Critical Play: Year Walk April 28, 2021 Developer: Simogo Writer: Jonas Tarestad Platforms: PC (me!), Mac, iOS, Wii U (lol) Target Audience: Teens and adults interested in the puzzle, mystery, and…
Year Walk Critical Play April 28, 2021 I played Year Walk on PC (though it was originally developed for mobile) developed by Simogo. It is intended only for audiences who can…
Critical Play: Year Walk April 28, 2021 Game Summary: In ‘Year Walk’ as a bodiless soul you traverse through a depressing winter depiction of Sweden. Looking for your one and…
The Genius of Gone Home April 28, 2021 Gone Home is a first person single player exploration game (frequently dubbed a ‘walking simulator’) made by The Fulbright Company. The player assumes the…
Mind Map: Narrative Architecture April 27, 2021 Examples: Evocative Narrative: Lego Batman: The Videogame immerses the player (who plays from the POV of Batman or Robin) in the extensive world of…
Mindmap: Narrative Architecture April 26, 2021 Examples Evocative Space: Hades, which evokes our familiarity with Greek myth Enacting Stories: Dishonored, which has you playing out Corvo Attano’s tale of revenge against an…
Narrative Architecture April 26, 2021 Spatial Stories – Kingdom Hearts Enacting Stories – Ratchet and Clank: A crack in time Embedded Narrative – L.A. Noire Emergent Narrative – GTA…
Critical Play: skribbl.io April 26, 2021 For this assignment, I played the online Pictionary-esque game “skribbl.io,” developed by “mel” a.k.a @ticedev on twitter. The game appears to be best suited…
Mind Map Narrative Architecture April 23, 2021 See Photo for mind map. My favorite emergent narrative game has always been Sid Meier’s Civilization. In terms of embedded narratives, I absolutely…
futel April 22, 2021 Introduction Futel is a cooperative multiplayer social mediation game. Players are either living or lost. The lost must give clues in the form of…
Hitched Without a Hitch: A Social Mediation Game April 22, 2021 Created by Hana Tadesse, Julia Jorgensen, Khuyen Le, Shana Hadi Artists’ Statement Hitched without a Hitch is a turn-based, tabletop role-playing game designed to…