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Liar's Lair by madmaw

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made by madmaw for LD25 (COMPO)
I had a lot on this weekend, so I could only put together the rules for a card-game. Core to the game play are partial-information and outright deceit, as far as I know it's a unique game.

There's no computer-based implementation of this, but you can play it with your (human) friends and a (human) referee if you want to. The "Rules and Printable Assets" link will point you to the repository for the rules document and the images. You should be able to download them all as a zip file from there (look for the button entitled "ZIP").

If you do play it, let me know how well it works for you and if you have any refinements or suggestions, or if anything in the rules is unclear. Over Christmas I'm going to try to put together a browser version and a node.js server (hopefully also hosted in the browser), so any feedback on the rules/balance will be very much appreciated.

Rules and Printable Assets https://github.com/madmaw/LD4825
Combined card sheet (post-compo) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/83202116/cards_bw_medium.png
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=5068

Ratings

Coolness 49% 670
Overall 2.53 609
Audio 1.08 621
Fun 2.67 448
Graphics 1.67 739
Humor 2.79 277
Innovation 3.33 157
Mood 2.42 553
Theme 2.19 693

Feedback

DDDBOMBER
17. Dec 2012 · 08:03 UTC
Looks interesting, i might try this later on
MvT
17. Dec 2012 · 08:11 UTC
An IRL game, are you crazy?!

Srly, That's a good idea, i may print it. :)
bwdevel
17. Dec 2012 · 09:15 UTC
I'm not sure this is a legal submission, but innovative to say the least. I can only hope that all jammers see this and realize that even if you don't make it all the way through coding a game, people still want to see your submission.
Gemberkoekje
17. Dec 2012 · 09:50 UTC
Hmm, I seem to be missing a DLL, what's this Friends thing you are talking about?

I daren't rate this as I haven't played it yet, but I'll keep this in mind if I ever find these so-called 'friends'
Jonathan Whiting
17. Dec 2012 · 09:51 UTC
The rules seem a bit light to really sit down and play (also I lack people), but I do like the idea. It's a bit hard to see that it will play a great deal different to a game of Cheat.
Gemberkoekje
17. Dec 2012 · 09:52 UTC
I've had a look at the rules, and it doesn't state specifically that the game should be a computer game, so I see no reason why this shouldn't be a legal entry.
Cy4n1d
17. Dec 2012 · 10:06 UTC
The idea is nice but ... mhhh ... find that this is the wrong place for those games. Will give you regardless a good rating. :-)
kroltan
17. Dec 2012 · 10:26 UTC
Seems interesting.
Starspell
17. Dec 2012 · 11:05 UTC
Looking forward to having a go at this later. However I'm probably going to write them out instead of printing them. I would print them if there was an image containing all the images in a batch ready for printing. I can only find the basic cards.

Also yay! more physical games for LD please!
TuxedoFish
17. Dec 2012 · 11:29 UTC
I think this game is very intresting and sounds fun to play. I hope you dont mind if i rate this based on the rules and images. It fits quite nicely to the theme. Gooluck making it a computer game but it looks intresting now.
🎤 madmaw
17. Dec 2012 · 19:58 UTC
@Starspell good point, that was a bit slack. I've added a single image containing all the assets as a (post competition) resource for download
Smaxx
17. Dec 2012 · 22:32 UTC
Haven't tried it yet (no one to play with), but you should add on this, maybe you can even combine it with some kind of mobile game (Android/iOS) similar to those old 90's games working with a VHS cassette (just make it more interactive ;)).
bach
18. Dec 2012 · 00:36 UTC
I'd love to rate this - but I feel like physical card games aren't a good fit for LD. If you end up making a playable browser version I'd love to look at it and rate it from there.
SanctuaryInteractive
18. Dec 2012 · 16:22 UTC
This is an intersting turn on the whole game thing.
I'll have to give it a go over skype to some friends then.
Not exactly sure how to go about rating most of it though.
angrygeometry
20. Dec 2012 · 06:58 UTC
i really appreciate this entry. sadly i am Without Friends to try it but would love to see a browser version sometime. good job though, glad you made this!
goulding57
21. Dec 2012 · 23:13 UTC
Cool idea. Will not rate just yet, but will try to play with some buddies a little later. I think that this is just fine, and I believe any game is welcome here. Congrats!
Crowbeak
22. Dec 2012 · 01:09 UTC
Ironically: because of the switching of cards between the truth and lies decks, which I assume is to help keep the game fresh from playthrough to playthrough, I feel like this game could only be successfully implemented as software. You can't have different card backs because of switching, but I can't see how you could mark the card fronts in any meaningful way, either, without creating a limited set of possibilities that players would eventually learn.

Good for you, BTW, making a game even if you didn't have time to code.
Encircle
23. Dec 2012 · 20:08 UTC
Interesting idea....
Drabiter
27. Dec 2012 · 08:17 UTC
Interesting idea, although I dont have any printer.