Final Reflection June 1, 2021 Long before this class I had always loved games and even as a kid loved making arbitrary games with my siblings. I realize…
Critical Play: Theme in The Battle Cats and Plants vs Zombies June 1, 2021 For this Critical Play, I played two games from the tower defense genre available on the iOS platform, The Battle Cats (created by Ponos)…
Critical Play: Theme Only Games May 31, 2021 I played games in the Tower Defense genre (because it’s the best genre obvs haha), and I was able to play Battle Cats and…
Critical Play: Theme-Only Games – Physics May 31, 2021 Angry Birds Developer: Rovio Entertainment Designer: Jaakko Iisalo Cut the Rope Developer: ZeptoLab Both Platforms: All of them basically! Audience: All ages, made for…
Critical Play: Theme Only Games May 30, 2021 For this critical play, I decided to play two Physics games: Cut the Rope and Angry Birds. I surprisingly haven’t played these games, despite…
Critical Play: Is this game balanced? May 30, 2021 For this critical play, I played the game Clash Royale, a real-time strategy card + tower defense game developed by Supercell. Normal play consists…
Critical Play: Dots vs. Bejeweled May 30, 2021 I played Dots and Bejeweled, two games in the Match Three genre, and I played both on my phone. Both games are simple premises…
NO TRACE: A Social Media Mystery May 28, 2021 Olivia Brown, Andrea Dahl, Julia Jorgensen, Claus Omolo, Mary Zhu Artists’ Statement No Trace was inspired by physical escape rooms and the recent…
ArtWIP: Hue are you? A journey through abstract paintings May 27, 2021 Group members: Shana Hadi, Khuyen Le, Pablo Ocampo, Ryan Tan, Junming Wang Artist’s Statement We aimed to create a narrative-based walking simulator that challenges…
The Banishment of Zuko: An Interactive Fan Fiction Narrative Game May 27, 2021 Created by Rhett Owen, Krishnan Nair, Tonya Murray, Ghisly Garcia, Jacob LeBlanc, and Trey Holterman ARTIST’S STATEMENT Inspired by the show Avatar: The Last…
Project Two: Games in Space: DESDEMONA (vertical slice) May 26, 2021 Created by Grace Zhao, Graham Todd, Josh Lara, and Saljuk Gondal. Artist’s statement Desdemona is a cross between classic point-and-click adventure games and a…
Critical Play: Is this game balanced? – Survivor May 25, 2021 Despite Survivor having 40+ seasons, I watched my first season earlier this year and to my surprise became hooked by how interesting of a…
Critical Play: Is this game balanced? May 25, 2021 Game: Uno® Creator: Lewis Saltzman of Saltzman Printers Platform: Card Game Target Audience: New or experienced gamers of age 7+ Uno is a multiplayer card game where players…
Critical play: Is this game balanced? – Slay the Spire May 25, 2021 Slay the Spire is a single-player roguelike video game developed by MegaCrit. It’s also the game that I’ve spent the most amount of time…