Game Lab 1

In the first Game Lab I played two card games, Cards Against Humanity and One Thousand Blank White Cards. There were four members in my group, me Bob, Sklyer and Alyssa.

Cards Against Humanity

The first game we played was the game I brought in to share, Cards Against Humanity.  I printed my own copy from here .This game is simple to learn and to play. The basic discription from the Cards Against Humanity is “The game is simple. Each round, one player asks a question from a Black Card, and everyone else answers with their funniest White Card.” This game is basically  rated R version of  Apples to Apples 

The mechanics of Cards Against Humanity are selection and prediction.  You are selecting cards and predicting which card might be selected.

One Thousand Blank White Cards

This was the second game we played. One Thousand Blank White Cards  is a game about creating, creating rules, creating cards and creating fun. Winning is not really the point of the game it is more about the process of playing. This Youtube video has a pretty good overall description of this game and how to play it.

The mechanics of One Thousand Blank White Cards is building. You are building the deck and the game.

Welcome to my games studies blog!

Welcome to my games studies blog!

Here I will share things that I learn and do in my games studies class at SJSU as well as other related game topics.

A little about me:

 I am not a hardcore gamer but I do love playing games and I really love making games.  I am taking this games studies class to become better at making games.

 I have created one board game that was a combo truth or dare/charades/ drinking game combo.  I have also created some video games, both on my own and also produced a few with a small team of people.

What I like best about game is how they can be used to tell stories. They have such an awesome interactive nature that connects with an audience/player in a way books, movies, and radio cant.

You can find some of the games I have made here