Author: evhur

Before the class, I thought this… Before class, I had no experience designing games. Although I had previously interned as a software engineer for…

Before making a systems game Before making a systems game, I wasn’t entirely sure what that actually meant (I thought almost all games were…

Before making my game Before making an interactive fiction game, I assumed all IF games were similar to Episode—story-driven experiences with branching choices and…

Link to Game https://evhur.itch.io/trial-47 (Password: CS377G – Please turn on sound!)   Branching Choice Map Branching choices map on Twine. Includes loops, widgets, and…

Part 1: Notes on “The Rhetoric of Video Games” by Ian Bogost   Animal crossing Game about everyday life in small town (“Animal village…

Link to Twine game: file:///Users/evelynhur/Downloads/Lab%20Notes.html (Best on 200% zoom) Playtest 3 (with Version 3) Feedback / Issue Changes to be Made Felt one of…

Playtest 2 (with Version 2) Figure 1: Playtest with CS co-term student in EVGR   Overall, the player liked how the right choice wasn’t…

Premise Player Role The player is a lab-grown rabbit that is transferred from its farm to a laboratory for clinical testing. Since the player…

Context For my P2 tiny playable prototype, I based on my game on a rabbit that has to escape from a lab facility conducting…

Part 1: Game Design as Narrative Architecture Notes  Intro Long conflict between games (interactive) and storytelling (narrative)—some industry experts think they represent opposites/can’t co-exist …

Creating Our Game We created the game American Dream to educate US citizens about the challenges, anxieties, and uncertainties of immigrating to the United…

Intro Different theories of fun: fun is learning, fun isn’t’ important etc Lesson 1: Kids are smarter than you Kids said the game was…

About the Game I played Stop Disasters, a game that teaches adults and children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. The…

Question #1 Game: Uno, the cards game Actions: Dealing cards, drawing cards, putting down valid cards by matching color/number/symbol, putting down action cards (Skip,…