded.

Loss of Faith Cards

These cards fill you with fear and can be played by an opposing player during another player's turn to make them either discard the used  faith/favor cards, or if none are available make it harder to achieve victory. (This hardship to to simulate how hard it is to be successful when we let fear rule us, there is a small chance we will perform ok, but it will be hard won). 

Lose a Turn Cards

If you pick up a “lose a turn card”, you may hold it and gift it to another player on a later turn of yours. 

Other Negative Cards

Like ”lose a turn cards”, you may hold onto these cards and present it on your turn to an opposing player when you choose. 

These cards will tell you what to do, examples are:

Note on Negative Card Use

You may not give any other negative card at the same time to the same player. However, if there are three players I may give each opposing player a single negative card on my turn.  

Protection cards

There are cards that can reject a negative card. These cards can be played anytime a card if given to you that will affect you negatively. 

This can apply to loss of faith, losing a turn etc. 

(There are a couple of cards that specify they ONLY protect you from a loss of turn).

This card must be discarded once used. 

To Win 

The first player to reach Jerusalem wins.

Works Used

All verses are copied from The World English Bible(, it)is in the Public Domain. That means that it is not copyrighted. However, "World English Bible" is a Trademark.

Art was completed by Janine Crosswhite

Timeline and dates were referenced from https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-1samuel-21-31-saul-david-on-the-run-1012-1004bc.htm

Game board locations were referenced from:

https://www.bible.ca/maps/maps-master-archeological-bible-study-map-israel-promised-land-saul-hunts-david-1012-1004bc.jpg

Hey, So I played the game. I love the music it was pleasant (it even got my bird singing).  The lights weren't too hard to find. Instructions were simple enough. (I normally only game on console so on PC I'm not very good.)  The sins were diffidently creepy - almost remind me of the spaghetti monster atheists use to replace God.  I currently take no damage from them, and thus wonder about the use of hearts in the game?  I take it that will be added later.  Most objects were solid, but the first building I spawned next to I ran right through.  

I'm impressed at the 3d world you created. I don't know how to program video games so I'm amazed at your final project. It looks super complex to make to me. ^^ 

I love your integration of the verse for collecting light. 

Best of luck to you in the completion.   

Looking good so far. ^^ Glad you're feeling better!

Sounds like you are on your way! Looking forward to it!

Day - I lost track LOL 3 days until submission

I plan 65 cards

                 32 faith cards

                 15 Fight cards

                  3 Lose a turn

                  3 loss of faith cards

                  12 other - reject bad cards, slow a person's progress, steal progress, regain used cards etc

Update

So I've been still working on the cards 1Samuel 16-25 I'm getting there! 

Yesterday I went the Anime Expo in LA, it was so fun! but exhausting. So no work done yesterday.  My aim is to finish the cards today!

Thank you for this. idea being if you are overly fearful or don't have confidence yourself then the odds are incredibly low you'd even succeed on your own.  On our own against things David faced I wanted to give a chance without God, but I wanted to showcase how low it would be. The idea is with God, you are more likely to get the desired outcome, though our desired outcome is not always in God's plan thus the chances to still fail. Faith cards can be stacked to get the desired outcome though. ^^ 

I am excited for the dice roll probability calculator that is cool! Thank you for the great resource. 

Worrying about tomorrow won't add any time to today, take a deep breath and remind yourself that God, is a God of time. You'll get done what you can and be proud of it.  

Maybe this testimony will help encourage you. I prayed for time management when I taught overseas - I had 60 students I was teaching. I had to grade 180 tests for other classes, then check my 180 tests were marked properly. I had to input the grades, make 180 individualized comments for the report cards (one per student per subject). I then had to take down al my decorations, pack up 2 classrooms and move into a 3rd classroom typically on a different floor than either of my current classrooms were on. I also had to prep summer camp lessons and handouts for at least two weeks of class, and decorate the new room with 3d decorations making it look like something out of Disneyland with no resources or budget.  (So a trip to the stationary store was in order on my time. ) All of this had to be done while being expected to teach my classes, keep up with lesson planning grading workbooks that were checked every 2 weeks for accurate marking/remarking or my salary got docked.  I was also  moving apartments at the time in my personal life and I only had 3 days to do it all.  I was shocked when on the last day, I got all the school work done 30 min before school ended. I literally had nothing to do, so I could rest. I don't see how except it was a God thing! 

Regardless try not to stress and just enjoy the process. Game making is fun right? ^_^

So I started the cards. The game board is going to have 12 spaces between each feature. The cards will consist of 3 kinds currently - helpers like faith or weapons'/food, obstacles- things you pass on to another player to trip up their plans and fights- people to combat in order t stay where you are - failure requires you to move back to the last landmark you passed.  All cards will have a verse reference/ a summary/verse and an action/instruction. 

A few examples:

1 Samuel 16: 11a

“Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.”

Forgotten and out with the sheep - Presented player either  loses a turn or goes back 10 spaces. 

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1 Samuel 16: 22

Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.”

David plays the harp for Saul - use this to chase a “bad card” away from you

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Goliath of Gath stands before you at 9 ft 9 inches. 1 Samuel 17: 4

Roll the die to fight him. If you roll a 1 you win. 2-6 you lose, and return to the last landmark on the board.  

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1 Samuel 17: 8

(Goliath)  stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? 

Fear fills the recipient of this card, they must discard any helper cards in play during a battle, or they must roll 3 times in a row the winning number.

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1 Samuel 17: 26

David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

Faith in the battle is yours! Pick 2 numbers to add to the die as winners.

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1 Samuel 17:28

Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

David’s brother tries to stop David - you may play rock paper scissors with another player of your choice, the loser must go back 10 spaces.

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1 Samuel 17: 38 - 39a

Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. David strapped his sword on his clothing and he tried to move, for he had not tested it. 

Walking in other’s calling slows your progress- each space you move is now with two dots on the die for the next 2 turns.

So I'm starting to pick out the character cards you can play as. I selected David,  Jonathan,  Benaiah, Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah. 

I'm reviewing David's story to start figuring out the cards that will guide game play and then solidify what will be each character's special ability in the game.   

I'll upload more as I get the cards going. but so exciting!

Beautiful sketches! Wow! Keep up the great work!

I like how you are blending the story of David into your unique narrative. It does tie in your Crystal outlaws nicely. One suggestion I'd offer is to have a note somewhere that these events deviate from the biblical story  and are not a true representation of the events in Samuel.  This way if you catch the attention of  someone who is non Christian or never read the story of David they don't walk away believing this was the way the story occurred in the text.  Otherwise it sounds very exciting!

thank you for your thoughts. I've wanted to do a game on David years ago but I didn't like my original design and abandoned it.  I'm excited I got a new idea that looks like it could work for this jam.  What part of David's life are you focusing on?

trial and error help us grow and lead to great things. Keep up the exciting process.

Day 3

So while waiting for my nephews to get ready in the morning and over a movie :)  I got some planning done and started talking to my digital artist friend. 

I decided to go with a board game walk through of David's path to the throne. Maybe if time I'll double side it and do Jesus' life on the other side. 

Character cards may be David and some of his mighty men??? Still brainstorming

I selected 11 locations from David's life to showcase on the map. 

Bible.ca was super helpful!

I drew up a fast sketch to guide board building.