Final Class Reflection June 5, 2026 Before this class, I thought about play as a word to describe sports or children out on a field. It felt like something I…
Somnia: A jungle puzzle adventure with print-and-play puzzles! June 5, 2026 A game by Team Marmot (Aanika Atluri, Elisabeth Holm, Matthew Cortez Aguilar, and Sarah Park) Artist’s Statement Our intentions for this game are to…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist May 29, 2026 This week, I played the desktop game Queers in Love at the End of the World, created by Anna Anthropy. The game is a…
Critical Play: Games of Chance & Addiction May 22, 2026 This week, I played 24/7 Free Poker, a browser game made by 247 Games LLC. It is intended for anyone wanting to play poker…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding May 15, 2026 This week, I played Hollow Knight, a PC platformer made by the independent Australian studio Team Cherry. In the game, I explored the Hallownest,…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 11, 2026 One game that I enjoy is Overcooked. The core game loop is that people order, and you have to make it by quickly combining…
Critical Play: Puzzles May 8, 2026 This week, I played Storyteller, a puzzle narrative game on many platforms (Windows, Switch, Android, and iOS), but I opted for the free mobile…
Individual Concept Doc May 3, 2026 Moodboard See the Pinterest board here! Playlist Listen here! Narrative Directions Game Platform Fully Digital – Point and Click This would look similar to…
Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms May 1, 2026 This week, I played Tiny Room Story: Town Mystery, a mobile isometric point-and-click mystery story game made by the indie game studio Kiary Games….
Critical Play: Walking Simulators April 23, 2026 This week, I played The Sailor’s Dream, a single-player mobile walking simulator game by the Swedish indie game studio Simogo. The target audience is…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis – Raft vs Rock-It! April 17, 2026 For my critical play, I played Raft Survival: Multiplayer, a cooperative survival mobile game where you and your team drift on a small raft…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable April 10, 2026 Among Us is a popular online social deduction game created by the American game studio Innersloth. It can be played for $0-5 on mobile…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? April 9, 2026 Game: Rock-it – a tragedy of the commons game in outer space Do players feel the stakes enough to understand the “tragedy” in “tragedy…
Short Exercise: MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 7, 2026 I like Pokémon Scarlet, which I played on Nintendo Switch. The game (allegedly, I haven’t played other Pokémon games) follows less of a narrative…