gametime.

So. riley and i have been paired and have the task of creating a game based on at least 52 cards with the magiscule and miniscule letters. we decided that trying to find four common groups would be a good start and a step towards game development.

I have to figure out how blogspot will allow me to put text with individual photos and not all underneath it, but the photos of our groups go as follows:

Boxers:
these letters have share the common characteristic (or possibility) of having right angles and an overall boxy shape.

Slanters:
these letters all have diagonal lines and tend to not have rounded shapes, but a more angular appearance. reminded me of runes.

Stemmers:
these letters all have long stems either standing along, or attached to a smaller guy, the majority of these are miniscule (lower case) and ascenders (surpassing the x-height) or descenders (going below the baseline)

Rounders:
all of these shapes have rounded or curvy appearance

so.

-we are building on these four groups much as the four suits in a deck of playing cards

-we need to establish a form of hierarchy either within the "suits" or the deck as a whole

-the format of the game as of now will be similar to a fast game of cards like uno where 2-4 players will sit in a circle and take turns playing cards to the center with an emphasis on the hierarchy.

-the goal will be to get rid of all of your cards.

-this game is going to be different from uno or a game with a deck of cards though because each card is different.

-there are not four "3" cards. each card is a different letters.

-we may try to unify them into groups with border or an image on the back side.

i've been drawing skeletons all week.