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Run of Show

Flow and hosting guide for running a game of DevSquares.

Structure

  • Opening and welcome
    • Introduce yourself (host)
    • Thank the conf
    • Thank the sponsor (Convex)
  • Introduce the squares
    • Start with center square
    • Continue clockwise from top-left
    • For each square, do the intro + leave space for banter
  • Remind the audience they can play along
    • QR code, link
    • We will be showing their guesses on screen
    • There are prizes for players
  • Bring out contestant 1
    • Intro
  • Bring out contestant 2
    • Intro
  • Rules
    • Two players, X and O, take turns picking squares from our board of developer guests.
    • Each guest gets a question and might tell the truth or completely bluff.
    • The contestant says “agree” or “disagree.”
    • Get three in a row to win.
    • There is a Secret Square and i correct you win a prize.
    • If the board fills up with no winner, that’s a Cat’s Game and whoever has the most squares wins.
  • Begin game
    • Contestant chooses square
    • Select square on controls
    • Read the question
    • Square answers, either truthfully or with a bluff
    • In controls, mark their answer as correct/incorrect
    • Ask contestant if they agree or disagree that the provided answer is correct
    • Wait for audience to guess for a few seconds
    • Show audience guesses on screen using button in controls
    • Give a second for people to see the audience guesses
    • If contestant is correct, mark the square with their X or O using controls
    • If incorrect, mark incorrect using controls
  • Secret Square (if selected)
    • Remind audience to play along and there's a special prize for this getting this question right
    • Build suspense a bit, but otherwise play the square as usual
    • If contestant is correct, award them a prize
    • If not, take a moment to be bummed for them, then continue the game.
  • Upon a win, either by getting 3 in a row or having the most squares in a cat's game:
    • hype up the winner, hand them their prize
    • consolations to the contestant who didn't win, thank them for playing
    • send the contestants off stage

IF TIME FOR ANOTHER GAME:

  • Set up the next game
    • Show the prize for winning
  • Invite contestant 1 on stage
    • Intro
  • Invite contestant 2 on stage
    • Intro
  • Play the game as before

WHEN TIME IS UP:

  • If a game is in progress:

    • We are out of time!
    • Make sure the last contestant to play is the one who went second (equal number of turns)
    • Winner is the contestant with the most squares
    • If a tie, have a tie-breaker question that's "closest guess wins" — e.g. the year something was created

  • If the game is complete:

    • Thank the squares
    • Thank the sponsor
    • Thank the conference
    • Thank the audience
    • Remind everyone to watch CodeTV at codetv.dev and on YouTube