Critical Play: Among Us – Rohan Gonzalez July 1, 2026 For this critical play, I am covering Among Us by Innersloth, playable on mobile devices, major consoles, PC, and in VR. In playing Among…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable… July 1, 2026 1. Game Mechanics The game secret hitler, also called secret Sith, organizes everyone in the game into two secret factions. It is a classic…
Scab! : Project 1 April 26, 2026 Artist’s Statement Scab! A Game of Worker Solidarity and Betrayal is a resource-management social deduction board game for 5–6 players, where solidarity is fragile…
Team Beaver: P1 – POV April 25, 2026 by Ananya N., Clara L., Jinhyo H., Nicole N. Artist’s Statement POV is a collaborative storytelling game for 5 to 8 players, ages 14…
P1: Gatekeeping April 25, 2026 Team 1: Hunaida Elhassan, Violet Crow, Fiona Han, Mayowa Adesina Artist’s Statement Our game is based off one of the most unifying experiences we…
Team Moose (Thet, Hongyi, Shane, & Kalu) – Project 1: Social Mediation Game (High Rollers) April 25, 2026 We are Team Moose, and this is High Rollers!! Trapped in a massive casino, the only way you can escape is by trying your luck!…
Sketchy Startups – CS247G P1 April 25, 2026 Artist Statement Sketchy Startups (By Leo Sui, Raina Yang, and Leyth Toubassy) is a drawing game where players must pitch another player’s drawing to…
P1: Rock-it! April 25, 2026 ROCK-IT! Team Members: Elline Harrison, Elisabeth Holm, Jay Li, Kevin Nguyen Artist’s Statement: Rock-It! is a game for people who enjoy social deduction and…
Golden Ark – P1 Team Raccoon April 25, 2026 Brooke Ballhaus, Jeffery Cai, Lily (Xinrui) Li, Sabrina Yen-Ko Artists’ Statement The earth has flooded! The mammals have built three arks in order to…
P1: The Shrimp Game April 25, 2026 Tray Chen, Jaduk Suh, Tianze Shao, Ryan Li Artist Statement Have you ever wished that money wasn’t money, but money was shrimp instead? You…
Project 1: Emergency Response April 24, 2026 Artist’s statement: Emergency Response is a multiplayer cooperative social game designed around teamwork, communication, and shared responsibility. The core idea of the game is…
Find the Farm – Team Robin April 24, 2026 Artist’s statement: This game transforms Stanford’s campus into a social map and a stage for playful deduction. Players locate one another through a series…
P1: Dealbreakers April 24, 2026 Artistic Statement: Your partner cheated on your best friend in elementary school. Your professor writes viral My Little Pony fanfic. Your therapist thinks the…
Critical Play: The Chameleon – Jinpu April 16, 2026 The game I selected is The Chameleon, designed by Rikki Tahta and published by Big Potato Games for tabletop play. It is a party…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis April 15, 2026 What I love most about social deduction games like Mafia, Avalon, or Among us, is cooperating with others to figure out missing information. In…
Ryan Li, Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? April 10, 2026 Our team is working on “The Shrimp Game,” which is a social deduction game similar to Duck Duck Goose. We plan to implement some…
Lily – What do Prototypes Prototype? April 9, 2026 Our game is an animal themed social deduction game where good players must complete tasks and identify evil players before they sneak enough of…
Short Exercise: What Do Prototypes Prototype? April 9, 2026 For P1, our team wants to test a few changes to Bananagrams. My ideas focus less on pure vocabulary speed and more on teamwork,…
What do Prototypes Prototype April 8, 2026 My team is explorinh a social deduction / resource management game that feels kind of like if Monopoly and Mafia had a baby. The…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? April 8, 2026 The featured image is AI generated. My team and I have an idea for a social deduction and resource management game. The premise centers…