Final Class Reflection – Lisa Ing June 7, 2025 Before this class, I thought about video games as something I never had the time to play! As a busy college student and someone…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist – Lisa Ing May 30, 2025 Monument Valley II is a mobile puzzle game developed by Ustwo Games for players of ages 8 and up. In Monument Valley II, you…
Critical Play: Games of Chance and Addiction – Lisa Ing May 23, 2025 Hay Day is a freemium mobile game developed by Supercell for a general audience. In Hay Day, you inherit a farm to build up…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding – Lisa Ing May 12, 2025 Undertale is an RPG developed by Toby Fox for ages 10+. It’s available on numerous platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux on Steam. In…
Sketchnote: Loops and Arcs May 11, 2025 A game I enjoy is Subway Surfers, which employs a micro parallel arc where the music plays in parallel alongside the main characters evading…
P2 Concept Doc – Lisa Ing May 5, 2025 Moodboard Playlist Narrative Directions My team has tentatively decided on a top-down point and click visual novel for our P2 project, so my brainstorming…
Critical Play: Puzzles – Lisa Ing May 4, 2025 Storyteller is a puzzle-based storytelling game by Annapurna Interactive, available on mobile and desktop devices. Given the game’s recurring themes of love and death,…
Checkpoint 0: Team Norms May 1, 2025 Team members: Lisa Ing, Caroline Tran, Jenny Tao, Barry Cheung. Practice transparent communication by clearly outlining scheduling and work capacities. Example: “I have academic…
Critical Play: Mysteries and Escape Rooms – Lisa Ing April 27, 2025 Tiny Room Story: Town Mystery (ages 4+) is an isometric point and click mobile game created by Kirary Games Ltd. You play as a…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators – Lisa Ing April 27, 2025 “Places” is a walking simulator developed by Jarnolv where players can walk around and explore 3D worlds full of hand drawn, atmospheric landscapes. This…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis – Lisa Ing April 15, 2025 Target audience, name of the game, game’s creator, platform of the game: Duck, Duck, Goose is a traditional children’s game that is typically played…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? – Lisa Ing April 10, 2025 What kind of physical sensations would make this game fun for a group of people? Since my group is leaning towards games that bring…
Critical Play: Spyfall – Lisa Ing April 10, 2025 Game: For my critical play, I played the online version of Spyfall, a teen/adult bluffing party game originally created by Alexandr Ushan. I was…
