Author: vsaravan

You are standing at the top of a dark staircase. A voice tells you there is a princess in the cabin beneath you, that…

Near the end of Journey, the two travellers are moving through the snowy mountains, slowly losing strength as the mountain comes closer. The landscape…

My first experience playing Minecraft showed me why the game is so special. Once I learned its basic rules, the world began to feel…

As the game A Short Hike nears its ending, protagonist Claire finally reaches the top of Hawk Peak, a mighty goal she had her…

Bastion’s gameplay and narrative present a conflict between restoration and evacuation, where players, through the Kid, must decide whether to restore the city of…

Playing BOKURA: Planet began as a cooperation-based puzzle solving game but quickly evolved into something more nuanced and even unsettling. I went in expecting…

Playing Slay the Princess marks my very first experience playing a psychological thriller visual game involving a choice-driven narrative where the lines of reality,…

Whisk(ers) Build* | GitHub | Demo Video CS 247G: Design for Play, Spring 2025 Team Members: Kristine Ma, Varsha Saravanan, Sarah Teaw Whisk(ers): Help…