elliezy – The Mechanics of Magic

Final Reflection

June 9, 2023

Before this class, I thought about play and games as something I did once in a while and more in the past, perhaps with…

Team 17 P2: aMIdST

June 6, 2023

Artist Statement aMIdST is a puzzle mystery game about uncovering the main character’s identity through narrative and exploration. In order to create an experience…

Sketchnote: Addiction by Design

June 1, 2023

Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist

May 30, 2023

Game, Creator, Platform, Target Audience This week, I played one night, hot springs on Steam, developed and published by npckc. Its intended audience is…

Sketchnote: Onboarding in Plants vs Zombies

May 24, 2023

Critical Play: Games of Chance

May 22, 2023

Game, Creator, Platform, Target Audience This week, I played slots (Lucky 7s Classic), one of the games on Casino World, a browser free-to-play gaming…

Sketchnote: Puzzles in Games, Puzzles as Games

May 18, 2023

Critical Play: Puzzles

May 15, 2023

Game, Creator, Platform, Target Audience This week, I played Monument Valley on iOS, published and developed by Ustwo Games. Its intended audience is people…

Sketchnote: Designer’s Notebook: The Role of Architecture in Videogames

May 10, 2023

Critical Play: Mysteries

May 7, 2023

Game, Creator, Platform, Target Audience This week, I played Her Story on iOS, created by Sam Barlow. Its intended audience is adults, due to…

Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc (Team 17)

May 7, 2023

Working Title: aMIdST You wake up in an unfamiliar foggy bedroom, and you can’t seem to remember who you are or how you got…

Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc (individual)

May 7, 2023

Emotions Anticipation Amazement Pride Moodboard Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2bjmIxJ06ZxF09EPOU6A5r?si=3bdd5bb0541f408b Directions A sequence of puzzles, where the answer to one leads to the ability to do another…

Sketchnote: Game Architecture

May 3, 2023

One game I enjoy/have enjoyed playing in the past is Fireboy and Watergirl; it primarily uses a series of loops and skill chains because…

Team 17 Norms

May 2, 2023

Communicate with the team as soon as you know you need to take on less work for whatever reason (exam, sickness, etc) Communicate beforehand…

Critical Play: Walking Simulators

May 1, 2023

This week, I played Dear Esther, created by The Chinese Room and developed by Distinctive Games/Sumo Digital Ltd for iOS, the platform I played…

Narrative Architecture Mindmap

May 1, 2023

Critical Play: Judging and Getting Vulnerable…

April 27, 2023

This week, I played Apples to Apples, a physical card game invented by Matthew Kirby and originally published by Out of the Box Publishing,…

Short Exercise: Visual Design of Games

April 20, 2023

Cheese or Font 1. Elements Core words to classify way to select cheese or font (keyboard in this version: C or F) timer score…

Critical Play: Competitive Analysis

April 20, 2023

This week, I played skribbl.io by ticedev (Mel) on a desktop web browser. It has an intended audience of people (perhaps ages ~10 and…