Overview

1. Couch Potato Games
2. Couch Potato Game Show
3. Couch Potatoes Youtube

Jory John and Pete Oswald are back with perhaps their most relatable (and necessary) story yet. Oswald's recognizable illustrations creatively assist John's playful commentary on the modern screen-dependent world. Though perfect for younger children, Couch Potato is a quick must-read for every age.

Meet your new pal-tato in the fourth picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and The Cool Bean, Jory John and Pete Oswald.

Definition of a couch potato in the Idioms Dictionary. A couch potato phrase. What does a couch potato expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. The couch potato needs to prove that (s)he is not a couch potato by performing a designated body reward while the helper counts (for example: five good push-ups or 10 crunches). The helper sees that (s)he deserves the fruit or vegetable and hands it to her/him. The couch potato pretends to eat the healthy snack, returns it to the refrigerator and then re-enters the game. Change taggers periodically. Assessment Ideas: Debrief at the end of class: 'What foods are healthy foods?'

The Couch Potato has everything he needs within reach of his sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel himself away from the comforts of his living room and venture outside. And when he does, he realizes fresh air and sunshine could be just the things he needs...

1. COUCH POTATOES was a 1988 game show starring Marc Summers best known for hosting the Nickelodeon kids game. Here is a very good take on the TV trivia format.
2. In either case the Couch Potato slot is the perfect solution for you. This is a fairly simple three reel slot game that is, at the same time, one of the best slot games out there. What makes it so good is the possibility of high pay-outs and its sheer simplicity.

Couch Potato Games

Readers of all ages will laugh along as their new best spuddy learns that balancing screen time and playtime is the root to true happiness.

Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s other funny books for children:

The Bad Seed

The Good Egg

The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!

That’s What Dinosaurs Do

Couch Potato is a couch co-op game that involves 2 players controlling a tandem potato and the objective is to fly around collecting energy cores in order to increase score and gain back your forever depleting fuel.

Couch Potato Game Show

Couch Potatoes Youtube

This game was made specifically to be used with an actual couch as the controller, as demonstrated by multiple UI elements within the game, but can still be played with a keyboard. Playing that way it was originally intended makes you anything but a couch potato, as it could be a strenuous activity for some. My sincerest apologies to those who may be unable to participate due to varying circumstances. Any and all advice on how to make this game, and games going forward, more inclusive would be greatly appreciated.

One seat on the couch controls rotation to the left, while the other controls rotation to the right. If used together, you will move forward.

This game was made by one person (Me! Nolan) in a span of about 3 weeks all while balancing school, work, and life. I have a blog post available here, and it dives deeper into my process throughout this project.

The music is an instrumental track of a song called Fallin', and its by Tropix & LAV8. It was really cool of them to let me use their track for this. Please support them!

Couch Potato was heavily inspired by Hellcouch, which is the original couch-as-a-controller game that I came across while attending GDC. Shout out to the folks behind that for coming up with a cool, new, innovative way to play games and allowing me to bring this idea of mine to life. Please check out & support them as well!

Couch Potato will be shown at the LIU Post Spring Final Show (May 2^nd) and Wonderville’s Alt Ctrl Student Showcase (May 4^th). Please come check it out if you can! The couch will also need a home, as I don’t have room to keep it, so if anybody is interested, I’ll totally just give it to you along with a build of the game.

PS: The build is not available just yet, so if you see that this page is public, it's because I wanted to see what it would look like. I'm excited to finally share it with you all when the time comes :)

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