final reflections June 10, 2023 Taking this class has been a really fruitful experience, expanding my understanding of play and game design and making me so much more interested…
critical play: games of chance June 2, 2023 Game: Poker I played a game of poker with 2 other friends in person. I was really inspired to play poker after reading ‘The…
critical play: puzzles June 1, 2023 Game: Monument Valley Mechanics: The mechanics of the game is relatively simple and intentionally intuitive, to create a sense of weightlessness. Through…
critical play: mystery May 30, 2023 Game: Disco Elysium The game is developed by ZA/UM and released in the year 2019. Platforms available to play the game include Microsoft Windows,…
critical play: florence May 30, 2023 Game: Florence This game felt like a work of art. It wordlessly drew me in and, unknowingly, had my eyes brimming with tears. I…
critical play: bluffing, judging and getting vulnerable… May 26, 2023 For this week’s critical play, I played the game We’re Not Really Strangers. It is created by Koreen Odiney in 2018. The game can…
P2 checkpoint 1: individual component – penny May 8, 2023 Emotions to evoke: seems cute but actually dark, irony, playful Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2iPsSLsrhEJWo06qazX8T9?si=2491e0f00f344bbe Moodboard: Directions of game: Possible types of fun: narrative, challenge Our…
critical play: BABBDI – penny May 3, 2023 I played the walking game BABBDI for this week’s critical play assignment. Personally, the main draw of this game, as opposed to completing quests…
Critical play: Hellapagos April 23, 2023 Hellapagos is survival-themed ‘co-opetition’ board game, where players work together through gathering critical resources and building escape rafts to escape the island before the hurricane…
short exercise: visual design of games – penny April 21, 2023 Exercise 1: Identify elements of cheese or font Core elements: Word(s) that are either a cheese or a font Mechanism for users to input…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? – penny April 14, 2023 My group is working on a Stanford-themed game adapted from Cards against Humanity, where players work in teams and can use ‘action’ cards to…
Critical Play: Your first critical play! – Penny April 13, 2023 Name of game, creator, platform: Among Us is created by the game studio Innersloth, and is playable on iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4,…
MDA & 8 kinds of fun – Penny April 10, 2023 A game I love and would love to talk about is the game 80 Days. Mechanics: The player controls the actions of the protagonist…
