Design a theme park together, but with strategical queuing and ride placement. A Domino Diaries game.
What do I need?
Three simple steps.
- Read the short playful rules.
- Click Download > Files > "1 - Base Set.pdf"
- Print, cut, play!
Want more? You can also generate your own material right on this website! Or pick one of the other PDFs available in the Download section.
Material
Pick your desired settings and press the button! (A new page will open.) When in doubt, just use the defaults for your first game(s).
Sets
(Click to fold.)Not working? Or unsure what to do? The "Download" button above has PDFs I already made for you! Pick any one of those.
Credits
The fonts used are Wild Ride (headings) and Besley (body text). Some generative image AI was used. Everything else (code, idea, rules, illustrations) is entirely mine.
This was the very first idea for this collection. (In fact, as you might expect, when it was just one idea this wasn’t a “collection” yet.) A simple domino placement game where you had to strategically connect (looong) queues to your rides to score the most points. After prototyping it on tiny pieces of paper, I made one or two crucial rule changes, but was otherwise very satisfied with the first attempt.
Half a year later, I actually made it, and also started this collection because of the other game ideas I’d had in the mean time. Writing the code to randomly generate (balanced, fair, playable) material was hard enough.
Actually creating the graphical style might have been the hardest out of all my projects so far.
How on earth do you display amusement rides at an angle/perspective that is clear and easy to read from all angles? While the majority of the game focuses on the paths, which are top-down view, which is the worst view for the attractions themselves. A carousel, whirligig, bumper cars, they all look pretty much identical and unidentifiable when seen from perfect top-down view.
In the end, after a lot of experimentation, I decided to go for perfect side-view on the rides (and decorations/shops). I drew a simplified version myself first, then asked AI to add a bit more detail to it. In a way, I hedged my bets, and was prepared to just keep the simplified art style if everything didn’t work out.
In the end, I think the graphics turned into a unique blend of “simple/cartoonish” and “detailed/textured” that certainly taught me a thing or two about graphic design.
(Also, yes, the fonts I use often give insight into my incredibly professional process for finding new fonts: by name :p A font called “Wild Ride” just sounded perfect for a game about rides, so I had to use it. That’s also why the Dino-themed domino game has a font called Cute Dino. I’m just lucky the fonts were great and readable too.)