Critical Play: Puzzles May 13, 2024 For this critical play, I played Superliminal, developed by Pillow Castle and designed by Albert Shih and Logan Fieth. This is a first-person walking…
Sketchnote: Game Architecture May 9, 2024 Tried a physical sketchnote for this assignment. Notably harder when you can’t move things around (à la iPad). loops_n_arcs
Checkpoint 1: Concept Dock (Team 12, P2) May 7, 2024 Links to individual blog posts: Our Individual Deliverables Document Nick’s blog post Peter’s blog post Diego’s blog post Calvin’s blog post Name Ideas: Blundows…
Critical Play: Mysteries May 7, 2024 For this critical play, I played Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture on PS5, a narrative-driven walking simulator by The Chinese Room. The game’s target…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc Individual Deliverables – Calvin Laughlin May 6, 2024 Moodboard: Spotify Playlist: Three Directions for our Game: MDA Analysis: Mechanics: terminal environment, typing, navigating with arrow keys, clicking, gameclock Dynamics: solving word puzzles,…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators April 29, 2024 “How does walking tell the story?” For this critical play, I chose to play Dear Esther, the game that arguably started the genre. The…
Cold War: The Physical Deduction Game April 26, 2024 Artist’s Statement “Cold War” is inspired by our love for both Capture the Flag and games like Werewolf. We wanted to create a physical…
Critical Play: Judging Games April 21, 2024 For this critical play, I chose to play skribbl.io online. Skribbl.io was created by ticedev, and it is available on web browsers, allowing it…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis April 15, 2024 For this critical play, I chose to play Spyfall. Spyfall is a social deduction game where players question each other as FBI agents to…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 10, 2024 For our game, which we anticipate being a blend of Capture the Flag and Werewolf, we anticipate our game prototype answering a few major…
Critical Play – Secret Hitler April 9, 2024 For this critical play, I chose to play “Secret Hitler” by Goat, Wolf, & Cabbage LLC. The game is available as a board game…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 8, 2024 A game that holds a very special place in my heart is Assassin’s Creed Unity. I could go on and on for why this…
Introduce Yourself – Calvin Laughlin April 3, 2024 Calvin (he/him) Favorite game of all time: Portal 2. I have played it countless times, and I keep coming back because the puzzles are…