White Cat Media

Devlog

• Devlog
  December 05, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  The Landlord Game was a game created by a Quaker woman named Elizabeth Magie, who was a follower of a “political economist and San Francisco journalist” (pg. 85) Henry George. This game was the fi... Continue reading
• Devlog
  November 20, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  In regard to board games, usability is involved in board games by making the games and their pieces intertwined, important, and ideally made in a way that it can be played without in-depth instruction... Continue reading
• Devlog
  November 14, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwcX2kYvb7U&list=PLHvfN_pNBj_GmnKzVaGCiYuKQcIkuz-eP&index=269 For this week, I watched Watch It Played play the board game “Pioneer Days”. This game’s theme is of... Continue reading
• Devlog
  November 07, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  Right away, people understood that the goal was maximum potion construction in Witches’ Brew and its subsequent mechanics. We did have a bit of the problem described by Ernest, where we used “term... Continue reading
• Devlog
  October 23, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  In class, we played a game I had never played before, that was themed around running a burger truck successfully. We grouped up desks together in a circle to play with the cards, and the deck included... Continue reading
• Devlog 7
  October 10, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  In designing social deduction games, decision and feedback making is particularly important in my opinion. In the game hosted by my group, we played The Resistance, a game in which ultimately voting u... Continue reading
• Devlog 6
  October 02, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  “Social deduction” games often entail a lot in the category of actions, goals, and rules in discussing the Six Elements from Macklin and Sharp. Most of them are not playspace-specific, because the... Continue reading
• Devlog 5
  September 26, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  In discussing how a sport can be translated into a video game, there’s a particular mechanic in FIFA 2022 that I think is important to look at as an example. Since FIFA is a reflection of profession... Continue reading
• Devlog 4
  September 18, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  The sport I learned about by watching Mr. Animate's videos was three on three basketball. This sport is a more relaxed version of traditional basketball like the NBA plays. There are two teams made up... Continue reading
• Devlog 3
  September 11, 2022 by whitecatmedia

  I think one of the really important parts of developing our game was our playspace. While props aren't needed, it also is not a game space as Sicart defines it; "a space specifically designed for a ga... Continue reading