Final Reflection June 7, 2022 When I enrolled in this course, I was really looking for a theoretical/practical (praxical, as is all design imo) foundation to base my personal…
Critical Play: Balance May 24, 2022 In Civilization 5 by Sid Meier, players can compete against each other to accomplish different victory modes such as technology, culture, religion, domination, etc….
Critical Play: Puzzles May 19, 2022 I played Baba Is You, a single-player logic puzzle game by Arvi Teikari available for PC, Switch, and mobile. You play a cute bunny/sheep/dog/thing…
Critical Play: Mystery May 17, 2022 Coma was originally a single-player flash game by Atmos Games and Thomas Brush in which you play Pete, a small character wandering far and…
Critical Play: Walking Sims (Firewatch) May 9, 2022 Firewatch is a single-player game developed by Campo Santo and is available for PC and consoles. It is an adventure game in which you…
P2 Checkpoint 1 May 3, 2022 Settings: post-apocalyptic large religious structure Theme: mystery/exploration Emotion: curiosity Mechanic: communicate with each other and use things in your environment to progress to locked…
Mindmap: Narrative Architecture May 2, 2022 Examples of narrative architecture in games: Evoked narrative: Spiderman Enacted narrative: Stanley Parable? DDLC? Embedded narrative: The Witness Emergent narrative: Stardew Valley
Critical Play: Jackbox (Drawful 2) April 22, 2022 Jackbox is a series of party pack quiz games created by Jackbox Games. It is available on many platforms including consoles and PC (Steam)….
Visual Design of Games April 17, 2022 Elements of Cheese or Font: Core: prompts, either cheese or font A separate user entry box to guess cheese or font A 5-minute timer…
Critical Play: Betrayal at House on the Hill April 15, 2022 Our team’s game, Three Night Alibi, went through some medium changes from a card game to a board game with randomizable board elements that…
What do prototypes prototype? April 13, 2022 In our team’s game (Three Night Alibi), players must play townsperson roles in a murder mystery, and provide alibis given random locations and times…
MDA of Stardew Valley April 8, 2022 One of my favorite games is Stardew Valley, partly because it accommodates many different motivations for gameplay. I truly believe one could play Stardew…
Critical Play – Robot Interrogation April 8, 2022 I’ve played everything else, so I tried Robot Interrogation, aka Inhuman Conditions by Tommy Maranges and Cory O’Brien. My partner and I played online…
