Dead Star Escape Playtests at XOXOFest 2018

XOXOFest gave me an opportunity to conduct some playtests for DEAD STAR ESCAPE! It’s a four-player tabletop, where space pirates try to escape from a black hole! I got some excellent feedback on this project and still have a lot of work ahead of me, but it was really exciting to see a game play through from start to finish with new players. The play mechanics and rules are ironed out, but I still need to update the prototype and enhance some layout and other misc. concerns.

XOXOFest 2018!

I had suuuuch a blast at my first XOXOFest! Swag was great - tokens for drinks at an extraterrestrial speakeasy, interactive installations, projects for future selves, morning fun runs, VR and AR demos at Mozilla, Adobe Creative Jam, FANTASTIC SPEAKERS (Cameron Esposito, Monica Dinculescu, Natalie Wynn, John Hodgman, Jean Grae, and more!), Indie Games Arcade and tabletop games blew my mind!

Don’t hate me for my swag, hate me for my awesome Ziggy Stardust shirt!

Taking seats before the opening

Those user agreements (we don’t read), and how they stack up

One of the proudest moments… Nude Burt Reynolds projected onto a huge screen

Sometimes it just has to be said

Adam Conover talks about why we should Preach to the Choir

Augmented

The best win state I have ever seen in a game - a tasty cocktail