Some Wheel Layouts I Made
Apr 29, 2024 0:37:46 GMT -5
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Post by redbot on Apr 29, 2024 0:37:46 GMT -5
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SO.
I have been a pretty big fan of Wheel since I was around 3. That one show introduced me to the concept of the TV Game Show and I still watch it to this day. It's one of my hyperfixations.
A few weeks ago, I hosted a few Wheel game nights on Discord which is what I could describe as a mix of Classic Daytime, Modern Nighttime, Aussie Wheel, and whatever other crap I decided to throw in. Throw all that together and put it in a glass with some ice and voila, you get the idiocy that was my game nights.
Of course, to create this mix, I needed wheels. And because I wanted unique layouts, I decided to waste 6 hours of my life making nothing but wheels. And here's the real kicker, I didn't use vectors or bases or any of that crap. I didn't even use a legitimate drawing program. I used Google Slides. I also used Slides for the puzzle board itself. I used Word Art for all of the text, the fonts used were Ultra for the numbers, Montagu Slab for the dollar signs, and some manually stretched out Besley for the text.
What you will see when you scroll down are my attempts to make wheels tailored to my liking, and I think I did rather well. Here they are.
Round 1, $750 is top dollar. As you can see, it's got the Australian color palette, save for the greenscreen center circle and Lose a Turn being off-white. Also, money is awarded at a flat rate and isn't multiplied for the frequency of letters called, just like Aussie Wheel.
I used the values of the wheel from the Round 3 pilot, but shifted and changed them to fit my liking. I also changed how the Free Spin space worked, immediately awarding a token when you land on it, and after that, you can spin again or guess a letter for $250.
Round 2, $1,000 and an extra Bankrupt get lobbed onto the wheel.
Round 3, $1,500 on the wheel. The layout look familiar to anyone?
And finally round 4. $2,500 on the wheel.
These aren't the only layouts I've made, by the way. I've got some 70s and 80s styled ones, a recreation of the '88 UK wheel, and two iterations of each layout seen above. All of these (Except the UK remake), however, used regular textboxes instead of word art for each of the wedges. As a result, they look wonky. I've also got prize wedges. But this post is long enough so I'll save them unless you want to continue to peep the horrors.
Thanks for listening to my incoherent psychobabble. Now get out.
SO.
I have been a pretty big fan of Wheel since I was around 3. That one show introduced me to the concept of the TV Game Show and I still watch it to this day. It's one of my hyperfixations.
A few weeks ago, I hosted a few Wheel game nights on Discord which is what I could describe as a mix of Classic Daytime, Modern Nighttime, Aussie Wheel, and whatever other crap I decided to throw in. Throw all that together and put it in a glass with some ice and voila, you get the idiocy that was my game nights.
Of course, to create this mix, I needed wheels. And because I wanted unique layouts, I decided to waste 6 hours of my life making nothing but wheels. And here's the real kicker, I didn't use vectors or bases or any of that crap. I didn't even use a legitimate drawing program. I used Google Slides. I also used Slides for the puzzle board itself. I used Word Art for all of the text, the fonts used were Ultra for the numbers, Montagu Slab for the dollar signs, and some manually stretched out Besley for the text.
What you will see when you scroll down are my attempts to make wheels tailored to my liking, and I think I did rather well. Here they are.
Round 1, $750 is top dollar. As you can see, it's got the Australian color palette, save for the greenscreen center circle and Lose a Turn being off-white. Also, money is awarded at a flat rate and isn't multiplied for the frequency of letters called, just like Aussie Wheel.
I used the values of the wheel from the Round 3 pilot, but shifted and changed them to fit my liking. I also changed how the Free Spin space worked, immediately awarding a token when you land on it, and after that, you can spin again or guess a letter for $250.
Round 2, $1,000 and an extra Bankrupt get lobbed onto the wheel.
Round 3, $1,500 on the wheel. The layout look familiar to anyone?
And finally round 4. $2,500 on the wheel.
These aren't the only layouts I've made, by the way. I've got some 70s and 80s styled ones, a recreation of the '88 UK wheel, and two iterations of each layout seen above. All of these (Except the UK remake), however, used regular textboxes instead of word art for each of the wedges. As a result, they look wonky. I've also got prize wedges. But this post is long enough so I'll save them unless you want to continue to peep the horrors.
Thanks for listening to my incoherent psychobabble. Now get out.