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Precision of Emotion: A New Kind of “Fun” Approach in Educational Games – Sabrina Y

October 6, 2026

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P1: Introducing Serious Games – Sabrina Yen-Ko

September 29, 2026

I played EteRNA, a browser-based game created by Dr. Adrien Treuille, Jeehyung Lee, Dr. Rhiju Das and their labs at CMU and Stanford. EteRNA…

Sketchnote: MDAO – Sabrina Yen-Ko

September 29, 2026

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Games, Design and Play: Elements – Sabrina

September 27, 2026

1. Identify the basic elements in a game of your choice (actions, goals, rules, objects, playspace, players). Game: Codenames Actions: Players provide clues to…

Final Class Reflection — Sabrina Y

June 5, 2026

247G has been a class I knew I wanted to take since I came to Stanford. Before this class, I knew I loved making…

Sketchnote: Cursed Problems

June 3, 2026

Sketchnote: Onboarding in PvZ

May 26, 2026

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Critical Play: Games of Chance and Addiction

May 22, 2026

This week, I played Blackjack online on 24/7 Blackjack (referred to as Blackjack) developed by 24/7 Games. It is a single-player version of Blackjack…

Sketchnote: Addiction By Design

May 20, 2026

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Critical Play: Worldbuilding – We Become What We Behold

May 15, 2026

Note: This post contains spoilers for We Become What We Behold! This week, I played We Become What We Behold (henceforth referred to as…

Sketchnote: Loops and Arcs

May 13, 2026

High Quality PDF here! One game I really enjoy is Cricket Through the Ages. For its game architecture, it primarily uses levels that are…

Critical Play: Puzzles — Fez

May 8, 2026

For this week’s critical play, I played Fez, a single-player puzzle-platformer developed by Polytron Corporation and published by Trapdoor in 2012. I played on…

Sketchnote: Puzzles in Games, Puzzles as Games — Sabrina

May 6, 2026

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Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc – Team Reithrodon

May 4, 2026

Individual Contribution Links: Lily Li Jeffery Cai Sabrina Yen-Ko Brooke Ballhaus Jinhyo Huh Synopsis Players act as algorithm designers curating short-form video feeds for…

Individual Concept Doc – Sabrina Yen-Ko

May 4, 2026

Moodboard Playlist Emotions to Evoke Reflection, whimsy, concern Game Directions Direction 1: Point and Click For the core game loop, one idea is to…

Critical Play: Mysteries and Escape Rooms — Escape Room Simulator 2

May 1, 2026

I played Escape Simulator 2 (ES2), specifically Dracula’s Castle, on MacOS through Steam, which was developed by Pine Studios and designed for a general…