My first game design

 The first game I designed ended up being very similar to air hockey.  It started out with a simple premise, flick a bouncy ball with your finger off the edge of the table on your opponents side. As time progressed and we continued to refine the game, we made sturdier side-boundaries and added rules like adding another ball in every five seconds. The best improvement was the replacement of using fingers to flick the ball with paper cards.

The final rules of the game are as follows:
- The game is played by 3 players, 1 on each team and the third as a referee.
- The field must be 12 inches by 21 inches
-Players must hit the bouncy ball with cards.
-Hitting a ball into the other player's goal scores a point
-The first to 20 points wins
-  A players starts with a ball each round. The round begins when both players simutaneously hit the ball towards each other.
-The ref keeps track of score
-The ref adds one ball in every 5 seconds.
-Players may not reach over the half-way line.

Picture time

Here's Alyssa designing her card.

Card design prototypes. We ended up just going with a simple one-fold-on-the-bottom design.

Playing the game

Taking notes on the session, deciding what to add next.