Assignments – Page 2 – The Mechanics of Magic

P2: Level Design and Architecture – Felix Producto

August 14, 2026

A game by Owen Sample, Noah Leibert, Marcus Polson, and Nicholai Khitrykh Artist’s Statement: The original concept of Felix Producto was to create a…

Final Class Reflection – Nicholai K.

August 14, 2026

Before this class, I had always experienced games from a player’s perspective, focused more on the forward-facing parts of the game. With what I…

Final Class Reflection – Yunming Huang

August 14, 2026

Before taking Design for Play, I thought of games mainly as something designed for people to have fun in their free time. A game…

Final Reflection

August 14, 2026

I really enjoy a good board game. Having mechanics that reward different types of strategies each play through like Dominion come to mind. But…

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August 14, 2026

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Final Class Reflection

August 13, 2026

Before CS247G, the games I played most were Solitaire, Hearts, Sudoku variants, and the Rasputin level of Just Dance on Wii–I didn’t consider myself…

Critical Play: EXIT: The House of Riddles

August 12, 2026

Narrative and Puzzle Design in EXIT: The House of Riddles Game Basics Title: EXIT: The Game – The House of Riddles Designers: Inka &…

Critical Play: Gone Home

August 12, 2026

Critical Play: Gone Home Target audience: Fans of narrative-driven, non-violent indie games; especially resonant for anyone who grew up in the 1990s or is…

Sketchnote or Mindmap: Cursed Problems

August 11, 2026

Sketchnote: Cursed Problems

August 10, 2026

Sketchnote: Cursed Problems – snoopy

August 9, 2026

Here is my sketch note on cursed problems!

Extra Credit: Sketchnote: Cursed Problems

August 9, 2026

Critical Play: Her Story

August 8, 2026

This week, I played Her Story, an interactive mystery video game created by Sam Barlow and released in 2015 for PC, Mac, iOS, and…

Sketchnotes: Cursed Problems

August 8, 2026

Sketchnotes for Cursed Problems. -Noah Leibert

Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms – Marcus Polson

August 7, 2026

Yesterday I played Virginia, a 2016 game by developer Variable State and published by 505 Games. I played it on Steam, where the game…

Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms – Owen Sample

August 7, 2026

In Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery, a free game designed by Kiary Games and released for mobile platforms and PC, players step into the…

Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms – snoopy

August 6, 2026

This week, I was lucky enough to be able to attend an escape room – a unique and immersive puzzle where the player is…

Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms – Nicholai K.

August 6, 2026

This week, I played Tiny Room Story: Town Mystery, a point-and-click mystery game developed and published by Kiary Games. The game is available on…

Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms

August 6, 2026

A detective receives a letter from his father and arrives to find the town of Redcliff emptied, every door and drawer locked with difficult…

Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms – Yan Chen

August 5, 2026

Game: Cube Escape: Paradox Crearer: Rusty Lake Target Audience: Puzzle game player Platform: PC Cube Escape: Paradox weaves its narrative into gameplay through environmental interaction…