July 2026 – The Mechanics of Magic

Concept Doc Individual Submission

July 20, 2026

Emotions: Mystery Tension horror Directions: Tactical RPG I would be very interested in making a Dark Fantasy tactical RPG with an emphasis…

Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc (Team Bathyergus)

July 20, 2026

Team Bathyergus (Xingyi, Ellie, Claire, Dana, Hazel) Synopsis The game is a dive into the mind, each level a deeper layer revealing clues and…

Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs

July 20, 2026

Sketchnote: Example: I really enjoy the game Animal Crossing. It relies mainly on loops of daily tasks. Players repeat activities such as fishing, catching…

Individual Concept Doc – Willow Azevedo

July 20, 2026

Directions I. Type of Fun – Challenge Part of our idea for the game is incorporating puzzles into the game to reveal the plot….

Individual Concept Doc

July 20, 2026

Moodboard Playlist Narrative Directions Direction 1 – Investigation RPG This direction focuses on investigation and dialogue as the core gameplay. Players explore the town,…

Individual Concept Doc – Marcus Polson (team josephoartigasia)

July 20, 2026

Emotions: Hope, Intrigue, Discovery Moodboard: Concept Playlist: Possible Directions/Concepts: A TTRPG with a defined narrative, which would be conveyed by the digital element. Players…

Indivisual Concept – Jack Yang (Team Quemisia)

July 20, 2026

MOOD BOARD: SOUNDTRACKS: Setting – Dark abandoned environment, lots of greenery and overgrowth, broken buildings and vehicles. Going for aesthetics of discovery…

Aksel – P2 – Individual Deliverable

July 20, 2026

Emotions to evoke: Uncertainty, struggle, sympathy Mood Board: …

Individual concept doc – Noah (team josephoartigasia)

July 20, 2026

Concept 1- Each player controls their specialized character/race for a level. This mechanic would be very similar to how roles are differentiated in classic…

Extra credit sketchnotes- role of architecture in games

July 20, 2026

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Individual Concept Doc – Xingyi (Team Bathyergus)

July 20, 2026

Emotions: mysterious, dreamlike, mechanical Mood board Playlist Narrative direction Direction 1: Layers of box. Players unwrap each layer through mechanical puzzles. Because the box…

Individual Concept Doc – Benjamin

July 20, 2026

Moodboard & Playlist Narrative Directions Direction 1 – Walking simulator between levels One of our ideas for the game is a simple puzzle room….

Individual Concept Doc P2

July 20, 2026

Moodboard For our game, I would like to draw inspiration from the following games: Horrortale, OneShot, Little Misfortune, Little Nightmares, Fran…

Individual Concept Doc – Dana To (Team Bathyergus)

July 19, 2026

Moodboard: Spotify playlist: 3 Directions from Ideation: Playing with colors: The gameplay may focus on color as the core mechanic. Players can change their…

The Last Medici – Concept doc

July 19, 2026

Overview The Last Medici is an open-world map exploration game with pixel art aesthetics (inspired by Stardew Valley). The player takes on the role of the…

Sketchnote | Loops & Arcs – Yunming Huang

July 19, 2026

Here is the PDF format: Loops & Arcs

Individual Concept Doc – Ellie Prince (Team Bathyergus)

July 19, 2026

Moodboard Spotify Playlist 3 Directions from Ideation Narrative series of puzzles based on recognizable famous artworks. This direction would involve a series of levels…

Critical Play: Walking Simulators — BABBDI

July 19, 2026

How Does Walking Tell a Story? Video games train us to read movement as a resource: a sprint bar, a stamina meter, a dodge-roll….

Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs

July 19, 2026

Example Game: Slither.io. I can get embarrassingly sidetracked playing Slither.io because it’s addictively simple and challenging, but it’s also interestingly almost pure loop architecture….

Critical Play: Walking Simulators

July 19, 2026

For this assignment, I played What Remains of Edith Finch, a walking simulator developed by Giant Sparrow. The game is available on PC, PlayStation,…