Design

As we were working on the design, our Creative Director Craig Tucker remarked on his blog some of the decisions we made and the directions in which we took. They can be accessed here:

“School’s Out” Game Development

Louis the Bully

“We had our second play-test today, and everything was pretty successful all in all. The instructions to have the participants act like 4th Graders was in hindsight a terrible idea! They all acted like they were 4, not in 4th grade! Needless to say, a few minor tweaks left before we play-test the game with real 4th graders.

I wanted to bring that up so I could show you what I’m about to show you…namely this kick-ass board I did. Yes I will break my arm patting myself on the back thank you…this ‘lil mama took about 20 hours to build. First I had to figure out how many spaces a player would play with a team…within the confines of a school class-hour…”

UPDATE: “School’s Out Bullying Game Development

“Team Birgie is developing a Game for kids to tackle the bullying problem. Carrie Cole,Bryan Novak and I have been working on the concept. Basically, we have created a board game in which players have to decide which tactics to use: Be kind or be a bully. But each has its own consequences, and the more one acts as a bully the more penalties they face on the race to the end of the school day!”