- In your opinion what should every game have? Why do you like your favorite game? While chess is not my favorite game, I believe everyone should have a chessboard and know how to play. My current favorite game is Sid Meier’s Civilization VII on PS5. I think it provides an unlimited amount of game building, roleplay, warfare, and resource management. It’s also visually stunning and a pleasure to play.
- List the games you’ve played and currently play. Chess, checkers, spades, hearts, rummy, poker, blackjack, AD&D, MLB the show, Civilization VII, monopoly, clue
- Can you apply the three act structure to your favorite game? In the early part of a Civ game, you’re mostly laying the groundwork. You settle your first cities, explore the area, meet your neighbors, and get a sense of the kind of position you’re in. It’s a relaxed phase where you’re figuring out what the map is giving you. Once you understand your surroundings, you start leaning into a direction that fits your civ and the situation. Your map, your neighbors, and your strengths all start pointing you toward a natural plan, and your choices feel a bit more intentional. Later on, you’re committed to a win condition and working to bring it home. The focus becomes keeping your progress steady, tightening your approach, and making sure no one else gets ahead of you before you finish.
- What is it’s pacing and how long do you find yourself in each act? The pacing is decided in the game setting. I prefer the marathon setting because it allows me the most immersive experience.
- When coming up with ideas where do you find you start, with the metaphor or the mechanic? I start out with the metaphor.
- Over the course of this semester, who would you like to collaborate with and why? I’d like to collaborate with as many of my classmates as possible. I’m much older, and I don’t know what they know. I like the ideas coming from younger people.
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