We are developing a card game for a playful entry into the SciFi world “Witness” and from there into some really fun and deep conversations about economics, science fiction, and the good type of weirdness.
It is being designed by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne who is a Nebula Award-nominated science fiction author and an architect of Witness, Navin Weeraratne a tabletop game designer with 20 years of experience running private and commercial workshops, teaching multiplex decision making and the ScifiEconomics Lab as well as Edgeryders own @nadia El-Imam and @Owen Gothill.
Soon we are going to open up our test gaming sessions for those interested.
The test games will be held via zoom with prototype printout card sets. A digital supported version of the game will be developed later in the year once we have balanced the game as far as a SciFi-economics simulation with regular disasters can be balanced.
The current test game schedule is as follows:
12th of August: Closed Test Game Session with the Designers #1 2021-08-12T16:00:00Z → 2021-08-12T17:00:00Z
19th of August: Closed Test Game Session with the Designers #2 2021-08-19T16:00:00Z → 2021-08-19T17:00:00Z
24th of August: Open Test Game Session #1: Comment below if you would like to join 2021-08-24T16:00:00Z → 2021-08-24T17:00:00Z
26th of August: Open Test Game Session #2: Comment below if you would like to join 2021-08-26T16:00:00Z → 2021-08-26T17:00:00Z
31st of August: Open Test Game Session #3: Comment below if you would like to join 2021-08-31T16:00:00Z → 2021-08-31T17:00:00Z
@MariaEuler I would like to join. Am guessing that the community who have been contributing to the scifi economics discussion, and developing witnesspedia also might be interested. Maybe @ivan can help reach out to the individuals in the scene?
Yes yes yes!! I’m up for the playtest, worked a lot on card games lately, super excited about this!! I can involve some of my colleagues at the MICA Game Design program ?
Hey long time, all good? Yes it’s cool to invite them, would be great actually! We can use all the feedback from experienced game designers - it’s the first time at this for myself at least. Have played around with cards before for performance pieces - but nothing that would be played by others :))
Hei this looks interesting - very curious to see how the narrative evolved into the game! @MariaEuler sign me up for the session on the 24th as well,
Is there anything participants are asked to prepare before?
Hi all, just joining now, and interested to participate, however I’m away between August 22 and 31. Any hope of joining the Aug. 19 closed session? Otherwise, I guess there’ll be others.
