Cue Cards by tddawson

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made by tddawson for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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Cue Cards is an improv game that can be played in-person, on video calls, or on your own.

Get ready for the most important speech of your life. Incorporate as many cue cards as seamlessly as you can. Group play and house rules encouraged!

Each round, the speaker will be assigned a speech type and immediately start talking. Soon, cue cards will appear with suggestions to use: words and phrases, actions and emotions, and even literary devices. Try to make your speech as seamless as possible to disguise your cues, or just cram in as many as you can.

Cue Cards is designed more as a playground than a single game. Play around and have fun--consider making your own challenges! Use the words for other group games like charades and catch phrase. Make connections. Make puns. Make a scene. Practice your freestyle rapping. I'd love to know what you come up with!

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Feedback

Jeffrey Hwang
05. May 2023 · 02:01 UTC
Ahhh interesting take on the game. I had to play it alone, and it was pretty fun trying to come up with a story. Nice job!!
Cresceda
05. May 2023 · 12:46 UTC
Reminds me of Jackbox. Like the idea, especially if I had friends. =)
frozenfire92
06. May 2023 · 13:58 UTC
This is a really fun idea that I could see being a hit at parties. Unfortunately I'm just reviewing solo, but I can see how this would be hilarious given the right group. Keep on making games!
Sauski
07. May 2023 · 13:33 UTC
I really like this idea, I remember my dad and I used to have a bedtime ritual where I would give him 3 random objects, and he would have to weave a story from them.

I wonder how you evolve this to have some form of "competitive" or "quality rating" aspect, it's a bit too easy to just keep introducing new concepts in non-sequitur ways, which ends up just being a race to spit out the cue without much thought.

Just thinking, but maybe the objective could be to obscure which cue cards you've been given, and the audience has to guess - but if they guess right, you lose. E.g. "weave in the concept of a Toad without anyone noticing".
LDJam user 357656
08. May 2023 · 02:19 UTC
Fun little party game! I wonder what a one-player version with AI, like ChatGPT, would be like?
🎤 tddawson
08. May 2023 · 18:43 UTC
Thanks everyone! Loving all the ideas and feedback. I knew it would be better suited for groups so I appreciate people poking around with it solo while reviewing LD games! Glad the idea seems to be intriguing in the right context, too.