"Highlights of the Bartlett Family Playing Stayin' Alive" by Chloe Bartlett

I named my project this because I wanted to show all the funny moments that come out of the game I created called “Stayin’ Alive”. The name “Stayin’ Alive” itself is kind of ironic considering the world situation right now, but it also gives a clue as to what the game is about - stayin’ alive with only 5 “lives”. My piece is connected to the Pandemic because playing games is a fun and creative way to get your family together and have fun together, and is a form of entertainment while we are all stuck inside quarantined. I chose to submit a video because I feel that writing about this game, or just taking pictures of what is happening in it wouldn’t give the full effect that a video has to show what is happening in the game. My inspiration was that my family has been playing board games and watching movies during quarantine and I wanted to create an interesting new board game. One of the different aspects of “Stayin’ Alive” to other board games is that instead of having an actual board you have lives that come and go and you are constantly trying to “stay alive” and have as many “lives” as possible to win, while also completing odd and funny tasks. I hope that my audience will get a laugh out of my family playing this game and be able to think of creative new ways to spice up their own games, or maybe make new ones.