Multitasker is probably the most fun game we generated over the summer, which is not a surprise considering we hijacked the mechanics from popular board games. The game was created to teach students about the bottleneck that occurs in decision-making. Even though we are capable of processing multiple stimuli at the same time and making … Continue Reading ››

Decision Maker turned out to be a simple but fun strategy game for 2-4 players. We didn’t make it past the paper prototype because we only had 6 weeks. However, it wouldn’t take much work to publish it as travel game or a digital game. The student designer was faced with difficult lessons to teach, … Continue Reading ››

While the initial creation of these games was difficult, we were lucky to forgo significant revisions in our second round of prototyping. During our recovery from the initial struggles of conceptual development, I learned a valuable lesson about teamwork. But first, let me describe what went wrong. Face Finder had a complicated design that was difficult … Continue Reading ››