{"id":995,"date":"2023-02-19T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T03:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jocelync\/?p=995"},"modified":"2023-02-19T20:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T03:19:02","slug":"intellectual-production-8-revised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jocelync\/intellectual-production-8-revised\/","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual production #8 – revised"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game Design 101<\/h1>\n

Original submission: Intellectual production #8<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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1.3: Your life as a game<\/h2>\n

List five areas of your life that could be games. Then briefly describe a possible underlying game structure for each. (Fullerton, 2019, p. 9)<\/small><\/p>\n

These are the games I play concurrently.<\/p>\n

Speed cleaning<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\"\"A timed challenge where the player cleans up their home. Sound effects play as the player completes in-game mini quests; the sounds are often loud, and water sounds are common. It\u2019s a slightly different challenge with different quests in every game, and the cleanliness of the home at the end of the game translates into the amount of health available for the next mini-games. In other words, if the player wins the game, they start their next games with full stats; alternatively, if the player loses the game, they start their next games with reduced stats. (I like to have all the chores done before I start my workday, which means I speed-clean for about 10 minutes every morning. I find that the cleaner my apartment is, the better I feel about starting my day, which then translates into my ability to focus at work.)<\/p>\n

Taking care of houseplants<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\"\"A slower-paced but continuous game where the player maintains the health stats of numerous ‘houseplant’ objects. This includes activities like watering, dusting, rotating, and repotting. If the player fails to complete the activities for a plant within the required timeframe, the health stat for the plant will reduce and visually the plant will droop and\/or turn yellow. The player may also choose to acquire additional ‘houseplant’ objects at any time; additional houseplants can increase the player’s ‘happiness’ and ‘oxygen’ stats, however it also increases the level of difficulty in balancing the health stats for all ‘houseplant’ objects.<\/p>\n

Enrolling in courses<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\"\"A multiplayer game where each player must attempt to, as fast as possible, refresh the course registration page at a certain time and get a spot in one of the 23 available spaces per course. In other words, there will be 23 winners per course. Those who lose can choose to add themselves to the waitlist and hope that a spot becomes available if another player exits the course, or alternatively they can reattempt in the next round. This incredibly nerve-racking game is available twice a year, and the next round happens on February 13, 2023. Each player must win 10 and complete courses to the acquire the tome of education.<\/p>\n

Making money<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\"\"A game where the player gains currency by completing quests as part of a guild. Conditions include:<\/p>\n