Originally posted on quite rad:
What i’ve realised throughout BCM300 is the importance and impact of theme. A theme can push and create and entire world for the players, immersing them in an experience away from the ordinary and into the purity of board game play. So my theme, Gangs Undead. I know i wanted…
Originally posted on TIANA PAOLETTI:
In week 8, we were asked to write down 5 things that came to our minds within 5 minutes. Whether it was a game name, an idea, a theme, something we enjoy… anything! The timer was coming to an end and I had no ideas at all; one of the…
Originally posted on Allanah Johnson:
Hello all and welcome to this week’s blog post about a game I am prototyping in my university subject, Game Making. I intend to create a game with the theme, ‘environmental management’. The objective of this game is to introduce environmental issues to the audience, get the audience thinking about…
Originally posted on sophemacy:
As a uni student, I am always reminded to keep an eye out for future employment. As children too, we have grown up with an idealistic view on what we want to be. During the initial stages of game-making, a list of strange jobs came to mind. From Space Lawyer to Panda…
Originally posted on Tate's Blog:
During my recent trip to China I planned on putting aside some time for idea generation for my individual assignment, making a game. Of course once I was in holiday mode and doing things most days I made absolutely zero progress on this plan which left me in an…
Originally posted on ozminded:
Writing Techniques is my new game where players can practice their poetry. Within a time frame, players have to write down as many examples of the specified writing technique found on a card that relate to the word on the word card. Players will gain knowledge and experience that can be…
Originally posted on Emily G.:
The thought of having total control of the game you create with no boundaries or restrictions (with themes, type of game etc.) is a good and bad thing! Good when you can envision an idea and follow that exact though to the end, but bad when you have way too…
Game prototype and playtesting Ideation In the course of Game Cultures, we start the brainstorming at Week8 in class. At the beginning, my three thoughts are: Two teams fight in a Monopoly-style game. Instead of purchasing buildings, using credits to buy props that can cause the other team markdown. Why I didn’t choose this one:…
Originally posted on LooLou Bear:
Idea: My game idea had developed from a long, intense brainstorm that was initially and still is very difficult for me to create such interesting ideas and produce a game worth playing. Well in my opinion. The idea had first come to me when I had been conversing with a…
When asked to create a board game of my own design I began to think about what topics I knew well that might work as a base for a game design. Thinking about this at university for a university subject I realised I could base my game on surviving the university experience. via P’s Get Degrees… Read More P’s Get Degrees
