Designing for Play Log - Kat

Devlog

• Week 09 - Shuffle and Repeat
  December 04, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  Card games, deceptively simple and deviously complex. The amount of thought put into making an interesting card game goes without saying, but there are several processes that are shared between creato... Continue reading
• Week 11 - Yoochube Let's Play
  November 08, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  As we finish up our second to last project, I think I will reflect on what I’ve learned about balancing games and how to practically apply these strategies for the final board game. There are plenty... Continue reading
• Week 10 - A Balanced Breakfast
  November 01, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  This week’s important idea is balance, and it reminded me of one of the earliest concepts in our book: challenge. As mentioned in class, while we could just remove all the limitations that stop us f... Continue reading
• Week 08 - Plants Vs. Zombies
  October 18, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  The familiarity of a 52-card deck has opened the door for so many forms of play. There are plenty of other card games that exist out of that standardization, though, and today I’ll touch on two of t... Continue reading
• Week 07 - Always Booyah! Back
  October 11, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  Let’s talk about Splatoon this week, specifically how everyone might interpret its design. Let’s get a little help with a bit of writing from “ The essence of Splatoon, and what it gets right... Continue reading

  
• Week 06 - Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
  October 04, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  Despite the small roadblock this week, there was still much to learn about the process and thinking like a designer. I’ll touch on two things, the paper prototype for a video game and general ideas... Continue reading
• Week 05 - Competitive Concerts
  September 27, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  (a sketch of what nullacrosse players might look like that i did before writing this devlog) “The best way to figure out how the game will look, feel, and act is to dive in and start making it,” (... Continue reading

  
• Week 04 - Point, Set, Match
  September 20, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  The sport I’ll be diving into is tennis, since it’s the sport I’ve played since I was young. From a design standpoint, there’s a lot of tools that tennis utilizes to make a well-rounded and fu... Continue reading
• Week 03 - EVAC and Evaluate
  September 13, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  Thinking up of a game was not easy and refining it to something enjoyable and playable was even harder. The most challenging task was determining what angle we wanted to go for our game. We were quick... Continue reading

  
• Week 02 - New Games, Old Traditions
  September 06, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  This week, we began learning about how to design a game that is engaging and successful using six elements. Actions, rules, goals, objects, play space, and players make up the formal aspects. For a pl... Continue reading
• Week 01 - First Time Player
  August 30, 2021 by FrostyKatto

  I’m taking Designing for Play to better understand the kinds of fields I hope to work in! I plan to be a concept artist and storyboarder for all types of media, and I think it’s extremely importan... Continue reading