Games, Design and Play: Elements by Ngoc September 25, 2025 Exercises 1. Identify the basic elements in a game of your choice (actions, goals, rules, objects, playspace, players). Let’s look at my favorite game, Valorant….
CS 247G Reflection by Ngoc June 9, 2024 I remember always being wishy-washy with what I wanted to do in the future. Sitting in my introductory engineering class in high school, I…
P2 Team 16: Critter June 8, 2024 created by Team 16: Nils Forstall, Lucien Lasseau, Ngoc Tran, Houston Taylor, and Lucas Wang ✧₊∘ Artist’s Statement ∘₊✧ There used to be more…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist by Ngoc May 29, 2024 Introduction “Stardew Valley,” created by Eric Barone (also known as ConcernedApe) and released in 2016, is a farming simulation game designed for a broad…
Critical Play – Game of Chance by Ngoc May 22, 2024 Introduction FreeSlots, a variety of different online slot machine games developed by SimSlots, Inc., offers a seemingly harmless way to pass the time with…
Sketchnote: Game Architecture by Ngoc May 10, 2024 One of my favorite games is Plants vs. Zombies. The architecture of Plants vs. Zombies revolves around a strategic tower defense concept intertwined with…
Critical Play: Mysteries by Ngoc May 8, 2024 “Life is Strange: True Colors” is an immersive narrative adventure created by the developer, Deck Nine Games. In this game, players step into the…
Team 16 – Checkpoint 1: Individual by Ngoc May 7, 2024 Moodboard: Spotify Playlist: The mood of this playlist goes from happy to curious to grim! Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1isoJ8UL8eyQczKw7bDcPQ?si=44d62a92717c4301 Directions the Game Could Go: 1 – Quest…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators – The Stanley Parable by Ngoc May 1, 2024 “The Stanley Parable” is a thought-provoking interactive narrative experience designed by Davey Wreden and William Pugh, and released in 2013. The game’s target audience…
P1 Team 2: Yap Battle April 27, 2024 created by Team 2: Nils Forstall, Ngoc Tran, Atman Jahagirdar, and Casey Nguyen ✧₊∘ Artist’s Statement ∘₊✧ Some of us love to argue for…
Critical Play: Judging and Getting Vulnerable by Ngoc April 24, 2024 During this critical play, I ran a few rounds of “Quiplash 2”, a party game developed by a Jackbox Games, with my friends via…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis of “Up For Debate” April 17, 2024 During this week’s critical play, I decided to play an online Roblox game due to the wide variety of choices and the ease of…
What do Prototypes Prototype? by Ngoc April 11, 2024 How do we prevent the overuse of red herrings in a player’s debate speech? In my team’s game, we are doing a debate-style argument…
Mechanics and Dynamics of Valorant April 9, 2024 One game I particularly enjoy is Valorant. Despite having played since the initial release, I still find myself regularly hopping on and queuing a…