Final Class Reflection – Cole June 6, 2025 Before taking this class, I’d played plenty of different games: physical board games, sports games, digital games, card games, team games, solo games, and…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist – Cole May 30, 2025 For this week’s critical play, I played Monument Valley 2, a puzzle game that follows the journey of a mother and her daughter. I…
Critical Play: Games of Chance & Addiction – Cole May 23, 2025 For this week’s Critical Play, I played Poker. Specifically, I played the 247 Free Poker Online Game where you start with a fictitious $1,000…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding – Cole May 16, 2025 This week I played Super Mario World by Nintendo. I played the Internet archive version on my computer, originally released in 1990. I’d never…
Critical Play: Puzzles – Cole May 10, 2025 I played The Almost Gone this week for my critical play. It was interesting to compare the narrative and mechanics versus the very similar…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc (Individual Deliverables) – Cole May 4, 2025 Narrative: You go to log in to axess to apply to graduate and yourcredentials aren’t working! You get an anonymous message saying your…
Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms – Cole May 2, 2025 This week, I played Tiny Rooms Story Mystery. Playing as a private detective trying to uncover the mysteries of a deserted town, you gradually…
P1: Kitten Klimb April 25, 2025 Print & play Design Mockups Final Playtest YouTube Link Artist Statement: Kitten Klimb is a tower-building card game meant for 3 to 6 players. …
Critical Play: Walking Simulators – Cole April 25, 2025 For this critical play, I played Dear Esther. Not having played a walking sim before or at least not having heard it described formally, I wasn’t really…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis – Cole April 18, 2025 I played Crazy 8s on GamePigeon for this week’s critical play. This spinoff of a card game classic features similar game mechanics to Uno,…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable – Cole April 10, 2025 For this critical play, I chose to play Among Us with several of my friends and random people online. This is a game that…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? – Cole April 9, 2025 How replayable does this game feel? We want to create a game that, depending on the environment, number of people, etc., retains some novelty…