Reflection about Make It Sold!

Make it sold! is a 1 or 2 player survival card game by use the Carta SRD.

The aim of this card game is to relax and have a fun time playing. I try to make the rule as easy as I can because I am the type of people always have a hard time understanding the rule.

At the beginning of designing my RPG, I was thinking to use the Carta System to create a solo journaling game. It is my first time knowing about the solo journaling game and I was shocked by how creative it can be. However, on the strength of my writing ability, I’m not that confident about it, so I find the other style of the Carta games which is the survival mode. I choose the Carta system because its rules are simple, and it could be a quick game that only needs about 10 to 30 minutes to play one round.

      The background story of this game I was inspired by a Japanese TV drama called Second Print Run Confirmed! This drama series is really encouraging and motivating. To depict this concept in the game, I set the goal of the game to let the player successfully popularize the new comic to more bookstores. During their way to reach the goal, there will have some obstacles that impede them but also have some gifts to help them keep going.

Playtest

From the times of playtesting, I improved some rules, such as the steps of playing this game. I was trying to make this card game a solo game, but after my playtest I find that under this set of rules make it also become a two-player mode that could have more fun. So, I add some special rules to the two players mode which let the game become more competitive. I tried playing it with my mom because the rule is not very complicated. All in all, the game works ok, and after the playtest I also found some small bugs and make them fixed.

Wish you have a fun time when play Make It Sold!