Voting HUB

Voting HUBs are a lot like a pre-game lobby, they’re themed spaces where potential players spawn before a game begins. A voting HUB differs from an on-boarding lobby in a few key areas:

• There is no on-boarding for each mini-game.

• Additional devices are placed in the lobby to handle the player voting structure.

• The reusable game manager has a number of functions in a party game:

  • Teleports players to mini-games and brings them back to the HUB.

  • Tracks players’ scores.

  • Resets devices.

  • Reveals the winner.

Spawn Area

Players spawn together into a common area where they receive a HUD message welcoming them to the game and instructing players to start the vote.

Devices used:

• 1 x Barrier

• 2 x HUD Message

• 6 x Player Spawner

Barrier

HUD Message 1&2

Player Spawner 1-6

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Voting Structure

Players activate the button starting the vote. The button device signals the Pulse Trigger into starting an infinite looping sequence. Once the button is activated, players vote on which game to play by standing in a Player Counter’s volume representing the mini-game they want to play.

The looping sequence ends only when a mini-game successfully wins the vote.

Each mini game has a miniature version of the game next to the Player Counter.

The Pulse Trigger periodically triggers the Decrement Vote Count Trigger and Zone Triggers in its volume. The Zone Triggers signal the Player Counter to compare the number of players in the Player Counter volume to the target number required to select the mini-game.

Every player that enters a Player Counter volume causes the target number to decrement. When the Decrement Vote Count Trigger is signaled by the Pulse Trigger, it causes the Player Counter to recount the number of players subtracting the number of required players until the target number is reached.

The first Player Counter to reach the required number of players sends a signal to a Success Trigger. The Success Trigger sends three signals; one to the Pulse Trigger stopping the looping sequence, the second to reset the Player Counters, and a third to Teleporter devices causing players to teleport to the winning mini-game.

Devices used:

• 1 x Button

• 1 x Pulse Trigger

• 7 x Teleporter

• 2 x Player Counter

• 5 x Trigger

Button

Pulse Trigger

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Teleporter 1-7

Drag the first Teleporter out of the Content Browser and modify its options.

Afterward, duplicate the device and place the Tilt N Boom Teleporter Receive and TNB Non-Game Teleporters to their respective mini-game game areas. Keep the Send Teleporters and HUB Teleporter at the voting HUB.

Name the teleporters after their function:

• HUB Teleporter

• Tilt N Boom Teleporter Receive

• Tilt N Boom Teleporter Send

• TNB Non-Game Teleporter

• Race Teleporter Receive

• Race Teleporter Send

• Race Non-Game Teleporter

Player Counter

Drag the first Player Counter out of the Content Browser and modify its options. Afterward, duplicate the device to match the number of mini-games your Party Games island will have.

Name the Player Counters after their respective mini-game.

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Triggers 1-5

For the voting structure, you need five triggers. Create the first Trigger and copy it until you have five.

Rename the Triggers Success Trigger, Decrement Vote Count Trigger, Zone 1 Trigger, Zone 2 Trigger, and Zone 3 Trigger.

These names let you know which Trigger is responsible for signaling the Player Counters and sending players to the mini-games, activating the mini-games, and restarting the vote.

Place all the Zone Triggers inside the Pulse Trigger’s volume.

Use the following option on the Decrement Vote Count Trigger.

Winner’s Circle

A Player Reference device displays the winning player and their score in the HUB when the mini-game is finished, allowing the winning player to revel in their victory.

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Devices used:

• 1 x Player Reference

• 2 x Trigger

Player Reference

Triggers

For the voting structure, you need two triggers. Create the first Trigger and copy it until you have two.

Rename the Triggers Activate Trigger and End Game Trigger.

These names let you know which Trigger is responsible for activating the mini-game and which Trigger ends the game. Lasty, change the second Trigger’s options, to the ones below:.

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