Civilization 5 Because of COVID-19, my favorite way to stay in touch with friends across the country is to play Civilization 5 together. We get to battle it out for world domination by building up our civilizations and eliminating the rest. After the many hours of playing the complicated strategy game, I’ve…

A Way Out Players control Leo and Vincent, two convicted prisoners who must break out of prison and stay on the run from authorities. Players need to cooperate in order to progress, solving “puzzles” in order to break out. Interestingly, situations can be approached differently depending on the player’s decisions. Moreover, the game…

Her Story Her Story is an interactive video game written by Sam Barlow. In the game, the player searches through a database of video clips from police interviews of Hannah Smith to solve the case of a missing man. Emerging narrative through clips The game centers on video clips that allow for a constantly evolving narrative…

Anastasiya, Jean-Raymond, Jung-Won, Shane, and Tyler got together to discuss and ideate our game, with the tentative name CHEATER. Two key ideas:

TAJJS: Tyler, Anastasiya, Jean-Raymond, Jung-Won, and Shane (yes, we do wish our team had a better acronym…) 🏆 Shared Goals We started by discussing what we wanted to accomplish with this project, to see where we aligned. From there, we came up with the following guiding goals: Create something tangible and playable We previously thought about coding something…

Games are fun by allowing people to experience and learn in a safe and controlled environment. Walden, a game operates no differently, immersing players in a world where they can experience Thoreau’s experiment and derive learnings that extend beyond the simulation itself. Walden, a game Walden, a game is an exploratory open world…

A social deception game designed for the social media age by Anastasiya Vitko, Jung-Won Ha, Shane Berger, and Tyler Su. Artists’ Statement Are you feeling down about everything that’s been going on in the world lately? Are you missing your friends or want an excuse to become better acquainted with someone new…

During our playtesting, several players drew a connection between our game and the current hit, Among Us. In both games, your team must work together to uncover who is an imposter (or catfish, in our game!). …