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**A Designer Diary** *Or how to fail many many times!* (live: 1s)[(print: ".")](live: 2s)[(print: ".")](live: 3s)[(print: ".")] (live: 5s)[(goto: "1")] (link: "RBB Games.com")[(goto-url: 'http://www.rbbgames.com/fa')]

We all have great ideas in our life, some of them lead to failures and some make us rich and famous. let us walk through on of those [[days]] *Note: Some parts of this document are based on true events, While others are pure madness. Hope you enjoy it.*

You're are walking in the park. birds are singing, Sun's shining, a great day over all. You look at the trees and a new idea for a board game emerges into your mind, But a cat is staring at you. what do you do? [[sit on the nearest bench to write down the idea]] [[run home to work on the idea]] [[take out your phone to call your friend]] [[forget about it and check out the weird cat]] [[keep walking in the park causually]] (live: 25s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Slow Reader*")]

You look for a bench and you see an empty one near two red flowers. You sit on the bench and take out your notepad. You see some text written on the first page. [[Read the first page]] [[Ignore the first page and open a blank one]]

You are so excited about the new idea, you can't wait to get home and start working on it. You are running fast when suddenly you trip on a big rock and fell on the ground. The rock is injured but you don't want to waste your time to apologize. [[The rock will remember that]] (live: 15s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Rude Runner*")]

You are so thrilled to tell your friend about this idea. You talk for 30 minutes nonstop, and when you are finally done, you ask her opinion. - So what do you think? + Hmm... I think it's a stupid idea! [[You try to defend your idea]]

Each line in this page is filled with a different idea. You remember the last time you were writing in this page. Full of excitement and hope for the future. but none of these ideas ever grow into anything bigger. You feel sad and embarresed. What's the point of having new ideas when you never work on them. [[throw the notepad away and forget about all the ideas]] [[choose one of the ideas and go home to work on it]]

You take out a blue pen and start writing about the great idea. But it slowly runs out of ink. The words are fading and so is your idea. You have to find a way to write it all down. [[ask someone in the park for a pen]] [[run to the shop to buy a new pen]] [[Stick the sharp side of the pen to your hand to use blood as ink]]

You run to the nearest store and buy a new pen, But when you return to your bench, your notepad isn't there anymore. You look under the bench but you find nothing. did somebody take it while you were gone? at this point your phone rings. You answer the phone. + Hey, have you heard about this new game on kickstarter? its amazing, let me send you the link. You open the link and see the page. You can't belive it, The game is about a person who finds a notebook full of ideas in a park and the games he makes out of them.. Oh and it's funded by 2 million dollars already! You sit on the bench for a long time and stare at a tree. Maybe you should pick a [[new park]] tomorrow..

You have no choice but to use your own blood as alternative ink. The words are red, the whole page is red, But you are happy that it is done. You put the notepad in your pocket again, There's a buzzing sound in your ear. Buzzz! Damn, a mosquito! You try to kill it but you cant. 2 more are flying around you, and another two.Now you are the in the center of a mosquito cloud! You try to get out of their way but they fly into your eyes and you can't see a thing. You open your mouth to cry for help, A mosquito flies through your open mouth, you try to say something but you can not breathe! the world is fading around you, the mosquitos are all over [[your blood...]] (live: 10s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Fat Mosquito*")]

You continue running. Your house is close and you just have to cross a street. cars are moving fast, The green light is on and there's a footbridge. What do you do? [[climb up the stairs of the footbridge]] [[wait for the light to turn red]]

You climb up the stairs joyfully, You are thinking about the great idea. At the end of the bridge, You see a puddle of water on the first step. You don't want your shoes to get wet, so you carefully put your feet next to it. But you realise that your keys are falling out of your pocket, You quickly turn to catch them but your shoes slip on the wet floor, you fall down the stairs[[... and you hit the ground]]

You cross the street safely. Your house is at the end of an alley. You enter the alley while humming about the idea. You hear footsteps behind you, a shadow is following you. You take out your keys and rush to open the door. Suddenly something pushes you to the wall, a voice comes from the shadow: + **Give me your idea or I shall kill you here!** You have no other choice but to give him the great idea, the shadow crawls back into the darkness and disappears. You enter the house with [[no idea...]]

