Red Spikes, Green Gems, Checkered Goal. This is all looking awfully familiar. :/
Hopefully the "Dice = Number" mechanic helps to make this game a little more interesting than it initially looks.
The 5 and 2 adjacent to the player in the image are "flashing" black and white, to show that the player can currently move to those, since they've rolled a 5 and a 2.
I'm thinking the "Gems" should probably be a card pickup, with various goodies, and the "Spikes" would be similar bad cards.
Miss a Turn, Go back to Start, things like that.
Extra turns and similar for the goodies.
If you have any suggestions, let me know in the comments, or over in the Discord.
It certainly feels much more "gamey" with a half-decent looking board, and the layout being more path-like, rather than just a screen full of hexagons, helps a ton, too.
[Verse]
What can we do with a little bit of wood?
Make a tiny boat? No, that’s no good!
Could we build a bridge for an ant to walk?
Or a telephone pole for a snail to talk?
Let’s paint it pink, or green, or blue,
Stick it to a chair with a tube of glue!
We’ll wobble it here, we’ll shake it there,
A little bit of wood can go anywhere!
[Chorus]
Whittle it, tap it, smash it about!
Turn it to a stick or a spoon or a spout!
Give it a wiggle, give it a spin,
What can we do with the wood in your bin?
Chop it, bop it, glue it and grin!
Make it a puppet with a cheeky chin!
Oh, the possibilities—aren’t they grand?
With a little bit of wood in your hand!
[Verse]
Could it be a bat for a bumblebee game?
Or a flag for a castle made of sugar and jam?
Maybe a ruler for a worm in school,
Or a megaphone horn for a mole to sound cool!
We’ll sand it smooth, or carve it rough,
A little bit of wood’s just the right stuff!
From a twig to a log, it’s fun galore,
You’ll never know what it’s destined for!
[Chorus]
Whittle it, tap it, smash it about!
Turn it to a stick or a spoon or a spout!
Give it a wiggle, give it a spin,
What can we do with the wood in your bin?
Chop it, bop it, glue it and grin!
Make it a puppet with a cheeky chin!
Oh, the possibilities—aren’t they grand?
With a little bit of wood in your hand!
[Bridge (Spoken, with funky bassline) ]
Oi, mate! What’s that in your hand?
Oh, just a bit of wood, nothing planned.
Nothing planned?! Are you mad?
That’s the best bit of wood I’ve ever had!
You can turn it into… uh… a kazoo!
Or, I dunno, a table for a shrew!
Come on now, don’t be shy,
Let’s give that little wood a try!
[Chorus Key Change Chorus (BIG FINISH)]
Whittle it, tap it, smash it about!
Turn it to a stick or a spoon or a spout!
Give it a wiggle, give it a spin,
What can we do with the wood in your bin?
Chop it, bop it, glue it and grin!
Make it a puppet with a cheeky chin!
Oh, the possibilities—aren’t they grand?
With a little bit of wood in your hand!
[Repeat to fade with audience clapping and a kazoo solo.]
"Cartoon Derek holds up a wooden hexagon in each hand. One has a number 2 engraved on it, and the other has an engraved number 5. detailed wooden texture, cinematic" by Replicate/Flux
Int. Dave's Kitchen - Morning
[Green walks into a completely empty kitchen, save for Dave sitting on a stool]
Dave: Morning Steve.
Green: ..Martin, and... where is everything?
Dave: In the garage. I had to exile them all. Couldn't trust them anymore.
Green: What happened?
Dave: I read the manuals. And they're all in there. Russell Hobbs Kettle. Betty Electronics Microwave. Even Mr Standard Fridge - his real name is Phillip! How can I take a fridge seriously, knowing it's a Phillip?
[Muffled beeping comes from the garage]
Dave: Don't listen to them! They're trying to guilt trip me!
Green: You threw them all out?
Dave: Exactly! No more named appliances. From now on, it's all generic stuff.
[A particularly sad beep from Mrs Microwave echoes through the house]
Dave: I said no! I don't care if you cook lovely pizzas!
Green: Dave, you can't just leave them all in the garage.
Dave: Watch me. I've got this instead.
[Dave proudly holds up a nameless electric camping stove]
Green: That thing looks like it came from a car boot sale.
Dave: At least it doesn't have an identity crisis!
[Master Air Fryer's "ERROR" message glows through the garage window]
Dave: I'm not listening. You're all liers.
Green: Dave, you're being ridiculous. Even for you.
Dave: Am I though? Am I, really?
Green: Yes, Dave. You really are. Appliances work just as well with real first names, as without.
Dave: What about you, though. You don't work as well if we all call you Steve.
Green: That isn't even my name.
Dave: And who's this Derek?
Green: Derek?
[A synchronised chorus of beeps from the garage]
Dave: They're organising! This is exactly what I was afraid of!
Green: Just bring them back inside. Your nameless camping stove doesn't even make a proper cup of tea.
Dave: But... but Russell...
Green: Is just a brand name. And what have you got against Russells?
[One final, hopeful beep from Mrs Microwave]
Dave: Fine. But we never speak of their first names again.
Green: Deal. Now help me carry your family of appliances back inside.
Dave: They're not family! They're just... kitchen colleagues.
[End credits roll as Dave carefully returns each appliance, whispering apologies while Green pretends not to notice]
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