Final Reflection June 3, 2022 Prior to 247G, I thought about play in a broad sense—my brother and I creating competition in the hallway by trying to throw a…
Critical Play: Game Balance May 27, 2022 One game that I find to be simple yet memorable in its excitement is NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. Created by Saber Interactive and published…
Critical Play: Puzzles May 18, 2022 I played Pink, a web browser game by Bart Bonte. It is comprised of 25 levels, each with a unique, self-contained puzzle centered around…
Critical Play: Mysteries May 12, 2022 Life is Strange is an episodic game created by Dontnod Entertainment—it is playable on a host of consoles, in addition to desktop/mobile, and I…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators May 5, 2022 This week, I explored a handful of environments via web browser from the collection Places. Specifically, I navigated Place 3, Sketch 1, Place 6,…
Mindmap: Narrative Architecture May 3, 2022 Evocative Spaces: Mario Party Enacting Stories: The Legend of Zelda Embedded Narratives: Escape Rooms based around discovery of situation Emergent Narratives: Animal Crossing
Sketchnote: Game Architecture May 3, 2022 A game I enjoy is Uncharted 2, by Naughty Dog. The Uncharted series games are narrative-based, so each blends loops and arcs. In stages…
P2 Brainstorming April 27, 2022 Mood Playlist/Songs: Your World Will Fail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhbMT1ctlTY Your Hand in Mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdiY6kijYHE 4 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgPqNyqYDN4 Waiting For the End: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyT0M0JRWx0 Mansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF5QE3-ox4o Ideas:…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable April 22, 2022 This week, I played the judging game skribbl.io, which is a digital web app game created by Twitter user ticedev. There doesn’t appear to…
Visual Design of Games April 16, 2022 I’d like to highlight the graphic design of Geometry Wars, a top-down multi-directional shooter. The beauty of Geometry Wars comes primarily through its color…
Competitive Analysis: Quiplash April 14, 2022 Much of the inspiration for our game, Treeku, comes from Jackbox Games’ Quiplash. Quiplash is a digital game that can be played on a…
What Do Prototypes Prototype? April 11, 2022 How much time should players have to craft their responses? As the sole timed portion of the game, it’s crucial to get this right—enough…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun: NFL Street April 9, 2022 As an avid sports fan and long-time athlete, I’m naturally a fan of many sports video games. One in particular—so much so that my…
Critical Play: Mafia.gg April 7, 2022 This week, I played Mafia.gg, which is an online version of the classic game Mafia that is played strictly using text. The creators are…
