Critical Play: Puzzles May 15, 2024 Monument Valley, a game from the Ustwo Games studio, is a puzzle game that is available on iOS, Android, and Windows, as well as…
Sketch Note – Loops and Arcs May 10, 2024 A game I enjoyed playing growing up was Poptropica. It had a set narrative and a mix of loops and arcs that ensured that…
Critical Play – Year Walk May 7, 2024 For my critical play, I played “Year Walk”, developed by the Swedish game studio Simigo. Originally designed for mobile and later released on Wii…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc – Team Submission – Cardinal Conquest: Hoover Horror May 7, 2024 Cardinal Conquest: Hoover Horror Synopsis: Cardinal Conquest – Hoover Horror is a 2D, 8-bit puzzle adventure game where players control a Stanford student navigating…
Abhi Desai – P2 Checkpoint 1 Individual Contribution May 7, 2024 Emotions: Mysterious Curious Whimsical Mood Board: Spotify Playlist Directions: A 2D puzzle game where Stanford students are trying to prevent an evil wizard, TML,…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators – Places April 30, 2024 For my critical play, I played the game Places. Places is a free, unguided environment game created by a Twitter user with the handle…
Critical Play: Judging April 21, 2024 “Cards Against Humanity,” a “judging” game developed by Max Temkin and his high school friends from Highland Park High School, is designed specifically for…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis April 16, 2024 For this week’s critical play, I selected the popular game Monopoly, and played it with some friends when we had a spare hour. Monopoly…
Short Exercise: What do prototypes prototype? April 11, 2024 Our game is a scenario where you are art collectors and your goal to create the highest valuation of a combination of artworks you…
MDA: Poptropica April 8, 2024 Poptropica is a game I enjoyed a lot when growing up, mostly because it’s all about jumping into different worlds and solving puzzles. The…
Critical Play: Secret Hitler April 8, 2024 Secret Hitler, created by Mike Boxleiter, Tommy Maranges, and Max Temkin, serves as a case study in how a game can deeply integrate social…
Introduction – Abhi Desai April 4, 2024 Hi everyone! My name is Abhi (he/him) and my favorite game of all time is probably Poptropica because I played it a ton growing…