
Brain in a Jar
A downloadable game
_.· BRAIN IN A JAR ·._
🧠 A "VIRTUAL PET" DICE GAME! 🫙
There was once an entire person attached to this brain. They loved, laughed, dreamed, made mistakes. They had favourite songs, people who missed them, plans for tomorrow. A whole messy, beautiful human life, all contained inside a warm squishy brain... Which is now in a jar... And it's getting hungry.
BRAIN IN A JAR is a solo 'virtual pet' game. You have a pretend (or real!) Brain in a Jar that you have to feed, care for, and play with, to earn its love. Keep it alive and happy! Or don't? That's always an option.
Attached are the PDF rules for BRAIN IN A JAR, which can also be viewed online here: https://app.notion.com/p/techdweeb/Brain-in-a-jar-3bb2ac24975b8099afbff9bf63c6f9...
There are also 2 print-ready PDFS that can be folded into a zine style instruction booklet! (instructions for folding: https://www.42ndstreet.org.uk/media/etdlxppk/zine-guide-colour.jpg)
BrainInAJar_RULES.pdf - 8.5 x 11, can be printed and folded without any trimming needed
BrainInAJar_PLAYMAT.jpg - This is the playmat from the game, which you can print at any size you wish (if you don't want to use the booklet)
BrainInAJar_MINI.pdf - Trim along the dotted lines before making the booklet. This version can fit INSIDE a deck of playing cards (or use a card box with dice as a little kit)
BrainInAJar_REPORT.jpg - Fill this out upon brain expiry. It will be collected (don't ask when).
ENJOY! _TD
| Published | 1 day ago |
| Status | Released |
| Category | Physical game |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (3 total ratings) |
| Author | TechDweeb |
| Tags | Brain Training, Horror, Real-Time, Singleplayer, Solo RPG, Virtual Pet, weird |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
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This is incredible, I’ll be making brains in jars and giving them out along with this game booklet at my friend’s Halloween party this year! Some notes and criticism below, I’d love an update/response to address these:
I didn't realize I needed an analog tamagotchi until now. I love this idea, and the art and layout are outstanding. I'm a little confused by the brain fog -- what dictactes the starting amount? ANd do you keep track of it with tokens on the brain? Maybe I'm missing that, but I read the rules a couple times and can't seem to find references to how it spawns, only how to reduce it.
Brain Fog starts at zero and permanently increases by one every day. Which means you have more and more fog to clear with each passing day, increasing the difficulty as time goes on. When your brain dies, you can just look at its final brain fog amount to see how many days you kept your brain alive.
Ohhh, that makes total sense! Thanks for clarifying!
A PET BRAIN?! IN THIS ECONOMY?!
Sorry Agumon, I got a new pet now.
I never knew I needed this. Thanks Dweeb!