Critical Play: Puzzles May 15, 2024 Portal 2’s puzzle mechanics are critically important to the experience of the game for two main reasons: they both constitute a majority of the…
Critical Play: Mysteries May 8, 2024 Subnautica is an unconventional mystery/exploration/survival game where the open world is, in and of itself, a puzzle. The developers present the player with a…
Checkpoint 1 Group 18 Submission May 7, 2024 🪐Outer Plates🍽️ Premise of the game Outer Plates is the ultimate multiplayer intergalactic diner game. Set up a mobile space eatery on a planet…
Checkpoint 1 May 7, 2024 Emotions to be evoked: motivated, curious, anxious Moodboard: see featured image Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6SoN1ELU2C6qjvdAVbb4xP?si=902a6190dd13490c 3 directions: Combat-heavy focus where staff have to balance cooking and…
Critical Play – Walking Sim May 1, 2024 What Firewatch doesn’t have: side quests, multiple endings, crafting, puzzles, resource management, combat. What Firewatch does have: a rich, absolutely gorgeous open world; a…
Critical Play: Quiplash – Judging and Getting Vulnerable April 24, 2024 Quiplash: one of myriad digital experiences in Jackbox Games’ arsenal of quirky, bite-sized party games. Due to the open-ended nature of the game, Quiplash…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis – Logan Schreier April 15, 2024 Catan is a board game developed by Klaus Teuber which caters to folks who enjoy negotiation with others, pillaging, and long-term strategic thinking. Players…
What Do Prototypes Prototype? April 12, 2024 How can we best keep players’ resources/influence secret? This is a critical issue, as a key component we wanted to include in our game…
MDA – Minecraft Economy Server April 9, 2024 As was mentioned in the Extra Credits video, Minecraft is popular partly because of the breadth of aesthetics it touches on. There are myriad…
Critical Play: Secret Hitler April 8, 2024 Secret Hitler: a phenomenal social deduction board game developed by Goat, Wolf, & Cabbage. The game caters to an audience that craves for political…
Introduce Yourself – Logan Schreier April 2, 2024 Hi! I’m Logan (he/him) and I’ve recently been having a blast reliving my childhood through playing Terraria with my roommates. it’s such a timeless…