Month: May 2023

Game, creator, platform: A Sailor’s Dream, Simogo AB, iOS Target Audience: 12+  For this Critical Play, I played the walking sim “Sailor’s Dream” on…

Critical Play: Cards Against Humanity Cards Against Humanity is a party game that has become increasingly popular over the years. This game is designed…

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In Call of Duty, loops and arcs are used to create engaging gameplay experiences. The core gameplay loop consists of spawning, combat, dying, and…

Omori does a great job of combining interaction arcs and loops into expanded loops. With the Omori battle system, you fight multiple battles against enemies that help…

Emotions: Funny, captivating, relatable Moodboard: Playlist: Directions: The player has traveled back in time from many years in the future and is tasked with…

Loops and arcs I like to play Minecraft which does apply the loop idea in that when there is a new player they follow…

Critical play: Walking Simulators Journey is a walking simulator game co-developed by Thatgamecompany and Santa Monica Studio, available on mobile and playstation. The game…

Sketchnote: Chosen game: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky This game is basically an enormous sandwich of interaction arcs and loops. The arcs are…

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I really enjoy playing Hades, a multi platform game where you play as Zagerus, Persephone’s son, as he tries to escape each successive level…

Emotions Curiosity, engaging, immersive Moodboard Spotify Playlist This has songs that are adventurous, about exploring new worlds, and about translation. 3 Directions of Game:…

Emotions: wonder, engaging, immersive Moodboard: Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5beDd1k2YbJ95kdkxMXWRn?si=f43fc0c163344057 Game Ideas: narrative idea: a person wakes up on a spaceship and needs to get to…