Author: Melissa

I learned about… Prototyping Before this class I didn’t prototype narratives at all, or consider physical prototypes for interactive storytelling. During this class I…

Project: Catopia. The ecosystem was that of a wild cat family, and the mechanics worked together to create a system that is cyclic and…

Artist statement The ecosystem of Catopia is a play on the traditional strategy ecosystem present in games such as Civ 5, but with a…

This was our first digital playtest. The game was in a state where you could play it, but rules and underlying logic had to…

The purpose of the game concept map is to explain the game itself to a player audience. The core object, the Cat, is centered,…

The values of Catopia are: forward-thinking, an executive decision making. The system rewards players who invest food into training their cats, at the expensive…

Overview My game is called Dead Dogs. I was trying Twine out to prototype narrative for my original pitch, but got totally carried away….

When playtesting for the first time I felt very scared. I had no idea if anyone would resonate with my humor and the characters…

Playtest writeup Link to html file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tWgN_4mWePBlXtoCZWPiMwQSuyC2v-cH/view?usp=share_link What went well while playtesting: People enjoyed the atmosphere, and consistently commented on being impacted by the…

If I analyze my own game through the lens of procedural rhetoric, I guess it’s portraying a world/ story in which none of your…

First play test: I prototyped my interactive environment/ artworks idea by allowing my playtester to pan and zoom around this scene in Blender, and…

Premise: Interactive poem comics. The player explores a 3d space (an artist’s studio) where they will interact with artworks and embark on poem/comic adventures,…

OVERVIEW “Bugs Don’t Have HIPAA” is a game for a group of 3-5 young/new adults designed to teach skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT),…

I’m glad that we made a game teaching CBT knowledge, even if it focuses on cognitive distortions only. What’s more, I’m glad that we…

Title: Influent, by Three Flip Studios It’s a language learning RPG, where we play as a character who is trying to raise funds for…