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Devlog

• Nov 20 Devlog
  December 07, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  Jason Schklar's role in games in games in pointing out flaws in user experience in games and brings in possible options on how to fix said problems. To do this he studies people as they play, in fact... Continue reading
• Final Devlog
  December 05, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  When first looking at the prompt and the asking of the what The Landlord Game is, my immediate thought was that it was just Monopoly before it got its name. While I was right, I was also wrong. The La... Continue reading
• Week 12
  November 14, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  Soren Johnson speaks of four notions of transparency when it comes to board games: it creates player engagement, helps with focus, increases player focus, and things like pre-luck make help players ma... Continue reading
• Week 11
  November 07, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  These past two weeks we have spent creating a card game, a Halloween themed card game. My group called ours Universal Monsters where you needed to collect a certain monster's items to take over a town... Continue reading
• Week 09 - Card Games
  October 24, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  On Thursday, mine and another group joined together and played Fluxx , a card game where the rules are always changing. There are action, objective, companion, and rule change cards that change how th... Continue reading
• Week 07 -
  October 10, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  "One of the first things we do when learning a new field is to become familiar with the tools of the trade." (Macklin and Sharp, ch 2). These words ring true when looking into all types of games, but... Continue reading
• Week 06 - Social Deduction
  October 02, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  This week I was unable to be apart of the first day but was able to join the second day. Luckily, social deduction games are myJAM. I love them, so I am very familiar with games like Mafia, in fact it... Continue reading
• Week 05 - Sports Games
  September 26, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  This week we focused on building and fixing games that represent sports. While our game, Dice Hockey, did not really represent the sport of Ice Hockey, reading Sharp's chapter made me realize that it... Continue reading
• Week 03 - Folk Games Reflection
  September 12, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  This past week my group spent a lot of time discussing the possible ways of making our game not only playable but enjoyable too. Tuesday showed us we still had a lot of work to do and we practically r... Continue reading
• Week 02 - Folk Games
  September 05, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  This Thursday we got into our groups to discuss what our possible folk games could be. On Tuesday, we were told to start thinking about the possible games we can mod. As I have been in theatre since c... Continue reading
• Week 01 - Meet Me
  August 29, 2022 by Vinyltwister

  Hello! I am currently a senior graduating in December, so this is my final semester! I’m a theatre major with a minor in CMI, so I’m taking this class for my minor. My goals for after graduation i... Continue reading