Sketchnote: Game Architecture May 9, 2023 Sketchnote One game I enjoy is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The game contains various interaction loops and arcs. Whenever a player…
Critical Play: Mysteries — Outer Wilds May 9, 2023 Title: Outer Wilds Creator: Mobius Digital Platform: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows Outer…
Individual Team Member Deliverables May 9, 2023 Moodboard Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51p2o1goClRvRF7WWIeImA?si=9cbc75b2ecce4a66 Emotions Mystery Suspense Plot ideas Berkeley has a powerful cult that helps them turn over Stanford students and receive all the…
Individual Deliverables – P2 (amoore5) May 9, 2023 I’d like to evoke moments of confusion/frustration, flow state/happiness, and feeling understood. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/22YkNYPk0OmX6xbnIddrYc?si=1f5fiqGPSP-fslZ77udvJg I’d really like the players to move around campus,…
Critical Play: Mysteries May 9, 2023 The game I played was HerStory by Sam Barlow, available on steam for PC, Mac, as well as on mobile. The game is listed…
Concept Doc Individual Contribution May 9, 2023 Emotions: Focused, under pressure Moodboard: Playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/concept-doc/pl.u-GgA5epaCZ8eq7WJ Directions: Puzzles are scattered throughout campus, with one in each neighborhood. This is less…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc May 9, 2023 Emotions: Cuteness (well, perceiving something cute? attraction/affection? not sure the specific term for this) Sentimental (at the end of the game, when you’ve returned…
Critical Play: Mysteries May 9, 2023 “Life is Strange,” developed by Dontnod Entertainment and available on multiple platforms, is a narrative-driven game that invites players to immerse themselves in interactive…
Team 10 – Cloudy Paws/Rainbow Bridge May 9, 2023 Moodboard: Featuring some gameplay, art style, color, and general aesthetic inspiration. Spotify Playlist Featuring mostly 8-bit music to match the playful, pixel mood of…
William – Checkpoint 1: Moodboard and Directions May 9, 2023 Moodboard: Playlist (I don’t have Spotify so I’ll just link some Youtube videos): Cheerful 1: Cheerful 2: Cheerful 3: Calm: Lonely: Directions: One that…
P2 Group Checkpoint 1: Daikon Boy May 9, 2023 Individual Concept Docs https://mechanicsofmagic.com/2023/05/09/p2-individual-checkpoint-1-daikon-boy-at-the-supermarket/ https://mechanicsofmagic.com/2023/05/08/p2-individual-checkpoint-1-jeong/ https://mechanicsofmagic.com/2023/05/08/individual-concept-doc-kaitlyn/ https://mechanicsofmagic.com/2023/05/08/p2checkpoint1/ https://mechanicsofmagic.com/2023/05/08/checkpoint-1-individual-deliverables/
P2 Checkpoint 1 individual portion – Jonathan Affeld May 9, 2023 Emotions Curiosity Discovery Mindmap Playlist Directions You’re a mole person and you escape from underground and must explore the surface to free the underground…
P2 Individual Checkpoint 1: Daikon Boy at the Supermarket May 9, 2023 From our ideation on Tuesday, we really liked the premise of an anthropomorphic daikon radish set in the supermarket. However, anything beyond that was…
P2 Checkpoint 1 May 9, 2023 MOODBOARD 247 POSSIBLE DIRECTIONS OF THE PROJECT (Inspired by the movie Interstellar) Title: “The Paradox of Infinity” Background: In the not-so-distant future, humanity has…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc (Individual Deliverables) May 9, 2023 3 Emotions unsettling, tension, rewarding Mood Board Spotify Playlist Direction 1 Premise: You’re a worker at an arcade and have a closing shift. After…
P2 Checkpoint 1: Moodboard and Direction May 9, 2023 Possible Directions: We could explore making a timed maze with locked doors and booby traps made by electronic components. Perhaps the players are racing…
William – Critical Play: Life is Strange 2 May 9, 2023 Life is Strange 2 is a walking sim/mystery game made by DONTNOD Entertainment and Feral Interactive, and published by Square Enix. It’s available on…
Critical Play: Mysteries – Jonathan Affeld May 9, 2023 Name of game, creator, platform For this week’s critical play, I chose to play Firewatch by Campo Santo on the Nintendo Switch. Target Audience…