[Games] BETTER Year Game
Virtual Dice www.random.org/dice
DW
Name: Initials KS Maiden Name Initial P
Age: Your Choice
Hair: Blonde or Brown
Eyes: Your Eye Color
Job: Type of Scientist
DH
Name: Guilty Pleasures LN Favorite Actor/Actress's LN
Age: 1 year older/younger than wife.
Hair: Curly or Wavy Any Color
Eyes: Black or Other Not Common Eye Color
Job: Owns His Own _____ Making Business
Naming Rules For Children
If you roll (roll twice for first and middle names)
2 Between 900-1000 from http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/ud/1980
3 Unisex Name
4 Random Name Generator Settings= Wrestler and Fantasy http://www.behindthename.com/random/
5 Surname as a First name
6 http://www.behindthename.com/names/letter/x
7 Flower/Plant/Nature Name
8 Guilty Pleasure
9 Virtue Name
10 Patriotic Name
11 International Name
12 Your Choice
Hair and Eye colors
Roll for Hair and Eyes for Children (roll only 1 of the dice)
1 moms eyes/moms hair
2 dads eyes/dads hair
3 moms eyes/dads hair
4dads eyes/moms hair
5 Other Combo
6 Your Hair and Eye colors
Genders for Children
2 boy
3 girl
4 b/g twins
5 g/g twins
6 b/b twins
7b/b/g triplets
8b/b/b triplets
9g/g/g triplets
10 g/g/b triplets
11g/g/b/b Quads
12 g/g/g/b/b/ Quints
Type of Pet
Roll 1 of the dice
1 Exotic pet
2 cat
3 dog
4 bird
5 fish
6 bunny or hamster
Events (2 events per year, one of the dice)
(1) You are pregnant!! Use Naming Rules, Hair and eyes, and gender rules above.
(2) Adopt a pet
Use pet rules above
(3) Job (roll one of the dice)
1 you are laid off
2 you get promoted
3 You get a new Job
4 You move states for a business transfer
5 You Quit
6 choose any from above
(4) You adopt a child!
Use Naming Rules, Hair and Eyes, and Gender Rules above.
Country (roll one of the dice)
1 N. America
2 S. America
3 Asia
4 Australia
5 Europe
6 Africa
Age
Role one of the dice
1nb-2
2 3-5
3 6-9
4 10-12
5 12-15
6 16+
(5)
A relative moves in
(6) A friend dies in a car crash and her\his husband/wife leave their 2 kids and pet dog with you temporarily (use naming rules above)
Give me your feedback below (this is my second time making one of these so.....don't judge too harshly)
DW
Name: Initials KS Maiden Name Initial P
Age: Your Choice
Hair: Blonde or Brown
Eyes: Your Eye Color
Job: Type of Scientist
DH
Name: Guilty Pleasures LN Favorite Actor/Actress's LN
Age: 1 year older/younger than wife.
Hair: Curly or Wavy Any Color
Eyes: Black or Other Not Common Eye Color
Job: Owns His Own _____ Making Business
Naming Rules For Children
If you roll (roll twice for first and middle names)
2 Between 900-1000 from http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/ud/1980
3 Unisex Name
4 Random Name Generator Settings= Wrestler and Fantasy http://www.behindthename.com/random/
5 Surname as a First name
6 http://www.behindthename.com/names/letter/x
7 Flower/Plant/Nature Name
8 Guilty Pleasure
9 Virtue Name
10 Patriotic Name
11 International Name
12 Your Choice
Hair and Eye colors
Roll for Hair and Eyes for Children (roll only 1 of the dice)
1 moms eyes/moms hair
2 dads eyes/dads hair
3 moms eyes/dads hair
4dads eyes/moms hair
5 Other Combo
6 Your Hair and Eye colors
Genders for Children
2 boy
3 girl
4 b/g twins
5 g/g twins
6 b/b twins
7b/b/g triplets
8b/b/b triplets
9g/g/g triplets
10 g/g/b triplets
11g/g/b/b Quads
12 g/g/g/b/b/ Quints
Type of Pet
Roll 1 of the dice
1 Exotic pet
2 cat
3 dog
4 bird
5 fish
6 bunny or hamster
Events (2 events per year, one of the dice)
(1) You are pregnant!! Use Naming Rules, Hair and eyes, and gender rules above.
(2) Adopt a pet
Use pet rules above
(3) Job (roll one of the dice)
1 you are laid off
2 you get promoted
3 You get a new Job
4 You move states for a business transfer
5 You Quit
6 choose any from above
(4) You adopt a child!
Use Naming Rules, Hair and Eyes, and Gender Rules above.
