Comments on: Come See+Play SpyParty at UC Berkeley On Wednesday

By: Dan Turner

Dan Turner — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:06:37 +0000

Hi Chris,

I’m sitting here waiting for your lecture to start… .

As a grad student at the I School, I’ll say that the map thing is a bit complex, and political with regards to reusing Central Control data, and the whole UC Berkeley big web o’ information really could use a redesign. We threaten almost every year, but initiatives get stalled. Design meets the problem of buy-in.

Looking forward to this!

By: ManaTree

ManaTree — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:57:39 +0000

Oh hell yes! As a now-fan-of-yours since you announced SpyParty and a student at Berkeley, I CANNOT WAIT. Holy crap.

Amazing!

By: Barry Coxwell

Barry Coxwell — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:31:23 +0000

This is looking better and better all the time! I look forward to playing it someday, perhaps this summer at PAX West? Oh, and if you need booth volunteers there, I would be glad to help in any capacity needed when and if that happens. I’ll keep reading as it gets closer so I can send you a proper request though.

What you have accomplished so far is nothing short of amazing!

Fingers crossed, Thanks!

By: checker

checker — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:41:40 +0000

Yeah, I’ve tried pondering this before, and it seems really hard, especially on maps where the Sniper can’t see the whole level at the same time. I also occasionally ponder a hotseat mode…

By: checker

checker — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:40:48 +0000

Yep! It looks like they do it as well, since the main link has videos, but I always record the audio at least.

By: Joel McDonald

Joel McDonald — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:51:55 +0000

You’re going to record this and put it up on the intarwebs for our edification, right? :)

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:24:57 +0000

Whenever you mention the game being played on a screen, it makes me wonder if it would be possible to play a SpyParty-like game on a single screen… The “spy” would choose a character with a hidden button press, and both the sniper and spy would see the same view. This would, of course, subtract many of the game’s features, such as any information that only one player is given, and things like highlights and lowlights wouldn’t exactly make sense.