Critical Play: Secret Hitler April 11, 2022 Game: Secret Hitler by Max Temkin, Mike Boxleiter, and Tommy Maranges Secret Hitler is a hidden identity social deduction party game that has some…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 11, 2022 How large should the board be? This question is important as it determines the runtime of our game, and this is critical to player…
Skim & Watch: MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 11, 2022 A long time favourite game of mine is League Of Legends. The mechanics of League Of Legends are as follows. The player selects an…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis on Twister April 11, 2022 The theme is pretty bland, maybe a house party? Mechanics wise, players take turns. On their turn they spin a wheel which will point…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 11, 2022 Is player enjoyment improved by having challenge rounds, which increase competitiveness? This is an important question to ask as it may be a core…
What do prototypes prototype? – Sculpture Pictionary April 11, 2022 Our game is Sculpture Pictionary. We are adapting Pictionary where the player uses sculpting clay rather than a pencil to visually represent the word….
Skim & Watch: MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 11, 2022 One of my favorite games to play is Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4. The game is very heavily based in character progression and…
What Do Prototypes Prototype? April 11, 2022 How much time should players have to craft their responses? As the sole timed portion of the game, it’s crucial to get this right—enough…
MDA: Heads Up! April 11, 2022 This last weekend, I went to Great America with some friends and screamed my face off on some roller coasters. Amusement parks are great,…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 11, 2022 A game I have loved recently is Agar.io. The premise of the game is as follows: you are a circular cell traveling around a…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 11, 2022 Question 1: Does not speaking improve the quality of the game? This is an important question to answer because its a key mechanic in…
What do Prototypes Prototype – Monster Match April 11, 2022 Are the numbers distributed in a way that makes the game fun and playable for a long time? This is an important question to…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 11, 2022 Should players write their own questions or should the game provide pre-written questions for the players to answer? This is an important question to…
Questions for Monster Match Prototype April 11, 2022 Our game Monster Match is about mixing and matching monster part cards to create monsters in competition with other players. Questions we must answer…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun: Canadian Fish or Literature April 11, 2022 Aesthetics: Challenge, Fellowship Dynamics: team play, memory/card-counting Mechanics: turn-based questioning, set-based point collection, set declaration Canadian Fish is a memory-based card game that can…
MDA: Super Mario Odyssey April 11, 2022 A game that I really like is Super Mario Odyssey from Nintendo. This game combines a few aesthetics to create the dynamics and experience that…
MDA: Spyfall April 11, 2022 I’ve always loved playing Spyfall with friends — I play it often while waiting in lines at restaurants, on road trips, and even when…
Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics : Zelda Breath of the Wild April 11, 2022 In Zelda, Breath of the Wild, a core dynamic is exploring the world and uncovering new secrets. Mechanics implemented to help achieve this include…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 11, 2022 A game that I love is Starcraft II. There are a wide variety of mechanics to factor in that make the game fun and…
MDA: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate April 11, 2022 For this blog post, I will be talking about one of my favorite games of all time: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For the uninformed…