Glow Up Prototype 4

Welcome to the fourth prototype for the tabletop game Glow Up. A game by Alexander Heppner, Jonah Howell, Ella Mack, Tyler McGrew, Tony McNeil, and Cameron Willis.

Summary of Findings From Our Third Playtest

• For the most part the adjusted trend cards worked out great. Having simpler more grounded prompts kept the flow of design moving nicely. In fact, many of the times players found themselves finishing their designs before the round was over. This never happened with the original more wacky trend cards. Before players would generally never be able to finish their designs on time. For now the game uses three-minute rounds, but we may be able to shorten that and lessen play time. 
• The new mishap cards were well received. Having mishap cards that were simpler in their conditions continued to keep the game flowing smoothly. It does seem like there may be too many cards which target the player with the most stars. We will probably cut a few of those and add different cards in their place.
• Adding titles to the Mishap and Trend Cards immediately resonated with the players. Not only did players find it to be a fun addition, it also added to the players understanding of the prompt.
  
• With all of the adjustments made to the design of the Trend and Mishap Cards the game had a much different pace. This spawned the idea of having bonus points allocated to players who achieved certain goals during a round. With the simpler Trend Cards there were several times that players finished their designs under three minutes. Could potentially add a an end of round bonus to a player that finishes their design with a minute or more left in the round. Another result if the simpler designs is that players were able to use only previously used materials in their next design. This embodies Glow Ups message of reuse and recycle and it would be nice to award a player for this effort. Adding an end of round bonus for players who design their outfit using only previously used materials may also be something to implement. For now these were the two ideas we had based on this playtest, but we will try to think of more potential end round bonuses.
  

Updated Trend Cards

• Design an outfit that your grandparents would make you wear
  • Sleepover at Grandparents
• Design a halloween costume
  • It’s Halloween!
• Design your first day at school look
  • School is Starting!
• Design an outfit around a fruit
  • Fashionable Fruit
• Design something a famous Pop-Star would wear
  • Going on Tour!
• Design an outfit that your Teacher would wear
  • Teacher’s Fashion!
• Design an outfit that you would wear for your dream job
  • Dream Job!
• Design an outfit around your school mascot
  • Spirit Week
• Design an outfit that royalty would wear
  • Here ye! Here ye!
• Design a western outfit 
  • Yee Haw!
• Design an outfit for the winter
  • It’s getting chilly!
• Design an outfit for the Beach
  • Beach Day!

Updated Mishap Cards

• No players can use scissors this round
  • Blue: Tool Shortage
• Trade one of your pieces of material with another player
  • Blue: Material Buyout
• All Players must include a dress in their design this round
  • Purple: Dresses are Trending!
• Player with the most stars must wait 30 seconds before starting
  • Blue: Production Problems
• All players must throw away their used material
  • Purple: Warehouse Fire!
• All players must include a hat in their design this round
  • Purple: Hats are Trending!
• Player with the most stars can only use one hand 
  • Blue: Hands are Tied!
• The timer is cut in half 
  • Purple: Crunch Time!

Glow Up! Rule Sheet

Number of players: 3-4 players

Ages: 5 and up

Game Duration: 15-20 minutes

Goal: Make clothing using cardboard and vote on who has the best look according to the theme!

This Game Includes:

• Paper (Material)
• Mannequins
• 1 deck of “Trend” cards
• 1 deck of “Mishap” cards
• A stack of star tokens

Materials needed:

• Scissors

• Tape

• Extra Paper (Material)

• Drawing/Coloring utensils

• A Timer

Game Setup:

Each player takes a pair of scissors, one sheet of paper (Material), and three star tokens

How to Play:

1. One player draws a “Trend” card and places it face-up in the middle of the group. They will then read the card out loud.

1. Each player will draw a “Mishap” card
   1. You may save your card and use it on a later turn. 
   2. Only one “Mishap” card can be used per player and per round.
2. Players will have 30 seconds before the round starts to think of ideas for their outfit and draw on their paper.

1. Set a timer for three minutes. Once each player is ready, start the timer.
2. Players will have three minutes to cut out and put together an outfit that best represents what the “Trend” card says.
3. Once the timer ends, each player will reveal their outfits to the other players. Each player can talk about their idea at this time.
4. Each player will then hand a star token to the player they think had the best outfit. They cannot give their star token to themselves.

1. Any unused paper (material) and outfits from previous rounds can be used in future rounds along with new paper (materials).

1. At the end of 3 rounds:
   1. Every player that has unused mishap cards gets a bonus star
   2. The player with the most unused paper gets a bonus star

Winning the Game:

After three rounds, each player will count up the total number of star tokens they have received. The player(s) with the most star tokens win the game.

Art for Print and Play

We have started working on the art for the print and play version of the game. Art isn't final but we have a starting point for the bakcs of the Trend and Mishap cards, start tokens, and mannequin punchouts. Next we will work on the design of the box.

Photo from Last Playtest

Thank you for reading!