RWP Week 2, Spring 2025: Faster Than Light – Varsha April 27, 2025 Faster Than Light, created by Subset Games, is a single-player rogue-like game that blends strategy, quick thinking, and resource management. As the player, you…
RWP Week 4, Spring 2025: The Stanley Parable – Varsha April 27, 2025 Game Name: The Stanley ParableGame’s Creator: Davey Wreden and William PughPlatform: Video Game compatible with most operating systemsTarget Audience: Individuals aged 12+ who enjoy…
Critical Play – Walking Simulators: Varsha Saravanan April 25, 2025 Game Name: The Stanley Parable Game’s Creator: Davey Wreden and William Pugh Platform: Video Game compatible with most operating systems Target Audience: Individuals aged…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis April 18, 2025 Game Name: Bad Choices Game’s Creator: Mike Lancaster (published by Mike’s company, Dyce Games) Platform: Physical tabletop Target Audience: Individuals (preferably friends who know…
RWP Week 2, Spring 2025: World of Goo – Varsha April 14, 2025 Playing World of Goo for the first time, I found this physics-based building game to be quite engaging, drawing me into playing more and…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? – Varsha April 11, 2025 Does introducing theme cards add meaningful structure to the dynamics of the game or restrict organic interactions? Why is this important? Themes tend to…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable – Varsha April 10, 2025 Game Name: Coup Game’s Creator: Rikki Tahta (published by Indie Boards & Cards and La Mame Games) Platform: Physical tabletop Target Audience: Individuals…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun – Varsha April 9, 2025 One of my favorite games to play with friends is Quiplash, a video based party game that involves writing (or attempting to write) humorous…
Mind Map: Formal Elements – Varsha Saravanan April 3, 2025 CS 247G – Mind Map (Also added pdf version if image is hard to read!)
Introduce Yourself – Varsha April 3, 2025 Hey everyone!! My name is Varsha (she/her) and I’m super excited to be part of Design for Play this spring and get to know…