critical play: walking simulators by ari April 25, 2025 A Short Hike, created by Adam Robinson-Yu and available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox, is a game that tells its story through…
critical play: competitive analysis by ari April 19, 2025 For this week’s critical play, I chose to play Mafia. Mafia is a social deduction game and it was created by Dimitry Davidoff in…
Sketchnote: Game Design Patterns for Building Friendships by ari April 17, 2025 Here is my sketchnote:
short assignment: What do Prototypes Prototype? by ari April 12, 2025 1. How does having transparent voting vs. blind voting affect voting in social deduction games? Why is this important? The voting phase is where…
critical play – bluffing by ari April 12, 2025 For this week’s critical play, I chose to play a bluffing game: Secret Hitler. This game was developed by Goat, Wolf, & Cabbage LLC,…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 9, 2025 Clue is one of my favorite board games ever. The premise of the game is that all the players are guests to a house,…
mindmap: formal elements of game design by ari April 4, 2025 This is the mindmap I made based on the Formal Elements of Game Design videos!
ari’s introduction!! April 1, 2025 hi! my name is Ari (he/him). my favorite game of all time is BANANAGRAMS! word games are so fun and this one specifically is…
