Freudian Slip
Game Design, Branding (2024)
Project Description
Freudian Slip is a card game designed for an introduction to pyschology college course. It is a card game where players get to know each other and get introduced to the field of psychology by having guided conversations about different general psychology topics. This game is designed to be played with 3-6 players. It is deisgned for ages 13+. This game was created to be played in intro to pyschology courses at Vanier College.
Project Details
- Tools: Illustrator, Photoshop
- Gameplay & Game Basics: Read Now!
- Team: Dontae Brown, Paul Morse, Angus Simmonds
Challenge
To create a game for college students. To design the branding for the game as well as the packaging and cards. To come up with the game content and gameplay. To have a learning component and be interactive.
Solution
Our team decided to create a game named "Freudian Slip" as the name connects to one of the the most popular figures in psychology; Sigmund Freud. The logo and icon we created is a sketch of Sigmund Freud in one of his iconic looks. We based the content around broad psychology facts that are addressed in introduction to psychology courses. For the design, we decided to keep a monochromatic colour palette of blues as blue is associated to calm, loyalty, and honesty.
Gameplay
The game is played with two decks. The first is the “theme” deck that provides the theme of the conversation as well as an opening general discussion question to get the conversation started. The second is the “sentence” deck which provides players with a sentence/fact that they need to attempt to casually include into the conversation. Players need to “slip in” these sentences/facts that relate to the different themes in the game. Players get closer to winning by successfully identifying when another player “slips in” a sentence/fact into the conversation. After 20 minutes, the player with the most “sentence” cards collected from identifying the other players’ conversation “slips” wins the game.
