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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: pds319 on May 14, 2009, 12:46:49 PM
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Hey everybody. I just finished building up a "Wheel of Fortune" set for a local bar, reusing pieces built earlier. Pics (http://\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/53611855@N00/3530645012/\") If this takes off, they may want to do other game show nights. So my question to you guys is which games would work the best? (i.e. include many people, engaging format to keep drunks attention) I know TPIR is a big possibility (pricing game suggestions?) and Family Feud works as well. Any others?
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A bunch drunks playing Press Your Luck? I'd pay money to watch that!
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Pyramid or Match Game. It could make for quite a few (cheap) laughs.
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Heh, I enjoyed looking through the slide show, what a great recreation, wonderful work.
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[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'215750\' date=\'May 14 2009, 01:02 PM\']A buncha drunks playing Press Your Luck? I'd pay money to watch that![/quote]
I'd rather they drop acid, but different strokes.
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[quote name=\'pds319\' post=\'215749\' date=\'May 14 2009, 12:46 PM\']Hey everybody. I just finished building up a "Wheel of Fortune" set for a local bar, reusing pieces built earlier. Pics (http://\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/53611855@N00/3530645012/\") If this takes off, they may want to do other game show nights. So my question to you guys is which games would work the best? (i.e. include many people, engaging format to keep drunks attention) I know TPIR is a big possibility (pricing game suggestions?) and Family Feud works as well. Any others?[/quote]
Hello !
I wanted to compliment you, on some great work !
I also like the Press Your Luck idea, but that might be expensive. If not, Match Game or Family Feud would be fine ideas.
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I'll Jump on the Whammy bandwagon and Go with Press Your Luck. Hell Maybe even cards sharks. Back in high school the considered they "Hi -Lo" card game a "Drinking Game" :)
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"Dating Game" might work. All you have to do is build a partition of some sort and some styrofoam asterisks.
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The set I'd like to see you build is Pitfall. ;-)
Seriously, I'd suggest Win, Lose, or Draw, since the other good suggestions have already been taken.
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[quote name=\'pds319\' post=\'215749\' date=\'May 14 2009, 11:46 AM\']Hey everybody. I just finished building up a "Wheel of Fortune" set for a local bar, reusing pieces built earlier. Pics (http://\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/53611855@N00/3530645012/\") If this takes off, they may want to do other game show nights. So my question to you guys is which games would work the best? (i.e. include many people, engaging format to keep drunks attention) I know TPIR is a big possibility (pricing game suggestions?) and Family Feud works as well. Any others?[/quote]
Two things:
A) Mindboggingly good work, sir.
B) I say Password +, if just to see you recreate *that* set. :D
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[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'215812\' date=\'May 14 2009, 10:33 PM\']B) I say Password +, if just to see you recreate *that* set. :D[/quote]I think designing multiple Nazi symbols is frowned upon in this day and age.
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Double Dare? You'd pretty much only need to build the podiums (if you have the resources) and can use a monitor for the clock.
And great work, by the way!
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What about who wants to be a millionaire? This one guy made a mini millionaire set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HvR0jQC6C8 (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HvR0jQC6C8\")
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Thanks a lot guys for the feedback! I didn't think of Match Game or Press Your Luck. I thought about Pyramid, and just figured conveying coherent ideas or lists with a bunch of drunk people would be almost or damn near impossible. I like the Press Your Luck idea, but it would be one built in Flash with scoring and podiums constructed. Maybe some sort of round-robin type of tournament could be played. I've been really looking into building a Card Sharks set as it wouldn't be extremely tough to build.
Much interest was shown in a TPIR night. Suggestion for pricing game, outside of Plinko, anyone? A multi-use board could be made for numerous games, but which would be the top six?
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[quote name=\'pds319\' post=\'215826\' date=\'May 14 2009, 11:06 PM\']Much interest was shown in a TPIR night. Suggestion for pricing game, outside of Plinko, anyone? A multi-use board could be made for numerous games, but which would be the top six?[/quote]
Money Game would be fun to build and would look good. Ditto Any Number.
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Another idea might be Concentration. You have to match names of liquors. Keep the same rebus every time: "I'll buy the house a round."
