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SOLAR SHIFTinstruction manual & play guide

INSTRUCTION MANUAL& PLAY GUIDE

GAME CONCEPT AND DESIGN BY ANGIE FU

DESIGN MEDIA ARTS 157A GAMING 1, SPRING 2012

PROFESSOR EDDO STERN

TA MARK ESSEN

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Solar Shift is an abstracted

representation of the popular

sport soccor, sometimes known as

association football.

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THE PREMISE

Many things have changed in the distant future.

The sun is nearing the end of its life, threatening to consume

nearby planets and destroy the galaxy as we know it.

You are given the choice between two sides: The SOLARA, who

seek to expedite this process, speeding time up and ending our

solar system, launching society into a sun-less future where

the Solara emerge as leaders, or the ZAL, who seek to rewind

time and give all of the planets in the solar system a chance to

prevent their destruction and to ultimately preserve order in the

current universe.

The only way to shift time is by capturing the energy released

from nearby worm holes. Unfortunately accurate and effective

wormhole tracking technologies have not yet been developed.

It is only possible to discover the latest worm hole immediately

after it has been created.

It is your objective to travel between planets to collect the energy

released by these wormholes. Your ship (the wooden ball) has

enough fuel for three single trips. If you are not able to land on the

planet with the latest worm hole, then you make use the reserve

fuel tanks to journey there again.

However, if your first journey is successful, you may use the

remaining tanks to travel to the next worm hole location. Be careful

for the black hole, however. It travels between time zones and

dispaces any ship in its way.

Once time has been shifted 24 hour in time, either forwards or

backwards, one race will ultimately emerge succesful.

YOUR OBJECTIVE

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GAME CONTENTS

One game board

Two shooter boards

Two rocket ship pieces

Six marbles

One dice

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One black hole piece

Deck of 80 cards

GAME SET-UP

1. The game boards should be set up like so:

2. Place three marbles on the three holes of each shooter

3. Place the deck of cards in the center of the board

4. Each player rolls the dice times. The addition of their four

scores will determine where the Black Hole! piece will be

placed. If players roll a 3, 3, 3 and a 3, then the piece will start

at 12 but will not affect the players until after their first move.

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GAME DESCRIPTION & RULES

1. The game Solar Shift should be played between two players.

Players must decide who will move foward in time (destroy the

Sun) or backwards in time (preserve life).

2. Once decided, players will choose their own rocket ship pieces

to play on the game board. Place your ship at 12 ‘oclock, or the

space labeled START.

3. To decide who goes first, players will flip cards from a shuffled

deck. Who ever chooses a card that represents a planet closer

to the sun will go first (Mercury being the closest planet to the

sun and Neptune being the farthest.)

4. The player who goes first will start their turn by flipping the

first card from the deck. They must shoot for the planet that is

illustrated on the card. If they successfully land on the space,

then they flip another card and travel to that planet using their

second ‘fuel tank,’ or marble.

5. If the player misses the shot, they must use their remaining

marbles to reach the same planet. They may not flip another

card until the planet is successfully travelled to.

6. When a player has used all three marbles, it is the end of their

turn. The next player repeat steps 4 - 6. Players alternate in

turns.

7. If a + / - card is flipped, then the player has the option to travel

to a planet to the left and/or right of the planet travelled to

previously.

8. If the + / - card is flipped before a planet card is flipped, then

the player may choose to keep the card to use in the future, or

use the card for the next planet that is flipped. If they choose

to save the card for another turn, they may only shoot for the

planets on the left and/or right, but not the planet itself. If they

score then they move forward 2 hours.

9. If they instead use the card for the next planet flipped IN THE

SAME TURN, they may shoot for the planet, AND the two to the

right or left of it, making a target of 3 possible planets. If so,

they only advance 1 point.

10. If the + / - card is used and one shot is made, then the player

continues to flip the next card (the other planets cannot be

targets in the next turn.)

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11. If another + / - card is flipped, they may keep the first one and

follow steps 8-9 in the same manner.

12. When a Black Hole Roll! card is flipped from the deck, the

player who flipped it must roll the dice: the dice will move a

maximum of either 3 spaces clockwise, or 3 spaces counter

clockwise.

13. If the Black Hole! tile lands on your spaceship (or you land on

the tile), then you will roll the dice one more time: the roll will

determine how far clockwise or counterclockwise you move.

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SCORING

1. When shooting on the shooter boards, if the first planet is

reached, then the player moves 1 hour forward.

2. If the second planet is reached, then the player may move 2

hour forward, or move the opposing player 1 move back.

3. If the third planet is reached, then the player may either move

3 hours forward or move the opposing player 2 spaces back.

4. Remember, you do not move pieces until all three marbles are

shot.

ONE BALL IN

ADVANCE 1 HOUR ADVANCE 1 HOUR

OR

MOVE OTHER PLAYER

1 HOUR BACK

TWO BALLS IN THREE BALLS IN

ADVANCE 3 HOURS

OR

MOVE OTHER PLAYER

2 HOURS BACK

DICE ROLLS

3 2 1CW CW CW

3 2 1C-CW C-CW C-CW

3 HOURSCLOCKWISE

3 HOURSCOUNTER CLOCKWISE


1 HOURCOUNTER CLOCKWISE

2 HOURSCLOCKWISE

1 HOURCLOCKWISE

or if there is no special dice, then

3 HOURSCLOCKWISE



1 HOURCOUNTER CLOCKWISE

2 HOURSCLOCKWISE

1 HOURCLOCKWISE


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