Does anyone remember the How to Be Indie board game? (Updated)

Day in the Life: Did Anyone Else Play This???


How to be Indie picture I took from wikipedia did anyone watch this i see a disney logo

The Show:

I can't say I ever watched How to be Indie. I only know it exists because I watched Degrassi and looked up some of the actors' other work at some point, in this case Melinda Shankar. According to the Wikipedia article "The program follows Indie's journey as she tries to get the most out of life despite the travails of junior high school and the expectations of her Indian parents. She is joined by her two best friends Marlon Parks and Abigail "Abi" Flores." Cool! I guess? Look I never watched this show so I really can't say anything about it.


How to be indie day in the life online board game disney
Here's the board with the playable characters. You can see the stats on the bottom.

The Game... Sorta:

It's true I didn't actually watch the show, but one thing I did do was play the online game How to be Indie: Day in the Life! Day in the Life plays just like a board game. You can pick one of four characters, Indie, Abi, Marlon, and... sorry! Honestly, I don't know who the fourth person is! You have four different stats: friends, money, grades, and Indie points.

...That's basically all I remember about this game! I have no clue what the goal of the game was and I don't remember all the mechanics of the game either.

I love playing board games, so I played this a lot despite not knowing anything about the show. Honestly, I have no idea how I even found this game. I think the game ran on flash, but I'm not certain. Either way, I don't believe there is any way to play the game anymore. I'll always have my memories! And maybe someone else out there played this game and somehow remembers it. Who knows! 

Update:

I actually came across a video featuring some gameplay! It turns out there are actually six playable characters. The other three are AJ, Chandra, and Babaji. You can have up to four players and the game has multiplayer as well! 

On your turn you spin the spinner and move that number of spaces. Depending on where you land, you will draw a card that gives you a scenario. You're given three choices to pick from and, depending on your answer, your stats will change. That's actually pretty cool! I don't know about anyone else, but personally I like having a luck element in board games. I also really love drawing cards, so I can see why I played this game quite a bit in the past. It's crazy to me how much effort was put into this little online game. A game which I've never seen anyone else talk about. Now I feel like playing some board games...

Link(s):

Day in the Life gameplay:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12e92v


Side note: The video has a tinyurl link in the description. I have no idea where that leads, so be wary. 

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