S'more Space is a cozy RV park building board game prototype for the browser. Each player builds their own campground by placing Tetris-style pieces onto a personal park board, trying to create a fun, useful, and profitable camping destination over the course of a season.
Think of it a bit like Kingdomino or Carcassonne, but instead of sharing one map, each player has their own RV park to develop.
Every player board has:
- a water border
- a woods border
- a field border
- a road along the bottom edge where guests drive in
Players choose polyomino-style tiles and place them into their park. These tiles can include:
- traditional campsites
- rustic campsites
- road paths
- utility hookups
- electric
- sewer
- water
- no hookups
- restrooms and showers
The goal is to build an appealing, connected campground that matches guest demand, supports special interests, and earns enough money to keep the park running well.
Some buildings are always available to buy instead of waiting for them in the tile draw. These can help shape your park strategy and make it more attractive to different kinds of campers.
Special buildings include:
- cabins
- small nature museum
- ice cream and snack shop
- larger office
- firewood sales
- swim beach
- playground
- dock for boating
If you build a larger office, you can choose two park programs to offer guests.
Program ideas include:
- fauna lessons
- flora lessons
- coffee and morning crafts
- nighttime sing-along
- evening popcorn and projector movie
These programs help give each park more personality and may tie into scoring, guest demand, or special weekly interests.
The park starts construction in early spring. Players can open for business whenever they want, but opening early has costs and tradeoffs.
Operating costs include:
1 cointo clean each campsite after use2 coinseach week for office staff2 coinsfor every bathroom and shower in use
This creates a push-and-pull between expanding quickly, staying profitable, and making sure the park has enough services for the guests it attracts.
The game uses a player deck to create changing weekly conditions.
Cards include:
- a card showing what percentage full your camp will be that week
- a card showing the special interest of the week
Special interest examples include:
- 4-week RV stay with full hookups
- quiet rustic campers
- family camping with five connected sites
- waterfront sites with at least electric hookups
These changing goals give players reasons to build different park layouts from game to game.
This project is being built as:
- a plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript browser game
- a family-friendly prototype that is easy to read and change
- a digital version of an original board game idea
The current front end now includes:
- a title screen
- a credits screen
- a player setup screen for up to 5 players
Open index.html in a browser.
There is no build step yet.
Names you already suggested:
RV-There Yet?Plot & ParkCampground Constructor
A few more ideas:
Camp Coil & CoastPark and PineHookups & HideawaysCampground CrafterRoadside RetreatPitch Perfect ParkThe Great Campout BuilderTrails, Tiles & Campfires
RV-There Yet? feels the most playful and memorable.
Plot & Park feels the cleanest and most board-game-like.
Hookups & Hideaways could be a fun option if you want the name to highlight both utilities and cozy camping vibes.
