Playable First Draft November 12, 2024 Questions: Our game is based around managing the attribute levels of the fixer upper you are currently dating and keeping them in the…
Working With System Dynamics November 11, 2024 Fiximupim is a game about fixing problematic men. The game is inspired by values of respect, self-growth, and improvement. On a meta level, this…
P2 Reflection November 2, 2024 I learned a lot from the experience of making this game! I’ve written a lot before, but never an interactive game, so it was…
P2: The Future We Deserve November 2, 2024 Game Link: https://simrant.itch.io/p2-slash Overview This summer, I got obsessed with slasher films. SImps (the Stanford Improvisors) does slasher shows every year, and this year…
IF: Refined Prototype October 31, 2024 https://simrant.itch.io/if-refined-prototype Questions: I asked a lot of my questions in class but some remaining ones are: Is it a “meaningful” choice if it the…
Tiny Playable Prototype October 16, 2024 Some things I observed during the playtests were: Players liked the map and seeing different locations available/unavailable based on the character you were Players…
Map, Premise, Plan October 15, 2024 Premise: It’s a normal day in 1998 in Woodhaven, California. You, the player, wake up in the morning as Stacy Holmes and go…
P1 Reflection October 12, 2024 When I first started this project, I had a particular idea of what educational games were (ie, the math “games” my mom would get…
P1: Introducing Serious Games September 30, 2024 I played Stop Disasters, a game by the UN Office for disaster risk reduction. The game provides several options for disasters based in different…
Games, Design and Play: Elements September 24, 2024 1. Identify the basic elements in a game of your choice (actions, goals, rules, objects, playspace, players). Game: Catan. Actions: There are a few main…
Final reflection June 10, 2023 I really loved this class!! I only really started playing games avidly last year, and this class is what solidified my love for them….
Critical Play: Broken Age May 31, 2023 I played the game Broken Age, designed by Tim Schaefer and developed by DoubleFine. The game was mentioned in the reading, and the dual…
Critical Play: Games of Chance May 23, 2023 For this Critical Play, I played Blackjack online(on the Washington post website, weirdly). I played against the computer as the “house”, so I wasn’t…
Critical Play: Puzzles May 15, 2023 For this Critical Play, I played Oneshot, an indie puzzle adventure game. The game follows Niko, who wakes up in a strange lightless world…
