P3: Tiny playable prototype November 5, 2025 observations the citizens were trying to collude and after a few rounds, they were trying a few different strategies and deliberating (out loud, so…
Read & Play: Working With System Dynamics November 4, 2025 Part 1: Working With System Dynamics Part 2: Game Dev Tycoon I played Game Dev Tycoon, a digital business simulation game created by Greenheart…
Erosion: Reflection November 1, 2025 I hadn’t played IFs before this class, but early on, I realized that they were a great format to explore ethical dilemmas. As such,…
P2: Erosion October 31, 2025 Game My game can be accessed here. I would recommend playing the game prior to reading the write up. Overview In Erosion, players will…
P2: Refined prototype October 27, 2025 Here’s a link to my game: https://juliabiswas.itch.io/erosion. I’ve been going back and forth on stats for so long (basically switching between yes or no…
P2: Playtest prototype October 20, 2025 My playtester was a 22-year old female CS Coterm student. She played the game twice, effectively deciding to do nothing the first round and…
P2: Map, premise, project plan October 18, 2025 Premise The player takes on the role of June, a 24-year-old engineer at Cerebra. June joined the company right out of college and has…
P2: Tiny Playable Prototype October 15, 2025 Player got confused at one point about who was saying what and had to scroll up to reread → need to have more dialogue…
Read & Play: Game Design as Narrative Architecture October 14, 2025 Part 1: Game Design as Narrative Architecture Part 2: You’re Gone I thought I had clicked into the human version, so when they started…
P1 Reflection October 11, 2025 From the start, we were clear about prioritizing fun: we wanted the game to teach, but not only be about learning. Choosing a social…
P1: Introducing Serious Games September 28, 2025 I played “Stop Disasters!” by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the lead UN agency for the coordination of disaster risk…
Games, Design and Play: Elements September 23, 2025 1. Identify the basic elements in a game of your choice (actions, goals, rules, objects, playspace, players). In Solitaire, actions include drawing cards from the…