Final Reflection – Candy June 7, 2025 Before this class, gaming felt like a world that I would never venture into and embrace. Sure, I enjoyed word games, escape rooms, board…
Critical Play #7 – Candy May 23, 2025 After my favorite rhythm gacha game got shut down, I’ve been meaning to look for another rhythm game to fill up the void in…
Critical Play #6 – Candy May 16, 2025 This week, I played Celeste, a single-player platformer game that’s available on Switch, Desktop, XBox, and Playstation. It was developed in 2018 by indie…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs – Candy May 13, 2025 A game that I enjoy is Candy Crush Saga, which relies on loops in its architecture moreso than arcs. Initially, players are unfamiliar with…
Critical Play #5 – Candy May 9, 2025 Developed by Daniel Benmergui and published by Annapurna Interactive, Storyteller is available for purchase on Windows and Nintendo Switch and for free on iOS…
Individual Concept Doc – Candy May 5, 2025 Game Direction #1: Top-Down Game like Undertale and Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion where there are interactable characters & objects. Puzzles and challenges…
Critical Play #4 – Candy May 2, 2025 Though I’m a big fan of physical escape rooms, I haven’t been too often because it’s pricy and sometimes difficult to find a big…
Critical Play #3 – Candy April 25, 2025 Journey is an indie adventure game developed in 2012 by Thatgamecompany. The game is available on Playstation, Windows, and iOS as a single player…
Critical Play #2 – Candy April 18, 2025 As my team and I are creating a social deduction game where players get to reveal information to a player of their choosing each…
Critical Play #1 – Candy April 11, 2025 I decided to choose a bluffing game for this critical play because I’m incredibly bad at them! Among Us is a social deduction game…
What do Prototypes Prototype? – Candy April 10, 2025 Questions: How should information about player dynamics be revealed each round? Since we plan on making a social deduction game where players have to…
Short Exercise: MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun – Candy April 9, 2025 Egyptian Rat Screw, also known as Slap, is one of the few card games I know and enjoy wholeheartedly. Through a set of simple…