Critical Play: Puzzles May 11, 2024 Released in 2012 and developed by Fireproof Games, originally for IOS platforms, The Room (Pocket) is an online/video puzzle game featuring series of challenging…
Team 14: Dimensional Shift Checkpoint 1 May 7, 2024 Title: Dimensional Drift Synopsis: In “Dimensional Drift,” players navigate the story of Blob, a young, formless protagonist who, after a heated argument with his…
Dimensional Shift Individual Checkpoint 1 May 7, 2024 Moodboard: https://pin.it/3nDXkPKxJ Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fmsSXDVtfg965famn96nA?si=D2V3N_UwQRS4YgpW64TmAA&pi=u-VQGCWcOeQNmC Direction 1: Blob must figure out how to gain its memories by uncovering three objects around his house. This will…
Sketchnote Week 6: Loops and Arcs May 5, 2024 Comment: One of my favorite games is Fireboy and Watergirl- I think it has a story arc- based architecture where we get to observe…
Critical Play: Mystery May 4, 2024 “How is narrative woven into the mystery through its mechanics? How does the architecture of the setting control the story? Then, look for loops and…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators May 1, 2024 “Dear Esther” is an adventure game developed by The Chinese Room in 2012, and arguably the original walking game that started the genre. With…
Judging and Getting Vulnerable Critical Play April 23, 2024 Cards Against Humanity is an analogous card game, created by eight Highland Park Highschool alumni- Josh Dillon, Daniel Dranove, Eli Halpern, Ben Hantoot, David…
Critical Play: Compare and Contrast Between Our Game Concept and Just Dance April 16, 2024 Just Dance is a video game series created by Ubisoft Paris in 2009. With single player and multiplayer modes, Just Dance primarily appeals to…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? April 11, 2024 How well do players react to the game’s challenge level? Does it match their skill level and expectations? Ensuring that the game keeps the…
MDA- Playing 2048 April 9, 2024 Playing 2048 has lately been my favorite pastime, perhaps because of its challenge and abnegation aesthetic, as referred on the “Aesthetics of Play” video….
Critical Play: Secret Hitler April 8, 2024 Created by Max Temkin, Mike Boxleiter, and Tommy Maranges in 2016, Secret Hitler is an analogue board game appealing to an audience of young…
AJ Intro!! April 2, 2024 Hi! I go by AJ and use she/her pronouns. My favorite game of all time is Fireboy and Watergirl because I love pairing up…