[quote name=\'Particleman\' date=\'Aug 27 2003, 12:05 AM\'] Hi guys,
For any of you who might be interested in playing Family Feud for parties or social gatherings but can't find a reasonable way to display a functional game board, you'll want to download and try this. This isn't a game you actually play along with. It allows a person to control the answer board on a TV screen or projector.
I used this at a Christmas party last year and everyone loved it. It's still not finished but please give it a try and let me know what you think. It's based off of the 1976-1985 era of Family Feud.
Here's the link:
http://www.katymae.com/ff/feud.htmTodd [/quote]
I ain't gonna lie, this is pretty nice. I haven't seen anything like this before. I guess I wanna give you some suggestions if you plan to pursue this further:
Making it easier to input data by creating a stand-alone program is no biggie, and I wouldn't waste my time on it. The instructions seem clear enough, and people should do test runs of all the questions they use before they play, anyway.
Also, file size is really no issue. If you download the program one time, one should be able to wait however long they need too. The text files are small enough to be carried on a disk, if needed. To that end, go ahead and throw as much as you need onto it.
In terms of doing a Fast Money deal, if you programmed that whole board, I can't see it too much harder to do it. It may take some time like the regular game board. Here's what you can do: you'll have the first person play fast money. There will be someone at a computer typing the answers into the .txt files in abbreviated forms less than 12 characters long with their corresponding values while the projector is turned off or covered up. They'll save the files, and use a quick one-character-at-a-time reveal mechanism to reveal the answers. Then the projector will be turned back off for the next person, the file will be modified and the second set will be revealed. I don't know how feasible that is, but it seems a little easier than live type to screen flash. But you'll also need an inputter that's well coordinated with the host.
But again, you've done a bang-up job. Atta-boy.
Brandon Brooks
