Ever since I posted the movie game on this blog (see
right-hand sidebar) I've been making small adjustments and adding new cards. Playing
the movie game has become a staple of my lunch breaks at work. I kept meaning
to add the 'full game', meaning a version that included actors and directors,
but lack of time, will power and a clear plan held me back.
I finally decided to buckle down and get it done and I'm
proud to say that the Movie Game 2.0 is now available. For those who haven't
seen it, here's how it works:
You push the "Draw Cards" button and two things
(genres, decades, sets, props, etc.) appear. You try to think of a movie that
fits both. There are no especially right or wrong answers, no points and no way
to 'win'. All you need to play is to have seen a few movies. You don't even need to know any names.
But if you do know the names of a lot of actors or directors
you'll love this new update.
Here's what's new in version 2.0:
- The regular deck now includes 700+ cards (500,000+ permutations!)
- You can now play with names, over 1,300 of them! That's 2000+ total cards.
- Game modes let you chose whether to include proper names or not.
- Select the difficulty (rather subjective, but I've tried my hardest) of names as well as the number of names per card and the jobs (actor, director, crew) you want to allow to create your own personalize game style.
- 'Special' difficulty gives you nearly 300 themed sets of names.
- Try playing with six-degrees of separation rules.
My next big step will probably be to put together a mobile app
version. I'm also thinking of expanding the
game modes and putting together a backside database. I'd love to get pictures
by the names, or links to imdb, or something to help people out when they don't
recognize someone. Feel free to send me ideas.
Thanks to everyone who helped make 2.0 possible!
