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Serious Games
Spring 2020
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Entry #5
Scratch Based on Raph Koster’s instructions for a concrete and helpful game analysis, it is crucial to dissociate one’s experience with the game; only then can one generate a specific analysis of the game itself while avoiding biases. His purpose for creating the article “How I analyze a game” is to look at games from…
Entry #3
Krill Smackdown What’s the game goal? Is it clear? Is it compelling to me? Why or why not? The game I chose for this third journal entry was Krill Smackdown. The goal of the game is to move krill “around the waters off Antarctica” while avoiding predators and collecting all the eggs to expand the…
Entry #2
Bound by Blood Review As discussed in my previous journal, the main objective of a serious game is to teach. Serious games are life-skill games, and they are not just for mere entertainment, they teach you a lesson. Choosing the Game The game was created by a student for a class assignment at a university.…
“Life is a game – sometimes serious, sometimes fun – but a game that must be played with true team spirit.”
~ Shelagh Delaney
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