Final Reflection — Barry June 7, 2025 Prior to taking this course, I had a limited understanding of the formal elements of game design; even though I myself love playing video…
Critical Play: Games of Chance & Addiction — Barry May 27, 2025 Note: I use Overwatch to refer to both Overwatch and Overwatch 2 unless I explicitly draw a distinction between the two. I am very…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding — Barry May 18, 2025 For this week’s critical play, I chose to play Hades. This game was created by Supergiant games and is available on Windows, Mac, PlayStation,…
Critical Play: Puzzles — Barry May 11, 2025 For this week’s critical play, I decided to play Portal. This game was created by Valve and is available on Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, Mac…
Protected: Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc (Individual) — Barry May 4, 2025 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms — Barry May 4, 2025 For this week’s critical play, I chose Cube Escape: Paradox. This game was created by Rusty Lake, and is available on Windows, Mac OS,…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators — Barry April 27, 2025 For this week’s critical play, I decided to play Journey. This is an indie game developed by Thatgamecompany and available to be played on…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis — Barry April 18, 2025 For this critical play, I chose to play musical chairs. This is a classic folk game with origins in the 18th century, but there…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging, and Getting Vulnerable — Barry April 11, 2025 I chose to play Among Us, which was created by InnerSloth and is available on PC, iOS, Android, Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. The target…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? — Barry April 10, 2025 How do we remix a simple game and add complexity while keeping it easy to understand? At the time of this writing, my team…
Short Exercise: MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun – Barry April 8, 2025 As I’ve said before, Overwatch is one of my favorite video games. If you disregard the player toxicity and corporate mismanagement of the franchise,…
Introduce Yourself – Barry April 1, 2025 Hi everyone, My name is Barry (he/him)! It’s too difficult for me to choose an absolute favorite game of all time but one of…