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Setting Up a Host Account

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New Host

Individuals who wish to create games have to sign in into the application to be granted Host privileges. In order to be granted Host privileges, navigate to taxga.me and sign in using a Google Account of your choice.

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Returning Host

Individuals who have already signed in can navigate to the same page and click on the Continue As button.

For individuals who are already signed in but want to sign in using a different account, you can navigate to the same page and click on the Sign Out button and sign back in using another account.

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Creating a Game

In order for a host to start a game they have to navigate to the dashboard on taxga.me. All hosts will be redirected to this dashboard upon sucessfully signing in.

Located on this this dashboard are all the parameters that can be tuned for different games and can be modified according to preference. If you want any of the options to be reverted to their default state then click the Reset Defaults button in the top right hand corner of the dashboard.

On this dashboard, you can provide a custom description for a specific game. This description will be used as an identifier to help select a specific game in order to extract the data from.

After settling on all the options for a game, you can save them in case you want to reuse the same option settings for future games by click on the Save Options button.

Once all the options have been finalised and/or saved, you can start a new game by clicking on the Create Game button. Once a game has been created, there will be a QR code that players can scan to join your newly-created game. Alternatively, there will also be a link underneath the QR code that you can copy and redistribute to players.

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Running the Game

In order to start a game, a minimum of one player needs to join. Once this minimum player count has been reached, you can start the game.

You will not be able to affect the game in any way while it is running as the host. The decisions and choices of players will progess the game.

Your screen as the host, from this point forward, will only display:

• The current round
• The current stage
• The countdown in each stage
• The leaderboard

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Data Visualisation & Game Stats

If you want a broad overview of a specific game, you can navigate to the Data Visualization & Game Stats. There will be a list of all the games that have been ran that you can view the stats of.

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Exporting Data

If you want to export the data from a specific game, you can navigate to the Consent Form & Game Export page.

As mentioned earlier, you can use the description for to locate specific games. You can also select which specific data you want to export from a particular game like roles, income, wealth, game ID, etc.

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Consent Form

If the you want to update the consent form, that is given to players before they are able to join a game, then navigate to the Consent Form & Game Export page.

Under Consent Form Content, you can modify the consent form in any way you see fit.