Month: June 2023

Before this class, my understanding of game design and play was superficial at best. I approached games solely as a form of entertainment, unaware…

End narrative cards for Project 2, “Flight from the Gorgon” I grew up reading a lot of fantasy and playing only single-player video games,…

Before enrolling in 247G, I perceived play and game design as a personal escape, a form of entertainment that allowed individuals to disconnect from…

Before this class, game design was very intimidating to me. My mind immediately jumped to the complex video games I used to play like…

Before this class, I thought game design was going to be really complicated and hard. I am relatively new to computer science/programming, and I…

I took this class because I went to Symbolic Systems Advising office hours and talked about my interest in the intersections of storytelling and…

Before this class, I thought a lot about play, but not the design of it. I love games so much: I am convinced that…

I really enjoyed 247G and wish Stanford has more game design courses like it (hopefully there will be in the future)! Before this class,…

Before this class, I thought about game design as a foreign language. It seemed exciting and fun, but so far removed from my identity…

Before embarking on this class, the world of game design seemed like an intricate maze, filled with complex decisions and inaccessible knowledge. I held…

Before entering this class, I already considered myself to be a pretty knowledgable gamer. I have been playing video games since as far back…

Before this class, I thought about play and game design as something that was for a specific demographic. I thought that since I didn’t…

Before enrolling in this class, game design was not something that I had thought about all that much. Although I considered myself to be…