Autolysis Instructions
How long can you last? Ideate for as long as you can with the cards you have available.
Objective:
Keep creating ideas. If you stop, you die!
Time:
30 minutes
Number of players:
1+
Play Autolysis if you want to:
- Prioritize creating more ideas
- Want a diversity of voices
- Want to ideate by yourself
- Have people who are shy
Steps:
- Come up with a problem you want to solve or something you want to create. Alternatively, you can use one of the green scenario cards.
- Shuffle the deck and draw three cards. Flip them face up so that you can see the prompts.
- Flip the timer. Before time runs out, you must create a new idea (i.e. doesn't exist already) using one of the cards.
- If you create an idea before time is up, discard the card you used and replace it with a new one. If you cannot create an idea before the time is up, discard the card and do not replace it.
- When you lose all your cards, end the game.
Tips:
- Finding the game too easy? Change the number of cards you have to use and ideas you have to make to 2 or even 3 per round!
- Play with other people! Whoever lasts the longest wins!
- Challenge your brain in different ways. Force yourself to combine cards to make an idea, or to draw all of your ideas!