SPYFALL – Critical Play April 13, 2023 For this week’s critical play, we played Spyfall. I had played it before only with physical cards. I liked that game previously as…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 13, 2023 1. How is the game different from other get-to-know you games? This question lets us explore more possibilities and challenges us to think outside…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 13, 2023 We are prototyping a modification of “Guess Who”. Our core idea right now is guessing “stereotypes” or “assumptions” about other players and voting if…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 13, 2023 Do these various mechanics work together to create a cohesive system? – This question is important because when creating a game, it can often…
Critical Play – Spyfall April 13, 2023 I played Spyfall, using the website game provided by netgames.io. Spyfall seems to be a game targeting adults/young adults, as netgames features a number…
Critical Play: Social Games (Julia Rose) April 13, 2023 I played Among Us by Innersloth for my social game critical play. My friends and I got together to play it on PC, but…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun – Nicholas Bui April 13, 2023 Fun in Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales At its core, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales is best described as mini-game collection and card battler…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? April 13, 2023 Our game idea was where a group of people try to identify one person in the group based on a description or series of…
Prototype Questions April 13, 2023 Our game is a get-to-know-you, social party game based off of a combination of we’re not really strangers and drinking (like beer pong). 1….
What do Prototypes Prototype? – Nicholas Bui April 13, 2023 Prototype Questions Will our gameplay promote more or less intimacy among players? Since we plan to make a competitive game, that also promotes getting…
Critical Play: Your first critical play! – Penny April 13, 2023 Name of game, creator, platform: Among Us is created by the game studio Innersloth, and is playable on iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4,…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? April 13, 2023 Given that each player has some hidden information, how to give them incentives to progress the game? This is an important question to answer…
(AW) What do Prototypes Prototype? Exercise April 13, 2023 Game concept: Dynamite/Hot Potato with the condition of winning a game of Taboo to pass the dynamite. Everyone is in pairs, so one person…
Critical Play: Your first critical play! April 13, 2023 For the first critical play, I played Spyfall with some other 247G students. The game is available on any web browser, and was designed…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? April 12, 2023 Will having a card game and board game element be too confusing? This is an important question to ask because we want to make…
What Prototypes Prototype – Simran April 12, 2023 Our game premise (as of right now) is Pictionary but with Legos. A few questions I would want our prototypes to answer are: How…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? (uphatak) April 11, 2023 Our final idea is not solidly determined yet, so I could not write questions specific to the mechanics, dynamics, or aesthetics of our game….
What do Prototypes Prototype? – Hong April 11, 2023 Questions: How are the players interacting with the game elements? this is important because the ideas in the designer’s mind flesh out different in…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 11, 2023 I was introduced to Codenames my first year at Stanford, and it has become one of my favorite games. Mechanics There are 2 teams…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? (Julia Rose) April 11, 2023 Questions my game prototypes might answer: What aspects of this prototype are satisfying to interact with? We can use this to determine which mechanics…