Final Class Reflection June 8, 2023 Before this class, I thought about game design as a foreign language. It seemed exciting and fun, but so far removed from my identity…
P2 Team 15 Games in Space Project: Escape ResX June 6, 2023 Escape ResX CS247G – Games in Space Project Group Members Sasha Moore Uma Phatak Jake Restaino Drew Silva Melanie Zhou Artist’s Statement As…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist May 28, 2023 On first glance, Doki Doki Literature Club presents itself as an anti-feminist game. The NPCs Sayori, Monika, Yuri, and Natsuki are anime school-girls with…
Critical Play: Games of Chance May 23, 2023 Mahjong Mahjong is a Chinese game of chance invented by Confucius which involves four players. The objective of mahjong is to build sets, as…
Critical Play: Puzzles May 14, 2023 Monument Valley is an optical illusion and meditative puzzle game where Princess Ida manipulates impossible objects and architectural platforms to complete each level. Each…
Critical Play: Mysteries May 9, 2023 Her Story is a non-linear storytelling game revolving around a British woman who is interviewed seven times about her missing husband in 1994. The…
P2 Checkpoint 1 Team 15 May 9, 2023 Concept: Escape Your Neighborhood! By Alexandra Moore, Drew Silva, Jake Restaino, Melanie Zhou, and Uma Phatak Intro (Premise, like 2 sentences): After another lonely…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc Individual Contribution May 7, 2023 Our game has a general theme of “Escape Your Neighborhood” and aims to achieve fellowship, challenge, and discovery. Spotify Playlist Moodboard 3 Directions For…
Sketchnote: Game Architecture May 3, 2023 Fruit Ninja One game that I enjoy is the game Fruit Ninja. Fruit Ninja uses levels with interaction loops and skills chain as…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators May 1, 2023 BABBDI is a a short, first person exploration “walking sim” game created by Lemaitre Bros that is free to play on Steam. The game…
P1: Champion of Dionysus April 28, 2023 Designers Melanie Zhou, Jasmine Vonk, Pannisy Zhao, Dria Lee, and James Chao Artist Statement As the creators of Champion of Dionysus, we sought to…
Print and Play: Champion of Dionysus April 28, 2023 Please find a pdf of the printable materials required to play the game. The PDF is meant to be printed double-sided, so odd numbers…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable… April 27, 2023 One of my favorite party games growing up was Cards Against Humanity by Josh Dillon Daniel Dranove Eli Halpern Ben Hantoot David Munk David…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis April 20, 2023 Spyfall is a game created by Alexandr Ushan (published by Hobby World) that is available as card game or through an online web application. …
Visual Design of Games April 19, 2023 Exercise Identify all the elements of Cheese or Font. Label them as core, supportive or extraneous. Core is the parts you need for gameplay,…