Author: amaru

im amaru and i love games (: ok everyone in this class loves games so i guess that's not very different from anyone else... i really enjoy games that have stories i can really sink my teeth into and art that keeps me reeling for days! some of my fav digital games: UNDERTALE, DELTARUNE, Blasphemous, DREDGE, Animal Crossing: New Leaf/New Horizons, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Civ VI some of my fav board games: Root (msg me i'll beat u with moles), Arkham Horror, Catan: Pirates and Explorers/Rise of the Inka, Magic: the Gathering (before like 2019)

P3 Reflection — amaru

November 23, 2025

P3 was a game of unexpected consequences in many ways, but certainly in that the project itself was full of unexpected consequences. When starting…

LOVEBUG – P3

November 21, 2025

Artists’ Statement Through LOVEBUG, we hope to represent the system of an email virus spreading from person to person through the actions of a…

Game Balance — amaru

November 18, 2025

I Love Trains! Working With System Dynamics — amaru

November 13, 2025

For the most recent Read & Play, I decided to play Dinosaur Polo Club’s Mini Metro. Mini Metro is a minimalist game in which…

Am I… Depressed? The Rhetoric of Video Games — amaru

November 11, 2025

For this assignment I played Depression Quest (linked here) by Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, and Isaac Schankler. Play it for free before you keep reading!!…

Playtesting formally — amaru

November 9, 2025

P2 Reflection — amaru

November 4, 2025

This project is now my second attempt at making a narrative game. The first was P2 in CS247G which ended up being way overscoped…

Conclave: A Prayer Simulator — P2

November 1, 2025

Alt Title — Conclave: A Totally Celibate Dating Simulator What if no one wants to have a prayer session with you? Welcome, dear brother…

P2: Map, Premise, Project Plan

October 19, 2025

Hello everyone! Here are some notes I’ve made in an effort to try and flesh out + build the foundations for my P2. I’m…

Read & Play — Animalia (amaru)

October 17, 2025

This week I played Animalia, a work of Interactive Fiction (IF) designed, written, and published by Ian Michael Waddell for free on itch.io. In this game,…

Tiny Playable Prototype — amaru

October 15, 2025

For P2, I’m planning on building a dating sim/visual novel surrounding a papal conclave, in which the player takes on the role of a…

Sketchnote: Rise of the Video Game Zinesters — amaru

October 14, 2025

Post-Dinner Clarity – P1 Reflection (amaru)

October 12, 2025

alt title: Food Coma: A P1 Reflection P1 was an absolutely wild ride for me. My memories of 247G are still fresh since I…

Cook Off! – CS377G P1 T1

October 10, 2025

Team 1: Madison Fan, Luna Laliberte, Amaru Ordóñez-Jacobson, Leyth Toubassy Back of the Box:Do you have an appetite? Well, you will by the end…

Precision of Emotion — amaru

October 7, 2025

Sketchnote 1 — amaru

September 30, 2025

Introducing Serious Games — Wingspan (amaru)

September 30, 2025

I decided I’d analyze a game we played in class for this week’s assignment – Wingspan, designed by Elizabeth Hargrave. Wingspan, as we learned in class,…

Games, Design and Play: Elements — amaru

September 25, 2025

Exercises from Ch. 1 of Games, Design, and Play 1. Identify the basic elements in a game of your choice (actions, goals, rules, objects,…

Final Class Reflection — Amaru

June 8, 2025

I’ve always loved games. Video games, board games, card games — I’ve been hooked since birth. However, I never really thought of myself as…

P2: Turnout

June 8, 2025

Authors: Lour Drick Valsote, Elliott Rodgers, Amaru Ordóñez-Jacobson Download on itch.io! Artist’s Statement This current version of Turnout is a slice of what could…