Final Class Reflection June 6, 2025 Before taking this class, I loved games, but I never thought deeply about how they were made or why I was drawn to certain…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist May 29, 2025 Stardew Valley is a farming and life simulation game made by Eric Barone. It’s available on PC, consoles, and mobile. The game is popular…
Critical Play: Games of Change & Addiction May 22, 2025 League of Legends (LoL), developed by Riot Games, is a prime example of the live service model that incorporates continuous updates, social features, and…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding May 15, 2025 A Dark Room is a minimalist, text-based survival game originally created by Michael Townsend and adapted by Amir Rajan for web and mobile platforms….
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 13, 2025 Monument Valley uses both loops and arcs. The main loop is solving puzzles by rotating and moving parts of the level to help the…
Critical Play: Puzzles – Karina Li May 8, 2025 Monument Valley, a mobile puzzle game developed by Ustwo games for iOS, Android, console, and PC, is designed for players who enjoy visually-driven spatial…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc – Group 22 May 6, 2025 The Last Acorn Synopsis The player is a single-parent squirrel named Reed, whose entire winter stash of acorns has been stolen by Vex, the…
Individual Concept Doc – Karina Li May 5, 2025 Emotions Urgency, Tenderness, Resilience Moodboard Playlist Three Directions 2D Platformer: We were thinking of a sort of side-scrolling game where the squirrel sneaks past barriers…
Critical Play: Mystery & Escape Rooms – Karina Li May 1, 2025 Tiny Room Story: Town Mystery, a mobile puzzle game developed by Kiary Games for iOS and Android, is designed for players who enjoy slow-paced,…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators – Karina Li April 24, 2025 Walking simulators take a different approach from traditional video games, which often include fast-paced action and violence. These games ask players to slow down…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis – Karina Li April 16, 2025 Skribbl.io is a free online multiplayer Pictionary-style game where players take turns drawing a word while others try to guess it. It supports 2…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable… – Karina Li April 10, 2025 Introduction Spyfall is a deception game created by Alexander Ushan. In this game, each player receives a location, except for one player who becomes…
Short Exercise: What Do Prototypes Prototype? – Karina Li April 9, 2025 Will the game be stimulating enough to play for multiple rounds? If players lose interest after the first round, the game won’t have long-term…