Serious Games: Applying the MDAO Framework to EteRNA September 30, 2025 Introduction The game I played is EteRNA, developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University, with early leadership by Jeehyung Lee, Dr….
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…