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'215830\' date=\'May 15 2009, 05:33 AM\'][quote name=\'pds319\' post=\'215826\' date=\'May 14 2009, 11:06 PM\']Much interest was shown in a TPIR night. Suggestion for pricing game, outside of Plinko, anyone? A multi-use board could be made for numerous games, but which would be the top six?[/quote]Money Game would be fun to build and would look good. Ditto Any Number.[/quote]Cliff Hangers is probably on the list. Clock Game would be fun. Lucky Seven, Punch-a-Bunch, and maybe Temptation would be among the most recognizable, though obviously they will lose some of their luster when you're not really giving away cars and wads of cash.
As for multi-use boards, Bonus Game and the now-defunct Give or Keep used essentially the same setup. Double Prices/One Right Price/Most Expensive, though dull as paint, could use your basic price-tag reveal.
The ultimate in flashy games would be Super Ball!, but I would expect that to be beyond your budget unless you can pick up a cheap used Skee-Ball machine (even if the scoring mechanism is broken) somewhere.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'215835\' date=\'May 15 2009, 07:13 AM\']Another idea might be Concentration. You have to match names of liquors. Keep the same rebus every time: "I'll buy the house a round."[/quote]
Or mix it up with: "Take me drunk, I'm home."
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'215830\' date=\'May 15 2009, 05:33 AM\'][quote name=\'pds319\' post=\'215826\' date=\'May 14 2009, 11:06 PM\']Much interest was shown in a TPIR night. Suggestion for pricing game, outside of Plinko, anyone? A multi-use board could be made for numerous games, but which would be the top six?[/quote]
Money Game would be fun to build and would look good. Ditto Any Number.
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What he said. Two games that are instantly recognizable, and popular among casual viewers. Use one side for one game, the other for the other.
Depending on how crafty you want to be about it, you could also make one table with those spring-loaded grocery bags for It's In The Bag and Check-Out, then use the table for Shell Game, Grocery Game, and/or Bullseye.
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Card Sharks is a simple construction idea and would probably be pretty popular.
If you need another simple yet fun game, perhaps High Rollers could bein order.
But if you're looking for a challege that can fit in a bar... I've always been partial to Tic Tac Dough.
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[quote name=\'ethanmx2\' post=\'216050\' date=\'May 19 2009, 01:24 AM\']Card Sharks is a simple construction idea and would probably be pretty popular.
If you need another simple yet fun game, perhaps High Rollers could bein order.
But if you're looking for a challege that can fit in a bar... I've always been partial to Tic Tac Dough.[/quote]
I put together a Press Your Luck game for a church party. I wrote the program myself, built my own buzzer buttons, and rigged up and old joystick controller to interface with the buttons. The program supports a dual-monitor setup, which allows the host to see the game information at all times.
I have pictures of the party here (http://\"http://s399.photobucket.com/albums/pp78/visualbasicwizard/PYL%20Live/\") and some screenshots of the game here (http://\"http://s399.photobucket.com/albums/pp78/visualbasicwizard/PYL%20Control/\"), .
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That is a really good bang up job you did on the PYL game I must tell you.
Great Job!
You truly can be a game show graphics programmer.
From,
Chris
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[quote name=\'visualbasicwizard\' post=\'216138\' date=\'May 20 2009, 01:10 AM\']I have pictures of the party here (http://\"http://s399.photobucket.com/albums/pp78/visualbasicwizard/PYL%20Live/\") and some screenshots of the game here (http://\"http://s399.photobucket.com/albums/pp78/visualbasicwizard/PYL%20Control/\"), .[/quote]
Holy crap! Nice job!!
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[quote name=\'Chris Kennedy\' post=\'216171\' date=\'May 20 2009, 10:51 AM\']That is a really good bang up job you did on the PYL game I must tell you.
Great Job!
You truly can be a game show graphics programmer.
From,
Chris[/quote]
Thanks! It took me two years to get the grahpics where they are now. Every bit of the graphics were done in Adobe Illustrator, and I don't use DirectX to play the game other than for the sound and joystick capability. Now, if I could just figure out how to do 3D modeling....
One of the coolest things I've added recently, is the zoom in on the board logo while the board is spinning. I use that to transition from the end of round 1 to the second question round.
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Hats off to ya! prolly the best PYL sim out there. (Now I'll have to figure out Adobe Ill(Or Macromedia to that extent)
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Nice work on the PYL program VBWizard. When I had done something similar about six or seven years back, I was not aware of Illustrator and made everything in Photoshop. That really hurt me in the end with scaling and the such. Really great work once again.
-Paul