Introducing Serious Games – Pedro September 29, 2024 I played Spent, a game about the harsh realities of poverty and homelessness in the United States. The game was developed by McKinney, an…
Games, Design and Play: Elements – Pedro September 26, 2024 Identify the basic elements in a game of your choice (actions, goals, rules, objects, playspace, players). Game: Balatro Actions: Even though possibilities are limitless…
Final Class Reflection June 8, 2023 As much as I already considered myself a pretty serious gamer before this class, I can’t help but feel as if my notion of…
Critical Play – Play Like a Feminist May 31, 2023 For this week’s Critical Play, I decided to go back to my Pandemic Stardew Valley Farm and interact with Emily, my wife. The only…
Critical Play – Games of Chance May 24, 2023 For this week’s critical play I played poker with my dorm friends. Many of my friends play poker every week (and I occasionally join…
Critical Play: Tametsi May 17, 2023 For this week’s critical play, I played Tametsi, one of my favorite puzzle games of all time. Being composed out of hard logic puzzles,…
Critical Play Mysteries May 9, 2023 For this week’s Critical Play, I played Life Is Strange by Dontnod Entertainment. The game is available on basically every platform (Switch, PS4,…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc (Individual) May 9, 2023 Emotion 1: contemplative. Emotion 2: serene. Emotion 3: Serendipitous Direction 1: Premise: You awake from an eternal slumber in the middle of a forest….
Critical Play: Journey May 2, 2023 For this week’s Critical Play, I decided to play Journey! The game was developed by Thatgamecompany and initially released for the PlayStation 3 in…
Critical Play Scribbl.io April 27, 2023 For this week’s Critical Play, I played Scribbl.io and some of its variants with my friends over Discord. The game is an independently developed…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis – Pedro April 20, 2023 For my Critical Play this week, I decided to play Fall Guys with my friends! This is a game created by Joseph Walsh and…
Short Exercise: Visual Design of Games – Pedro April 20, 2023 Exercise 1 Core, Supportive, Extraneous: In my opinion, the two core elements of the game are: (1) the ability to select between the “Cheese”…