Bucket Hunt

Team PEN15

Genre:
Board Game Communication Method: Computer Item: Bucket

Game Overview:
Essentially the aim of Bucket Hunt is just that: hunt for a bucket. A bucket will be hidden somewhere around the RMIT University city campus. The players play a board game on a computer (made in Macromedia Flash) to get clues and hopefully figure out the location of the bucket.

Aim:
The aim of the game is to test players in their problem solving skills as well as their teamwork and co-ordination skills.

Number of Players:
The game is played by 3 teams of 5-7 people working on separate computers, with separate flash board games.

Physical Location:
The game is played within the RMIT University city campus but it can be adaptable to any other location if the game master changes the clues.

Special Paraphernalia:
Teams will need access to computers that will have the Flash games working on them. Headphones are also supplied for each team to use to listen to the clues.

Goals:

• The goals of the game are:
• Teams choosing someone as their Listener (if they want)
• Teams would be working out the clues.
• Piecing all the clues together
• Working out the location of the bucket.

How Players Achieve the Goals:

• Players will achieve the goals by hitting the [ROLL DICE] button in the Flash game.
• This would then activate an audio clip depending on which square the player lands on.
• One member of the team listens to the audio clip and conveys it to the rest of the team.
• Once the player icon has landed on a square the team has 7.5 minutes to work out the clue and hunt for the bucket.
• The more clues you work out the more likely the team will find the location of the bucket.
• If the team does not return within the 7.5 minute time limit, they incur a 1 minute penalty until they can roll again.
• If the team has no idea about the location of the bucket, or returns within the 7.5 minutes, they must still wait until the 7.5 minute finding period is up.
• If they hit the [BACK] button before the 7.5 minutes is up they can avoid the 1 minute penalty.
• If the player hits [BACK] button they will start from square 1 again and work their way around the board once again, hopefully landing on different clues to increase their chances of finding the bucket.
• These steps are repeated until one of the teams is able to piece enough clues together to find the bucket.

Rules:

• There are 3 teams
• Each team has 5-7 players - Each team sits at a separate computer
• Each computer has the Flash Board Game running on it
• All team members must (re)enter the room before the dice can be rolled
• The players cannot look for the bucket until they land on the bucket square
• The Flash game is programmed to land on the bucket square once every round, e.g. If the player is on square 18 and then rolls a 4, they will still be moved to the bucket square rather than square 2.