Category: Assignments

Part 4: requires you to participate in a final individual reflection. Here you reflect on the game design process, what worked, what didn’t work, what did you learn, and what would you do differently if given the time, expertise, and means to do so? What was your greatest takeaway from…

Final Project Slides So You Wanna Play Volleyball?   Play the Demo

Assignment: You’ve read the two articles, which approach streaming from an audience and a producer point of view. Your task — watch 3 different TWITCH gameplay streams, then working back to the readings, what did you observe that specifically is referenced in the texts, and what is left out? Make…

IP #2: Reviews of Research – Annotated Bibliography – from the 2 readings you chose, create 2 annotations – no more than 300 words each. Annotations are meant to be summaries of key findings + research methods/approach + your critical evaluation. This activity builds upon activity 1, asking you to…

Summary of IP #4: Based on Chapter 3: What is a Game? (Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Smith, & Tosca, 2020) Explores different ways games and play are defined and theorized Covers formal definitions, pragmatic definitions, and game genres Purpose of Theories Help define what counts as a game Distinguish games from other forms…

Assignment Instructions: This assignment entails playing a game solo and taking notes, then watching someone online play the same game via Twitch or YouTube, taking notes as well. As this is a bit more elaborate assignment, please see instructions below. Your job is to act as a researcher, taking notes…

( Sara’s original post can be found here ) I really enjoyed reading Sara’s reflection for Task 6: *An Emoji Story*. I’m fairly sure she was summarizing the CBC show *Schitt’s Creek*, the hilarious Canadian sitcom. Coincidentally, I started rewatching the series again tonight – it is becoming a holiday…