Shana E. Hadi – The Mechanics of Magic

Shana’s Stanford Senior Reflection (Shana E. Hadi)

August 8, 2023

Hello, world! I struggled to begin and end this senior (+ coterm) reflection, partially because I framed this as “MY LAST STANFORD ASSIGNMENT, EVER”…

P4: Refine a Game – Overgrowth🌲☀️🌲☀️🌲

March 20, 2023

Designers: Shana Hadi, Annie Nguyen, Kyle Nguyen, Ji Hong Ni Our P4: Overgrowth documentation directly builds on our P3: Overgrowth documentation, which is…

Response for The Mechanic is the Message (Shana)

March 13, 2023

The emergent poetics of play: custom-designed mechanics for effective communication “The Mechanic is the Message” by Chris Swain frames serious games as an opportunity…

P3: Game of Unexpected Consequences – Overgrowth🌲🔥🌲🔥🌲

March 7, 2023

Designers: Shana Hadi, Annie Nguyen, Kyle Nguyen, Ji Hong Ni We believe that the green design of cities will decide if we survive the climate…

Sketchnote: Game Balance (Shana)

March 6, 2023

Working with System Dynamics, and Overgrowth (Shana)

February 27, 2023

In our game Overgrowth, players act as urban planners working together to create a sustainable city (defined by ratio of trees to people) from…

Sketchnote: Playtesting with Non-Designers (Shana)

February 21, 2023

P2: The Future We Deserve – with what eyes

February 18, 2023

<<o>> with what eyes <<o>> You can play the story here, before or after you read the documentation! : ) https://shanaeh.itch.io/with-what-eyes <<o>> Overview <<o>>…

Sketchnote: Playtesting Formally (Shana)

February 14, 2023

Game Design from the Grassroots, Rise of the Videogame Zinesters Response (Shana)

February 7, 2023

I reread Anna Anthropy’s Rise of the Videogame Zinesters (2012) with additional context in Gamergate (Adrienne Massanari’s “#Gamergate and The Fappening: How Reddit’s algorithm,…

Sketchnote: Playtesting Alone – Shana

February 1, 2023

P1: Those Who Play, Teach – corporate vision

January 26, 2023

Game Designers: Shana Hadi, Nick Feffer, Charlotte Feng We live in an era where corporations “trade in human futures” (Shoshana Zuboff). Premise corporate vision…

P1: persona predictions, 2B Playable Prototype

January 19, 2023

Group members: Shana Hadi, Charlotte Feng, Nick Feffer persona predictions (working title) is a competitive social game (3-5 players) that teaches how corporations use…

Sketchnote: Precision of Emotion (Sophia)

January 19, 2023

Sketchnote: MDAO

January 17, 2023

The Structure of Games (and Formal and Dramatic Elements), Tracy Fullerton

January 12, 2023

Shana’s Serious Games Final Reflection

March 21, 2022

I came into this class knowing that I really enjoy writing stories, and that I had become particularly fascinated by how games can model…

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, Response (Aspirational Labor)

March 17, 2022

While I began a sketchnote for “Rise of the Videogame Zinesters,” I pivoted to writing a stream-of-consciousness response because I was also studying Gamergate…

Art of Game Design: Story Sketchnote

February 7, 2022

Wind, Not Sand Notes

January 29, 2022