You have a bad headache. You try to open your eyes but it is too bright and shiny, so you close them again. Someone is moving around you. + Dont move, its ok now. can you tell me what day it is? [[sunday]] [[monday]]

+ Oh you poor dear, Its not sunday. You probably can't even remember your own name, that's terrible. I'm so Sorry but we have to reboot you now! [[Everthing is lost...]]

+ Oh, it is indeed monday, September 1, 1939. It's the beginning of World War II, So hurry up and get back home before anything bad happens to you. You are confused, you vaguely remember something about an idea and a park full of people and a red pen, You try to get up, but suddenly a rock fell from the sky and hit you on the head. You're bleeding and there's no one around to help you. [[The rock]] is smiling and the world is fading... (live: 15s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Portal*")]

So you talk again for another 30 minutes, about all the greatness of this idea. - Now what do you think? + Hmm... Now Im **SURE** that it's stupid! - But... And she hangs up. You stay in the park for a while. Your best friend doesn't lik your idea, What can you do about it? you see a person sitting alone on a bench. She seems nice and kind and she's playing with a black cat. - well if the cats like her..., It's time to make a [[new friend...]] (live: 15s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Stalker*")]

**WHAT?!!** This story is not for quitters. No matter how hard it is or how many times you fail you must keep going forward. So take a deep breath and [[start over.|days]]

You decide to work on one of your older ideas. You call some of your friends and set a date on a brainstorming session. You walk home feeling positive, That [[something good]] is gonna happen.

**Chapter One: The Idea** *How bad can it be?!* (live: 1s)[(print: ".")](live: 2s)[(print: ".")](live: 3s)[(print: ".")] (live: 5s)[(goto: "2")]

The Cat is still staring at you, it is a beautiful black cat with little yellow eyes. you bend down to pet its head, but the cat starts moving away. [[follow the cat]] [[Ignore the cat and get back to your idea]] (live: 10s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *Professor Mcgonagall*")]

You keep walking in the park as if nothing important has happened today. you walk past a weird guy sitting on a bench. You walk past a bunch of mosquitos. You cross the street when the light is red, You walk in the alley and open the doors to your home without any trouble. You get home, change your clothes, sit behind your desk and start working on your idea. Congratulations to you, being boring really paid off! now you can wait for the next chapter or [[Start over for another adenture|days]] (link: "RBB Games.com")[(goto-url: 'http://www.rbbgames.com/fa')] (live: 15s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Easy Path*")]

You get up to find someone in the park. You see some families in the distance but you dont want to disturb them. A group of young boys and girls are playing Tennis but you dont want to interrupt their game either. Somebody just ran past you, You think for a moment: Should I try and catch up with him? *nah, thats too much!* you start walking in th park untill you see a person sitting alone on a bench. He is wearing a long jacket and dark glasses and reading a newspaper. He seems like the kindof guy who might have a pen or two. [[Sit beside him]]

You sit on the other side of the bench. The guy doesnt seem to notice you. You cough to attract his attention. nothing happens, You cough twice, The guy slowly turns around and cough too, and then without looking at you, whispers: *what do you want?* You say can I have a pen? He search his pockets and asked: *One?* You nod. He took out a small pen, put it in the newspaper, rolles it and slides it to your side of the bench. [[take the newspaper]]

You unroll the paper to take the pen, then you turn over to thank the weird guy. but he's gone. it seems strange but you have other stuff to attend. So you take out your notepad and start writing in it. Someone taps on your shoulder. + Come with us quietly, or we may have to use force. we know who you are! A number of police officers are sorrounding you. One of them takes your pen, breaks it and some weird blue stuff starts falling on the ground. - What's happening? I just borrowed the pen to write about my idea. + Oh don't worry, You got lots of time to write about your ideas [[in the prison..]]

