The Reflective Blog Over the past six weeks I have been posting one blog a week reflecting on one thing that I have been doing over the past week. Now to be clear I find this very hard, I struggle to analyse and reflect on things I have done. However, I realize this is importantContinue…

Proposition Sim 2000 Weekly constraint. This week we were asked to make a prototype with the constraint Small Scale, Large Scope. What is it? Proposition Sim 2000 focuses on trying to get the required votes to pass proposition 453. Players must talk to other politicians and make deals with them to get their vote. WhatContinue…

Kinlang, The Traders. Weekly constraint. This week we were asked to make a prototype of a Trading Game with thoughtful, rather than twitchy, play. What is it? Kinlang, The Traders is a board game for 2 to 4 players, the aim is to rebuild the city of Kinlang. Taking the role of a trader youContinue…

Compound Monty. Weekly constraint. This week we had to combine two different principles that focused on numbers, relationships, and probabilities. I decided to use the Monty Hall problem and Compound interest. I picked the Monty Hall because the problem interests me in how it deals with probabilities and how people view it. I wanted toContinue…

Looking back What went wrong with The Dressmaker? The Dressmaker was planned to be the 3rd prototype. The game was going to investigate giving maximum rewards with ideally no failure condition or skill involved. There were several issues with this game. Firstly: The game was planned to be a hidden object game where you wouldContinue…