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Sketchnote: Loops and Arcs

May 7, 2022

A game I enjoy is No Man’s Sky, which has a slew of loops to teach the game’s ever-increasing amount of skills. Some of…

Mindmap: Designer’s Notebook: The Role of Architecture in Videogames

May 6, 2022

P2 Concept Doc: Evergreen (working title!)

May 6, 2022

Evergreen or A Flower in the Desert (We’re working on the title). By: Cole Lee, Harry Moran, Gilbert Rosal, David Ryan, Tommy Tang Ideas…

Critical Play: Walking Simulators — Alex Tsai

May 6, 2022

I played Places, a walking simulator developed by ktch0. On its website, Places are described as “small and atmospheric 3D paintings where one can…

Critical Play: Mysteries (Year Walk) – Tristan Wang

May 4, 2022

Basic information Name: Year Walk Creator: Simogo Platform: I played the game on an iPad. Target audience: People who enjoy games involving puzzles, exploration,…

Critical Play — Firewatch

May 4, 2022

Good mechanics for storytelling are simple, but flexible. In Firewatch, the central mechanic is the interactions with the walkie-talkie, which create a simple repeatable…

The Role of Architecture in Videogames (Sketchnote) – Tristan Wang

May 4, 2022

Mindmap: Narrative Architecture — Alex Tsai

May 4, 2022

Evocative Spaces: LEGO Star Wars Enacting Stories: Little Battlers eXperience Embedded Narratives: Clue Emergent Narratives: Minecraft

Sketchnote: Game Architecture — Alex Tsai

May 4, 2022

One game I enjoy is Nintendo Super Mario Bros. The game consists of several loops that lead to mastery of several different skills, and…

Project 2 Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc

May 4, 2022

Individual Concept Docs Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc Project 2 Checkpoint 1: Individual Concept Doc Concept Doc- Noel Sarduy

Ideas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrEsNI0aCPk Narrative game where the narrator is schizophrenic and has to listen to audio Synesthesia, inter-related senses, connecting colors with sounds Haunting sounds…

P2 – Moodboard

May 3, 2022

Moodboard: Directions: 2-D game such as “line rider” focussed on audio elements controlling the main game play. 2-D platformer where players have to climb…

Sketchnote Loop

May 3, 2022

Critical Play: Walking Simulators

May 3, 2022

Hi! For this week’s critical play, I chose to play Dear Esther which was created by the developers The Chinese Room. Over time, the…

Individual Concept Document

May 3, 2022

Moodboard: Three Directions: A character exploring a piece of black-and-white sheet music, playing it like a platformer by jumping on the notes. As you…

Project 2: Concept Document

May 3, 2022

Three different concept sketches for an audio-based game that evokes a sense of wistfulness, haunting, and endearment are below. A moodboard and Spotify playlist for the game are…

Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc – Secrets of Stanford

May 3, 2022

By Ecy King, Ulo Freitas, Stanford Stickney, and Fernanda Kramer Our game, Secrets of Stanford, will focus on the life and death of Jane…

P2 Concept Doc: Alex Hurtado, Ciera Okere, Christina Ding, Will Osborn

May 3, 2022

Our concept document is in presentation format, view the Figma file here. Individual Concept Doc Links: Will Alex Christina Ciera

Mindmap: Narrative Architecture

May 3, 2022

Evocative Spaces: Tamriel Rebuilt is a mod for Morrowind which builds out an entire continent. It has relatively few quests, but a lot of…

The Mechanics of Magic

Category: CS247G

Sketchnote: Loops and Arcs

Mindmap: Designer’s Notebook: The Role of Architecture in Videogames

P2 Concept Doc: Evergreen (working title!)

Critical Play: Walking Simulators — Alex Tsai

Critical Play: Mysteries (Year Walk) – Tristan Wang

Mindmap Game Architecture

Critical Play — Firewatch

The Role of Architecture in Videogames (Sketchnote) – Tristan Wang

Mindmap: Narrative Architecture — Alex Tsai

Sketchnote: Game Architecture — Alex Tsai

Project 2 Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc

P2 Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc

P2 – Moodboard

Sketchnote Loop

Critical Play: Walking Simulators

Individual Concept Document

Project 2: Concept Document

Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc – Secrets of Stanford

P2 Concept Doc: Alex Hurtado, Ciera Okere, Christina Ding, Will Osborn

Mindmap: Narrative Architecture