Final Class Reflection – Jonathan Kula June 10, 2023 It’s good to be reminded now and again (and always) how important play is; and how it can be used as a force for change, for…
Critical Play: Play Like A Feminist June 4, 2023 Playing With Those We Love Alive was a weird, uncomfortable, immersive, divergent, intimate, and hopeful experience. Playing it like a feminist meant, for me,…
Critical Play: Games of Chance June 3, 2023 I played a couple different slots games on VegasSlotsOnline.com, as well as Roulette. I’ve passed through Nevada a few times and I often…
Critical Play: Puzzles May 29, 2023 Introduction Gorongoa is a lateral-thinking puzzle game– and it’s pretty hard to describe beyond that. You helping a kid collect five colored orbs by…
Critical Play: Mysteries May 28, 2023 Introduction Gone Home is a short, sweet, melancholic, and a tiny bit scary mystery game. You play as Katie, just having arrived back to…
The Forest Spirits (T19) – P2 Checkpoint 1 May 10, 2023 Hook 🍃 “Who are you?” You cannot answer. You are an unnamed spirit in a vast Forest. You know nothing of yourself nor how…
P2 Checkpoint 1: Individual Ideation May 7, 2023 Ideation/directions: Focus on discovery [inspiration: ARCH, Antichamber, Stanley Parable]: the player explores an emergent, fragmentary narrative that reveals itself as the player explores the…
Team 19 (“The Forest Spirits”) Norms May 3, 2023 Team Members: Anthony, Annabelle, Jonathan, Frankie, Izzy Avoid passivity– and encourage opinions + voicing them! Designate a PM-esque point person (PEPP) for the project…
Critical Play: Firewatch (Walking Simulators) – Jonathan May 3, 2023 Introduction Firewatch is a walking simulator that I, in my hour or so of playing, would categorize as a light horror experience combined with…
Critical Play: Quiplash (Judging Games) – Jonathan April 30, 2023 Introduction Quiplash is a hybrid mobile-console (or mobile-PC) game by Jackbox Studios, and part of the Jackbox Party Pack series. It’s targeted towards groups…
Project 1: ~Sketchy Circumstances~ April 29, 2023 Project Group: Jake Restaino, Jamie Song, Janet Liu, Jonathan Kula Sketchy Circumstances Artist’s Statement Sketchy Circumstances is a straight-up party game with social deduction…
Visual Design of Games – Mini Metro! April 22, 2023 Cheese or Font Breakdown & Thumbnails Mini Metro as a Beautiful Game Mini Metro Analysis I think Mini Metro is really beautiful in…
Critical Play: Comparative Analysis – Jonathan April 21, 2023 Introduction & Big Questions I took a look at the game Telestrations, published by Asmodee. We played a digital version by Tanner Krewson on…
