I went into this class thinking it would be an easy class. And I was right. It WAS an easy class, however I didn’t expect to have so much fun learning about game design and being proud of the games that I made. Everything I learned from being in class related to game design and …
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Harry Potter Wizards Unite
Harry Potters Wizards Unite is a GPS walking game by Niantic, the makers of Pokemon Go. The game also uses the same mechanics with an energy system where you get more from inns . It has the same random encounter system by instead of capturing pokemon you instead cast spells to resolve problems or defeat …
Blog Post 6: Video Game Prototype
Treasure Trove In our simple game, we are a treasure chest collecting coins while simultaneously avoiding bombs and dodging lasers. We start we our menu screen with an animated title that flashes and gleams along with a start button that will load our main game scene. We control our treasure chest with wasd and arrow …
First Playable
The name of our game is “Treasure Trove”. My role is the designer because I am doing the programming and as such have to implement everything we want. It makes sense that I would control what goes in or not. Both players thought that what we have a fairly solid base. Movement came natural to …
Video Game Lab
On 9/25, my partner Ethan Ly and I played a few games together. some games he played and I watched and some games I played and he watched. Of those games “Qwop”, “This is the only level”, and “A dance of fire and ice” stood out to me the most. Qwop was a fun time …
Prototyping: Draft Chess
The first prototype of this prototype which we will call “Draft Chess” for now started out as a very basic piece capture game. The objective was to capture all of your opponents pieces by landing on them just like chess. However the power of movement did not come from the pieces themselves but from cards. …
Session Report #1 Secret Hitler
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188834/secret-hitler On 9/4/19 I played a game of Secret Hitler. The game consisted primarily of new players with only one other person that has played before. The game consists of two factions, the liberals and the fascists, and the first team to pass their required number of bills wins the game with the exception of …
Internet Arcade: Bull Fight
Located on the Internet Arcade, Bull fight had a sharp red background with text outlined in black. That combined with its title bull FIGHT, led me to believe it was a game involving more action than not. The first thing that I did was I browsed down to the instructions and read them. Then I …
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