Final Class Reflection June 5, 2022 Before coming into 247G, my knowledge of and experience with games and gaming was casual, and I had never formally stepped into the world…
Critical Play: Puzzles May 15, 2022 The Room is a 2012 mobile puzzle game developed by Fireproof Games, designed by Robert Dodd and Mark Hamilton, and written by Oliver Reid-Smith….
Critical Play: Mysteries May 13, 2022 Life is Strange is a series of single-player episodic adventure games created by Dontnod Entertainment, available through Steam. Debuted in 2015, the games tell…
Critical Play: Walking Simulators May 8, 2022 For this critical play, I had the pleasure of playing Year Walk, a mobile horror/adventure walking sim created by the Swedish game developer Simogo…
Checkpoint 1: Concept May 2, 2022 Emotions Wistful, hopeful, enchanted. Types of Fun Discovery, challenge, fellowship. Narrative Approach Mainly an emergent narrative, with either embedded or enacted narrative elements depending…
Biblio Buzz: An Alliterative Word Game April 21, 2022 Created by Krain Chen, John Altankhuyag, and Sammy Puckett Artist’s Statement Biblio Buzz is an alliterative word game designed to test your vocabulary and…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable… April 21, 2022 Cards Against Humanity is a card-based adult party game. Released in 2011, the game was created by a group of eight high school friends:…
Blog Response: Visual Design of Games April 18, 2022 Not to beat a dead horse, but I think that Limbo is a very beautiful game, largely because of its visual simplicity. Although…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis April 18, 2022 Although not a formally manufactured game, I decided to focus on the word game Contact for this critical play. First and foremost, Contact is a…
Skim & Watch: MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 18, 2022 As I already mentioned in my introduction post, I’ve recently been enjoying Limbo, a mobile game centered around a young boy looking for his…
What do Prototypes Prototype? – Questions April 10, 2022 Should we restrict the difficulty of words used? Restrict words to specific categories? We want to make sure that the words used are at…
Critical Play: Avalon April 7, 2022 For my first critical play, I tried out Avalon, a social deduction card game designed by Don Eskridge in 2012. A variant of The…
Introduction – Sammy Puckett March 30, 2022 Hi y’all!! My name is Sammy (she/her and they/them) and I’m a senior studying PD and coterming in ME. Although I wouldn’t say that…