You Follow the cat behind the trees. It runs fast and disappears into the bushes. Nobody is around you. [[Ignore the cat and get back to your idea]] Wait for the cat... (live: 11s)[(print: "Nothing happens. Wait even more...")] (live: 17s)[(print: "You hear a sound from the tree. [[Check out the tree]]")]

So where were we? oh yes, You had a great idea in mind. what do you want to do now? [[sit on the nearest bench to write down the idea]] [[run home to work on the idea]] [[take out your phone to call your friend]] [[keep walking in the park causually]]

As you turn around to look into the tree, someone calls your name. You turn back and see an old witch with a black robe, Weird wand and everything. + Hello my child, I see that a great idea brought you upon me, Lucky You, I've got a startup business for people with ideas like you. Do you wish to enter a land where ideas came into life without any effort or hard work? - But you're a witch. Can't you just move your wand and make it happen? + I am a great witch indeed. But I don't use my powers for that matter. That's why I have this startup business with legal documents and all. now tell me, do you wish to join or not? [[Join the startup]] [[Reject the offer]]

+ Ok, in order to be an official member, first you have to answer some questions and agree our terms and conditions. You have walked many different paths in your life and in each of them, you learned something new. Now if you don't know the answers, it means you're not ready yet. shall we begin? [[yes]] [[No, I want to go back and explore all the other paths|days]] (live: 15s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Last Contract*")]

You politely thank the witch and start moving away, But the witch is not done with you. + Wait. Where are you going? Why don't you let me help you? You can have 10% discount on my services if you join now... You ignore the witch and keep walking away. + Are you seriously rejecting a great witch? Do you want me to curse you? What about 15% discount, Final offer! [[Join the startup]] [[Keep walking]] (live: 15s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *Hard to get*")]

You are carefully walking away but a strike of light hits you from behind. You fall on the ground and everything turns black. You hear the witch's laugh in the distance. . . . + Wellcome to your new life, Hope you enjoy it:) The witch rubs your head and vanishes into the darkness. You look at your little furry hands. damn. You're not even black. You walk around the park to find a good spot, its time for an afternoon nap [[under the sun...]] (live: 16s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *9 lives*")]

1- when you open the notepad, How much text do you see written on the first page? [[3 lines|wrong]] [[2 lines|wrong]] [[some]] [[a lot|wrong]]

2- what was the color of your original pen? [[Red|wrong]] [[Blue]] [[Black|wrong]] [[Green|wrong]]

+ Sorry, That's not the right answer. You didn't pay enough attention to the details and for that I have to curse you and eat you. . . . if only you had [[another chance...|days]]

3- How did the mosquito sound in your ear? [[Buz|wrong]] [[Buzzz]] [[Buzz|wrong]] [[Buzzzz|wrong]]

4- When you lost your notepad in the park, where did you look for it? [[under the bench]] [[on the ground|wrong]] [[under the tree|wrong]] [[in your pockets|wrong]]

5- What is the man in the park wearing? [[a hat|wrong]] [[a watch|wrong]] [[glasses|wrong]] [[dark glasses]]

6- how many coughs were happend in the park? [[too much|wrong]] [[3]] [[2|wrong]] [[none|wrong]]

7- what was the size of the rock in the park? [[big]] [[small|wrong]] [[size doesnt matter|wrong]] [[not so big|wrong]]

8- How much time did you spend talking on the phone? [[30 minutes|wrong]] [[40 minutes|wrong]] [[60 minutes]] [[too much|wrong]]

9- Your keys fell from which pocket of yours? [[left|wrong]] [[right|wrong]] [[jacket pocket|wrong]] [[you dont remember]]

10- When did World War II end? [[1939|wrong]] [[1949|wrong]] [[1942|wrong]] [[1945]]

