Over this course, I made 3 full games. A card game, a side-scrolling platformer, and a side-scrolling shooter. During this course, I learned much about how to talk about games, compare games of different genre, and learn why people go to games. I also learned how games can be beneficial to health, increase focus and …
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Blog Post 8: Final Project
In class this week, we showed our first draft of our final games. My group is Emily, Johnny, and Andy all as artists, and myself stepping up to take on the role of programmer. Our game’s running title is Spidercoaster. It features characters and story from a web series (I think) that Johnny and his …
Post 7: GPS Game
This week, we played a mobile game called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. This game is an augmented reality game that follows a similar sort of style as other games like Ingress and Pokemon Go. That is to say, it had a lot of spots that you had to walk to to access aspects of gameplay. …
Post #6: Game Prototype
This week, we finished our prototypes of our games. My group’s game, Morton Antivirus, is now actually playable. This game’s incredibly charming art direction was designed by Krystal, and was programmed by me, Jacob. The level music was commissioned by local digital music artist and friend, Jacob Dadd. First, to play the game, you click …
Blog Post #5, First Playable Demo
This week, we were put to the test to make a two-dimensional game with a partner. One of us would make the code work, the other would be in charge of art design. I volunteered to be the one in charge of the code, since I’m a fan of jumping headfirst into hard projects. I …
Post #4 Video Game Lab
This week I played some simple free video games with a friend, Antony Bui. Some games of note that we played were “This is the Only Level,” “Don’t Shit Your Pants,” and “Salvation,” the last one being a student-made game. This is the Only Level “This is the Only Level” was incredibly difficult because, while …
Post #3 Scunch, A Card Game
Two weeks ago, I was inspired to create a card game. I joined with another enthusiastic student who wishes to make games and we set to work. Afterwards, we split up to take the game in completely different directions. My take on it is called Scunch simply because it’s fun to say. The game is …
Post #2 Coup, a Session Report
Coup is a card-based game about deception, deduction, and brutal defeat. In class this week, we played board games. This is the first game we played, here is a link to it on boardgamegeek. The second game we played was Jenga, and it is interesting to note that we were playing a new in box …
Post #1: archive.org, Joust
Joust is a fun two-player arcade game. How is it on archive.org? This weekend, I played Joust for free on archive.org. When I got it to start, I pressed the “insert coin” button five times because I’m a baller when the money involved is imaginary. I was making it hail on that virtual arcade machine. …
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