Development Update May 2024
Life and other priorities have slowed down development of Rule the School!, but I am still making progress.Kids Rule The School! is a simpler version of the game aimed at younger players. prototypes are available now. Made some major changes to the main game to address two major issues. First, the game was still playing […]
Development Update October 2022
1. My ad campaign was about as big a flop as you could get. The Twitter, Facebook and Google campaigns did reach hundreds and got some likes and a few clicks. But absolutely zero people signed up for the email list. Even with me offering a free downloadable mini game for signing up. I obviously […]
Playtest and Development notes 08/15/2022
These are some of the issues we encountered with our latest playtest of the game, along with some possible solutions. -Detention: old rule was that you just skipped a turn. We found that limited engagement and took the player in detention out of the game. as a solution we implemented that while in detention they […]
Developing the Rule the School! Gameboard
Probably the most important aspect of the Rule The School! Boardgame is the gameboard. I decided to focus on the Board Game first instead of the card game mainly because using a gameboard could help reduce the game’s complexity, do a lot of the heavy lifting for some of the mechanics, and make the game […]
The Story of Rule The School!
At that point I realized this could be more than just a game. It could actually be used as a tool to spark similar conversations with other kids and maybe actually contribute to improving their behavior! It harkened back to my teaching and mentoring days, when we were trying to drill proper behavior protocols into the kids to get them to act right. We told the kids over and over again stuff like “don’t be a bully. Stop bullying. Bullying is wrong.” but it never occurred to us that some of these kids don’t even know what bullying IS or how to recognize when they are doing it. We never took the time to explain to them why it is wrong and why it’s unacceptable in a way they would understand. Which probably explains why we had to keep telling them not to be a bully over and over again. Having a tool that can help the kids understand what is and isn’t acceptable behavior and (more importantly) WHY it is and isn’t acceptable behavior could be a valuable resource teachers and parents could use to train their kids.
We Are Live!
Hello! We at RTS Games LLC are proud to announce that the majority of our online presence has been successfully built and launched. You can now find RTS Games and Rule The School! on the interwebs and some of your favorite social platforms, including: Facebook (www.facebook.com/ruletheschoolgames) Twitter (@rtsgames6) Linkedin (www.linkedin.com/company/rts-games-llc/) We are working on setting […]