Yayy, you answerd all of the questions correctly. Now you can enter the land of "no pain,Lots of gain" and enjoy the fact that you are successful, just by having great ideas in your mind... The voice was interrupted by the sound of witch's laughter. + Oh you poor soul, Did you really belive that such a world exists? that you can be lazy and successful at the same time? The world doesn't care about your idea unless you fight for it, and now that you learned your lesson, I have to go and feed your bones to my cats. You realise that you are floating in the air and looking at your own body lying on the ground. So you were dead this whole time and the witch was just playing with you! [[Hunt the witch and all the humanity]] [[take a lesson from all of this and start over|days]] [[send an angry email to the writers for wasting your time]] (live: 15s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Observer*")]

Will this idea turn into a great game? You have to wait and see.. This is one of the endings of chapter one, you can wait for the next chapter to find out what's going to happen next, You can email us at [email protected], Or you can [[start over|days]] for a new adventure. Visit our site for more games (link: "RBB Games.com")[(goto-url: 'http://www.rbbgames.com/fa')]

So you decide to hunt everybody in the universe and let evil things happen to bad people. (hey that's another great idea for a game!) but sadly we can't write about your jouney anymore because we are all hunted and doomed and we have lost control of our minds... *See what you've done to us?* now [[start over!|days]]

Oh, yayy! We would be very happy to hear more from you. feel free to contact us at [email protected] The next chapter is coming soon..(maybe :) ) [[Start over|days]] Visit our website for more games (link: "RBB Games.com")[(goto-url: 'http://www.rbbgames.com/fa')]

**Stairs can kill You!** (live: 4s)[(goto: "days")]

**Rocks remember everything!** (live: 4s)[(goto: "days")]

**Run in the alleys!** (live: 5s)[(goto: "days")]

**Friends can hurt you. proceed with caution!** (live: 5s)[(goto: "days")]

**Chain your notepads to the bench!** (live: 4s)[(goto: "days")]

**Do not cough to strangers!** (live: 4s)[(goto: "days")]

**Dont feed the mosquitos, Donate your blood** (live: 5s)[(goto: "days")]

**Be nice to witches!** (live: 4s)[(goto: "days")]

You continue wallking in the park while thinking about the great idea. what a good day it was. You are about to leave the park when you spot someone familiar sitting on a bench. You get closer and see the famous professor S, sitting there with a sketch book. He's an amazing board game designer and he's probably working on something important right there. Would you go and talk to him or not? [[Go talk to him about the great idea]] [[You shouldn't bother him, just keep walking|keep walking in the park ]]

When you get closer to him, You notice that he is drawing weird meeples in the sketch book. - hello Mr. S! I was walking in this park and I had a great idea, I want to discuss it with you. He looks at you and says: *A moment please.* Then he draws another meeple in the book. You wait for him to finish and then start explaining the idea. . . . + SO how can I help you? - You're a great board game designer. Tell me what to do next! + But it's just an idea. You have to work on it for a long time, Make a prototype, Playtest it many many times and then work on it again and again. Otherwise your idea is just [[worthless!]]

As he starts talking, You get distracted with the meeples in the sketchbook and trying to undrestand why the last one is so weirdly familiar. Oh no! You missed half of what he is saying, You have to pay attention now, + ... Your idea is just worthless! What? Nooo! Is your idea really that bad? You want to say something but another person is standing right beside you. He is excited because apparently He has a great idea too! (probably not as great as yours). Professor S takes a moment to draw another meeple in the book. The excited person starts talking about the idea. You quietly walk away feeling sad and confused. You dont know what to do now.. Maybe you should [[just give up]]

Give up? But there are many great adventures waiting for you. are you sure you've seen them all? [[Yes, Let me give up now]] [[No you're right. I have to go back|days]]

You gave up. The End. (live: 3s)[(print: "happy now?!")] (live: 7s)[(print: "Achievement Unlocked: *The Loser!*")]

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