PassionHips Studios

Devlog

• Week 12 - Reflection
  November 14, 2021 by PassionHips

  After going through Watch It Played, I’ve chosen to write about the Unmatched Jurassic Park board game. Named after the billion-dollar franchise, Unmatched Jurassic Park sees players navigating the... Continue reading
• Week 11 - Reflection
  November 05, 2021 by PassionHips

  This week in our class we play-tested and prototyped a variation of Battle Battle, an interactive dice game where you fight against an opponent. Our task was to create a variation of the game with the... Continue reading
• Week 10 - Reflection
  November 01, 2021 by PassionHips

  Since this week is more of a free-form topic, I think I would like to talk about character creation and the balances that ensure this topic. Character creating, through games such as Dark Souls or Sky... Continue reading
• Week 09 - Reflection
  October 31, 2021 by PassionHips

  Our game, Star Cards, was a fusion between Bartok and Uno in which players were given the task to leave the card game with no cards left in their hand. Similar to Uno, players can use different cards... Continue reading
• Week 08 - Reflection
  October 13, 2021 by PassionHips

  During class, I got to play the card game “Hanabi” in which players are tasked with building a firework through a series of cooperative tasks. There was no real reason I chose this game other than... Continue reading
• Week 07 - Reflection
  October 08, 2021 by PassionHips

  While the game we chose was Oregon Trail, a survival education game made in the 1970s, I decided to use a similar game that uses the same mechanics. Resident Evil, coining the term “survival horror... Continue reading
• Week 06 - Reflection
  October 03, 2021 by PassionHips

  Since this week’s discussion is more freeform, I apologize in advance if my thoughts don’t exactly make complete sense. With all that being said, this week our group saw the deconstruction of vide... Continue reading
• Week 05 - Reflection
  September 24, 2021 by PassionHips

  The design process of making your own sports game and making it into a board game was challenging to say the least. My team and I found ourselves scratching our heads and throwing ideas at a wall hopi... Continue reading
• Week 04 - Reflection
  September 20, 2021 by PassionHips

  A sport I want to analyze for this reflection is the topic of fighting games. Before people start criticizing fighting games as not a sport, I advise people to watch some of the professionals play in... Continue reading
• Week 03 - Reflection
  September 12, 2021 by PassionHips

  Developing our game was interesting and overall, a valuable learning experience. While our game was not successful by any means, it opened our eyes to the creative process when designing a game. Our o... Continue reading
• Week 02 - Reflection
  September 05, 2021 by PassionHips

  The design process for our folk game went through so many revisions that our original concept might as well be lost to space and time. We started browsing through a website that showcased a bunch of f... Continue reading
• Week 01 - Reflection
  August 28, 2021 by PassionHips

  I'm taking this class because I have a specific interest in learning how proper game design works. With a background in creative media industries, I love to work with production heavy equipment but I'... Continue reading