Childrens Party Game Ideas and Themes http://www.childrenspartygames.com Fun Kids Party Games Thu, 17 May 2012 21:45:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Icon Updates http://www.childrenspartygames.com/competitor-research/icon-updates/ http://www.childrenspartygames.com/competitor-research/icon-updates/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 20:23:33 +0000 Cassie http://www.childrenspartygames.com/?p=1356 The game icons are themed very strongly for the Simplifun brand, but aren’t always alluring or descriptive of the theme or product.

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Converting some of the clues or aspects of the game to visual media might add some flare.  For instance, the note that contains Moreland’s confession might be converted to a video format to make it more interesting.

Themed games to match mystery

Instead of generic games such as “hot potato,” perhaps create a game suggestion sheet that better fits the theme of the mystery.  For instance, perhaps have the girls play a get-to-know-you sort of game that focuses on their character identities.

Scrapbook of characters

Also, creating a scrap book that focuses on friendship as well as the characters of the game might reinforce the theatrical experience.  Add photo of the person to the scrapbook and maybe the scrapbook is the character profiles.

 

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  • Password protected downloading

Having a password protected download site offers assurance to the buyer that their product will still be accessible, even if the file is lost on the computer.

It might offer a way of organizing the game prior to download.  For instance, allowing the buyer to select a different player value from a password protected screen for download.

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Freeform Games offers one standard download of all files, as well as ‘extra characters’ that one can download at will.  This style can be adjusted to compensate multiple player games.  For instance one button can be 8 players, another 10 players etc.

 

  • Extension of link expiration date

It can be frustrating when you can’t locate the file on your computer, and realize that the link you received has expired.  Although people generally will succeed in downloading the files (and not lose them), there is always a chance that the file might go missing—or, in my case that it was never downloaded to begin with.  When you download a PDF file from the page, your computer gives you the “save as” or “open” options.  Because I was excited to see the product, I automatically chose open, but neglected to save the file afterward.  After I realized my mistake, it was too late to retrieve the data.  This might also happen should someone print directly from the opened PDF file and forget to save.

  • File Format Suggestions

It seems standard to offer a zipped file with separate PDF files for each element.  This offers a convenient way to print each section that you want.  Some people might be confused about setting their printers to accommodate certain pages.

  • File Names

When downloaded, the file name appears as a series of numbers making it difficult to locate if you forget to rename it.

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The Alice game offers easily assembled colored booklets for the parties script.  Instead of stapling a text based script together, like that in the missing ring–it might be more entertaining to hand out portions of the script as the party progresses and add more color/images.  For instance, have different booklets for each “scene.”

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LAYOUT– CLUES

The Missing Ring game (unlike the Alice game) offers the excitement of finding clues throughout the game.  It might be more user friendly if these clues were 1/2 paged (instead of 1/4) to better fit in an envelope.

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LAYOUT- POSTERS

It might be useful to provide full sized poster images for users that may want to print their images at kinkos or some other printing outfit.  Although this might seem more expensive, it might actually prove cheaper than using ink on a variety of home printers.

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  • Pixilated headers – Some of the headers on the game appear pixilated and could be fixed relatively easily.

  • The two downloaded games from other sites clearly have more advanced graphics than the two I’ve received from Simplifun.  This gives the game a more professional appearance, but has the downside of being a huge ink draw.