In your opinion, what should every game have? Why do you like your favorite game?
In my opinion, I feel as though every game should have a way you could personalize it to make it yours. For example, being able to make your own character, home, colors, designs, etc. Being able to add your own interests will allow you to be more drawn to the game. If I am playing a game and I don’t enjoy the characters available to play as, I feel like Id be less engaged because I cant relate to them. Being able to relate to the game allows for a sense of familiarity and comfort which humans are drawn towards.
List the games you’ve played and currently play.
sims 4, hayday, wii sports, wii sports resort, mario kart, minecraft
Can you apply the three act structure to your favorite game? What is its pacing and how long do you find yourself in each act?
Id say that I couldn’t apply the three act structure to my favorite game because its not like there is an end to the game you just keep playing until you don’t want to play anymore. There’s no say to when the middle of the game is either because it is never ending.
When coming up with ideas where do you find you start, with the metaphor or the mechanic?
I tend to focus on the mechanics before the metaphor because I’d rather build the basics first.
Over the course of this semester, who would you like to collaborate with and why?
I would like to collaborate with Will Wright because I enjoy playing the sims games and I think it is a really cool concept where we are able to escape from reality and create our own world.
5 Campus game ideas
relay race from Wheatley to Nicholson
who can make the biggest snowball
hide and seek in Wheatley
who can find patty first
freeze tag
Fluxx Questions
Was it fun?
Honestly no, I feel the game takes too long and I lost interest because of the constant changing of the goals and the rules.
What was the interaction?
The interaction was on the keeper cards. Some of the keeper cards allowed you to steal another players keeper card, gain more keeper cards, or have to get rid of a keeper card.
How long did it take to learn?
It took probably the length of the whole game to learn because the rules are always changing and you have to constantly read every card because you might have to do more than just take your turn.
Would you play again?
No. I am not a fan of the game.
Tell us more about how your relay from Nicholson to Wheatley would work? What is the path they need to take, or is it a free for all?
I feel the same way about having personalization in games. My favorite game is Animal Crossing because I can personalize my character, my house, my island, etc. lol.
I love the idea of a game where students try to build the biggest snowball! Although, the past few years I have been here, it has barely snowed so that might be a tricky game to try.
Relating to your snowball game idea, what are the criteria by which each snowball is judged? Are there different categories other than size? Perhaps you could add judging to areas like density or durability!