Author: Maximilian Jacob Murrell

Before this class, I had already had some insight into how play and game design worked from taking CS 377G with Christina earlier on….

Undertale In Undertale, the puzzles advance the story in a number of ways, but most notably through player choice / consequences, level themes, and…

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition For this critical play I played Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, which is the most recent Tomb Raider game in a…

Critical Play: Blackjack Blackjack is a card game that relies mostly on chance. The player gets dealt cards, and the goal is to be…

Critical Play: Portal 2   Portal 2 is a first person puzzle game where you are trying to get to the exit in each…

Critical Play: Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture   Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture weaves narrative into mystery by having the character piece the story…

Moodboard:   Spotify:   3 Directions for the game: Alien is exiled to Earth until it learns about the culture, and can’t come back…

Journey   Journey is a beautiful game that tells a story without any dialogue from the characters. A great example of a walking simulator,…

Take it to Trial   Link to printable: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FB84VN2wLkgbvqualT8PygtK-TJxpBXPOzmHq-6nLJg/edit?usp=sharing Artist Statement Take It to Trial is a debate-themed party game where two players are…

Skribbl.io Skribbl.io is an online drawing game that is meant to be played with friends. You can play with anybody, but it is much…

  Our Game: For our game (name TBD), we are making a party game that spurs fun conversation by having players debate fun topics….

Prototyping questions: Does this prototype keep everyone engaged in conversation? This question is important to answer because we want everyone in the game to…