Country (roll one of the dice)
1 N. America
2 S. America
3 Asia
4 Australia
5 Europe
6 Africa
Age
Role one of the dice
1nb-2
2 3-5
3 6-9
4 10-12
5 12-15
6 16+
(5)
A relative moves in
(6) A friend dies in a car crash and her\his husband/wife leave their 2 kids and pet dog with you temporarily (use naming rules above)
Give me your feedback below (this is my second time making one of these so.....don't judge too harshly)
Replies
Bit confused, but I'll try for 5 years, and see if I get it right...
W: Kiara Sally {Peyton}
Hair: curly brown
Eyes: Hazel
Job: Bio-medical Researcher
Age: 27
H: Bartholomew Sydney Cruise
Hair: wavy light brown
Eyes: Grey
Job: Self employed in retro-deco making business
Age: 26
***
Year1: This year Kiara and Tolly adopt two pets! A standard goldfish (who is actually verging on grey) which Tolly names Phyllis.
And a few months later, they take in a mongrel tan-coloured lurcher-looking puppy from a local shelter. Because Tolly named Phyllis, Kiara names the female pup Lottie.
Kiara (27) and Tolly (26) with:
Phyllis the Fish (>1)
Lottie the Mutt (8wks).
Year2: At the start of a year Tolly bugs Kiara for another dog. She gives in eventually and from the shelter they bring home a black and white, collie-cross boy, whom Tolly names Shep.
Life with two young dogs is busy, but it's about to get even busier, when Kiara discovers she's pregnant! Not only that, but she is carrying rare all-identical triplet girls, who - after a relatively easy pregnancy which ends 4 weeks prematurely - come into the world with wavy light brown hair and hazel eyes. Kiara and Tolly name their three daughters: Addison Xiu, Kacey Xandra, and Leigh Xena.
W: Kiara Sally {Peyton}
Hair: curly brown
Eyes: Hazel
Job: Bio-medical Researcher
Age: 27
H: Bartholomew Sydney Cruise
Hair: wavy light brown
Eyes: Grey
Job: Self employed in retro-deco making business
Age: 26
***
Year1: This year Kiara and Tolly adopt two pets! A standard goldfish (who is actually verging on grey) which Tolly names Phyllis.
And a few months later, they take in a mongrel tan-coloured lurcher-looking puppy from a local shelter. Because Tolly named Phyllis, Kiara names the female pup Lottie.
Kiara (27) and Tolly (26) with:
Phyllis the Fish (>1)
Lottie the Mutt (8wks).
Year2: At the start of a year Tolly bugs Kiara for another dog. She gives in eventually and from the shelter they bring home a black and white, collie-cross boy, whom Tolly names Shep.
Life with two young dogs is busy, but it's about to get even busier, when Kiara discovers she's pregnant! Not only that, but she is carrying rare all-identical triplet girls, who - after a relatively easy pregnancy which ends 4 weeks prematurely - come into the world with wavy light brown hair and hazel eyes. Kiara and Tolly name their three daughters: Addison Xiu, Kacey Xandra, and Leigh Xena.
Feedback
I didn't try to play or look at your original game. But I still felt that this was really disorganised and I got stuck at a few points with where to look and what to do. My advice would be to put the option first, so:
1) Pregnancy
2) Pet
3) Job
etc etc
And then explain what to do for each one further below.
Also when you are doing pregnancy, start with the amount of babies, then go onto their appearance, and finish with the names - because I find it hard to pick names for children when I don't know how many to do or what they look like!
Hope this has helped! :) I had fun though, and I loved the naming section, really made me think.
I didn't try to play or look at your original game. But I still felt that this was really disorganised and I got stuck at a few points with where to look and what to do. My advice would be to put the option first, so:
1) Pregnancy
2) Pet
3) Job
etc etc
And then explain what to do for each one further below.
Also when you are doing pregnancy, start with the amount of babies, then go onto their appearance, and finish with the names - because I find it hard to pick names for children when I don't know how many to do or what they look like!
Hope this has helped! :) I had fun though, and I loved the naming section, really made me think.
Thank you!! I will try harder next time!!
Not bad for your second one! Maybe you could make the order of the characteristics for the children a bit better (first the gender/ number of children, then the naming rules, etc.). And if there are six possible events, it would be better if there happens just one a year. Otherwise they repeat a bit much I think, and it takes soooo much time to make some years.
so:
DW: Kimberley Susan (Philipps) Hanks
Age: 26
Hair: blonde
Eyes: grey
Job: Biologist
DH: Peregrine Dallas Hanks
Age: 27
Hair: black and curly
Eyes: black
Job: owns his own motorcycle garage
so:
DW: Kimberley Susan (Philipps) Hanks
Age: 26
Hair: blonde
Eyes: grey
Job: Biologist
DH: Peregrine Dallas Hanks
Age: 27
Hair: black and curly
Eyes: black
Job: owns his own motorcycle garage
This message was edited 1/8/2014, 1:38 PM
:( it just cuts off everything longer than the message field is.
This message was edited 1/7/2014, 4:20 PM