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The hosts discuss improving player experiences and game instructions for their project, Roboston. They analyze player categories and share best practices for effective game design to cater to a diverse audience.

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Episode notes

In this episode the boys are back in Minneapolis, but they are still thinking about their time with Ellen in Duluth, or Roboluth ;) s

So they are using this episode to talk about instructions, again, but this time though the lens of the different types of "user personas" who will be reading it.

Instructions

What is Roboston?

Roboston is a tabletop game that the the Nice Games Club came up with during an podcast Game Jam Episode. For anyone new to the podcast, we recommend starting two episodes back (at 362), for some background on the game. For those of you who wish for a full memory restoration, here is the full episode list:

The original Nice Game Jam where Roboston was concieved

Roboston! (Live at 2D Con 2020)

A follow up episode 197 continues the devlopment because they were so excited about Roboston

Roboston! (part 2)

The club worked on the game over winter break in 2020-21, episode 207 summarizes what they worked on.

"It’s March tomorrow." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020-21)

We again visited Roboston over our 2023-24 winter break, and talk about in in episode 337

"Hundreds of questions like that." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-24)

Mark and Steven visit Ellen in Duluth where they play a bunch of Roboston

"Apply your context, thusly."

Rulebook is

More than a script for “the teach”