Monday 16 January 2012

Week2 - Tic-Tac-Toe, Magic Square, and Game Design!



Well, another week has passed, and this week was similar to last week, where we were told to play a numbers game (which is supposedly tic-tac-toe in disguise). It was a bit different, however, because we only played the numbers game for a short period of time, while most of the class was spent discussing elements of game design, and what components make up games. 

We also had to brainstorm different elements that tie to games, such as fantasy, goals, artificial, decision making, etc. It was interesting listening to what other people thought of games, and components of games. Although I had wanted to join the discussion and add some thoughts of my own to the class discussion, my friends and I had sat too far back to be chosen to speak. Next time I shall try to sit in a better spot in the front in order to have a better chance to be chosen to speak :)

Finally, we were all told to work together in groups in order to design and create a game that involves the category ‘race to the end’, where players have to compete to see who gets to the goal first, and bonus marks were awarded to games that involved conflict. We also had to design and create another game that involves the territorial category, which is heavily used in the board game ‘Risk’. Well, that’s all for this week, hopefully my group and I can finish our games within the week…

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