Project Type: Personal

Monopoly Scavenger Hunt

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This game is a twist on a standard scavenger hunt and uses a Monopoly board (from Hasbro) to dictate locations to search for items. The twist from a standard scavenger hunt is that the game is a series of short bursts of hunting. After this both teams and the banker can still talk and interact while getting to the next location. This makes the game more social between teams, and also helps the competitiveness since you can get more immediate feedback on your competitor’s successes at each location.

Game Type: Non-Digital

Genre: Multi-player, Party, Physical, Puzzle

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2009

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Printed Rules

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  • View of a Monopoly board on a street bench.

Snowflakes

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This mini game was built with Microsoft XNA (XNA Creators club) using the Marblets starter kit. The main aim is to clear the snowflakes at the bottom of the screen by matching to a snowflake at the top. Matching is initially based on colour, then it is based on shape, then back to matching on colour and so on. The challenge comes as the time allowed to make matches decreases and you must switch between matching colours and matching shapes more frequently. Although the rules of the game are simple to learn, matching based on shape and changing match criteria can be quite challenging, leading to an engaging game. The snowflake images were taken from dezignus, but all other graphics and audio was designed by myself.

The initial idea was inspired by idea 5 of the game idea a week project. You can install and play the game by downloading it from this game zip file. The entire source code can be downloaded in this source code zip file.

This was the first digital game I created on my own.

Game Type: Digital

Genre: Arcade, Single Player

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2009

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Windows

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Fashion Police

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Fashion Police: The Game is a game about correctly identifying outfits as “hot” or “not”. It’s also a community where you can send in your own outfits and use your opinion to change what’s set as “hot” or “not”. Try to get a high score by getting as many points as possible (annihilation game) or clearing waves of outfits from the room as quickly as possible (time trial game). Outfits are judged not just on whether the clothes go together, but whether those clothes suit that person’s body. So you’ll find the same outfit on different people with different results. The emphasis in Fashion Police is on long-term styles, rather than passing trends.

This game was created entirely by me using Lua and the LÖVE 2D engine. LuaSocket was used for the internet connection so that poll and high score data could be uploaded, and so the game can tell the user when a newer version has been released. The images of celebrities are taken from Red Carpet Fashion Awards (although the opinions on the outfits are mine). All other outfits are of me and of my friends who kindly agreed to be part of the game.

Game Type: Digital

Genre: Arcade, Photography, Single Player, Social

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2010

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Web Browser, Windows

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Plane Travel Bingo

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A game that keeps you looking at your fellow passengers and checking out the window to try and cross off as many items as you can to get bingo first. Can be played on your own, or with others. There is a kid-friendly set as well.

Game Type: Non-Digital

Genre: Multi-player, Physical, Puzzle, Single Player

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2010

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Printed Rules

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Cops & Robbers

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Protect your money from robbers OR Steal money from the cops.

Go on an Offensive against a member of the opposite team. That person must defend themselves or face loosing money (if they are a cop) or going to jail (if they are a robber). Help out your team mates so that you get more points together.

Game Type: Non-Digital

Genre: Multi-player, Strategy

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2010

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Physical (Book, box, and/or cards)

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Meaning of Life SissyFight

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Pit yourself against your friends as you pretend to be kids arguing over the Meaning of Life. Make alliances or backstab your way to winning the argument.

This is a game for 3-8 players. Players start with 9 Argument cards and a set of Action/Target/Words cards. Every player secretly chooses a type of action (peer pressure or personal attack), a target (one of the other players) and the words they want to say (an attack or a comeback). The players then turn over their choice simultaneously. This results in some players loosing Argument cards. When a player looses all of their Argument cards, they are out of the game. When only two players remain, the other players vote for their favourite remaining player. The player who has the highest combination of votes and remaining Arguments wins.

Game Type: Non-Digital

Genre: Multi-player, Strategy

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2010

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Physical (Book, box, and/or cards)

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Legacy – The Card Game

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The main premise of the game is that YOU are a world leader. How will you be remembered? Build your Legacy with Banks, Monuments and Parades. Build the same type of Legacy for extra points. Watch out, other people can destroy your Legacy!

  • The aim is to build 5 Legacies in front of you on the table (your tableau).
  • The game is suitable for 2-6 players.
  • Approximate playing time: 30-45mins (allow approximately 60 minutes for your 1st game).

Game Type: Non-Digital

Genre: Multi-player, Strategy

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2010

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Physical (Book, box, and/or cards)

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Snakes Uno Ladders

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To play this game take a Snakes & Ladders board, throw away the die and add a pack of Uno cards. You’ll be using the Uno cards to advance on the board, go backwards, pick up extra cards, steal cards from others and more. It’s like Snakes & Ladders (aka Chutes and Ladders), but with strategy.

Game Type: Non-Digital

Genre: Multi-player, Strategy

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2010

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Physical (Book, box, and/or cards)

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Vet Lucie Disastrous

Creator, Game Designer, Artist, Programmer

Lucifer Disastrous, aka Lucie, is an evil vet trying to live up to the expectations of her infamous father, Dr Dr Disastrous. Unfortunately, most of Lucie’s actions end end up as good deeds. Join Lucie in this classic point-and-click adventure game as she explores the sides of good and evil in the small town of Darklight.

Created in Adventure Game Studio with the assistance of Saul Alexander, the demo can be downloaded from the Vet Lucie Disastrous home page.

Game Type: Digital

Genre: Adventure Game, Single Player

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2011

Project Type: Personal

Platforms: Web Browser

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Business Card Game 2012 – Maze

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On the back of my business cards are small games that use my extensive brooch collection. You need to go from the “start” to the “finish” by linking brooches that have something in common.

There are six to collect. If you’ve met me and I’ve given you a card: brilliant! I’m sure it was lovely meeting you. If I haven’t met you yet, don’t let that stop you from having a go of these little games since you can access them on my (archived) website.

Game Type: Non-Digital

Genre: Puzzle, Single Player

Developer: Jenn Sandercock

Initial Release: 2012

Project Type: Personal

Team Size: 1

Platforms: Physical (Book, box, and/or cards)

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