ETEC 544 individual reflection for final project The final assignment that consists of four parts perfectly demonstrated how to learn a new concept, a tool, game design in a form of group project: 1) literature review to lay the theoretic foundation; help students understand the guidelines on how to design a game from scratch. 2) Game design: group brainstorm session for storyline writing 3) Choose game design media (Twine, for our group) and gamify the concept/story/purpose of the game. 4) Testing, debug, presentation, sharing, feedback instructor and peers. We are all first time Twiner! Start from reading sample twine games, we build the whole game from scratch. While Twine is designed to be user-friendly, those who are unfamiliar with programming like us found it challenging to grasp the mechanics of creating interactive stories, e.g. how to quantify “ener...
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IP #5: Hegemonic Play: Gatekeeping Game Culture In the glow of screens, where dreams take flight; A kingdom rises, in the digital night; Thrill thrives in the flash of light; With avatars clad, in armor bright. Heroes and villains, clash and collide; Men and women, battle and fight; A semblance of power; A taste of blood. A gamer girl fights with no fear; Yet the battlefield governed by queer; Gadgets too cool for girls to wear; Prize deprived, for cheating to clear. Hegemony reigns, in titles we trust; Misogyny daunts, in gender we bias; Boundaries set, equality we bind; Hierarchy found, in pixels we thrust.
IP 7 Playing Online: Twitch Broadcasting As a non-gamer, it is my first time hear of, try and watch online game streaming live on Twitch. At the first sight when I logged in, the portal looks a bit like Youtube with Live streaming on top of the web. Left hand column shows recommended channels based on popularity, no. of audience watching live and algorithm. I watched three different streamers play the first game first. I randomly clicked into the first live streaming game popped out called Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. The multiplayer experience is classic. Players test their skills across 16 new maps at launch and aim to shoot down enemies with guns in different scenarios. The setting is vivid, with live comment and narrative by the streamer whose fast-paced talk and high p...