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The Chosen One is a party improv game where players are interviewed and compete with one another for the position of Chief Wizard Assistant at the highly respected company of Wizard Quest Incorporated. Players must use their creativity to answer questions, concoct potions, and create spells to prove they have what it takes to be the next chosen one!
DetailsI originally created The Chosen One in the spring of 2025 as a semester-long class project. I wanted to flip the interviewing experience on its head and create a game that encouraged creative thinking and chaotic strategy. Over the course of 3 months, I worked on and refined The Chosen One by myself to bring it to its current state. I designed the gameplay, created cards, conducted playtests, and implemented feedback to make sure that it was as fun and engaging as it could possibly be. I am very proud of the final product, and I even created a physical box to hold my cards!
The Chosen One logo! I designed it based off of older congratulatory stamps that were used for results on exams, applications, and reports.
The initial playtest of The Chosen One. It was originally created with the Classic Mode only, in which there is only one interviewer throughout the entire playthrough. Through valuable feedback, however, I added a Roulette Mode, in which the interviewer's role switches every round.
A secondary playtest of The Chosen One.
The box design of The Chosen One! I designed it based off of a real-life job application, changing the questions to be more wizard related. The physical box was ordered on The Game Crafter website, and I think it came out really nice.
The card designs of The Chosen One. I created them on Google Slides (lol), and I wanted the images to show the intent of the cards without using words. The card types, from left to right, are Potion Prompts, Potion Ingredients, Spell Casts, Spell Prompts, Open-Ended Questions, and Applicant Traits.
Examples of Open-Ended Questions. These questions are asked by the interviewer. and interviewees must come up with answers that incorporate secret traits, known only by the interviewer, into their responses. They were inspired by real-life interview questions, just with a wizard spin on them.
Examples of Applicant Trait Cards. These determine the traits that the interviewer must look for in the open-ended answers of the interviewees. I wanted to include a wide range of positive and negative traits to encourage a variety of answers.
Examples of Potion Ingredients. Interviewees must play a combination of these cards and explain why their potion solves the prompt asked by the interviewer. I wanted them to be slightly suggestive as to what purpose they served, but ultimately their effects are up to the players.
Examples of Potion Prompts. These prompts are asked by the interviewer, and they were designed to be open-ended enough to where there was no "right" answer as dictated by the potion ingredients.
Examples of Spell Casts. Interviewees must play a combination of these cards and explain why their spells solve the prompt asked by the interviewer. I designed them to be in Latin to make them seem more mysterious and to make the players feel like they were tapping into an ancient force.
Examples of Spell Prompts. Similar to Potion Prompts, these questions are asked by the interviewer, and they are general enough to encourage a wide variety of spells.