Early Semester

Later this week, we came up with a refined project description that fit the context of our topic and progress. “ECHO is a Games for Change project focused on creating a game that transforms players through environmental awareness and care. We aim to accomplish this by focusing on building community between players through gameplay, narrative, …

Week 4: February 11, 2022 – Honing in on the topic – fabric waste and clothing Read More »

This week our project teams had the 1/4 walkarounds where we present to the faculties of the program our project client, goals, and the plan to our steps to the final deliverable. The project description“The game should be multiplayer play as an individual or on a team. The game should be based in environmental fact …

Week 3: February 4, 2022 – 1/4 walkarounds Read More »

During our second week, the team spent the first few days to present some of our individual findings to each other. This involved different examples of existing game topics, mechanics, and projects. Game mechanics : Terra Nil and Stardew Valley Games for Change Project : On the Morning You Wake (theme of community, nuclear threat, …

Week 2: January 28, 2022 – Exploration of topics and prep for 1/4 walkarounds Read More »

(The beginning of our semester was conducted remotely for the first 2 weeks due to Covid-19 Omicron). At the start of our first week, our team met with our faculty advisors, Brenda and Dave, on zoom for our Games for Change project, 2022. As a kick-off meeting, we discussed roles distribution, weekly deliverable expectations, and …

Week 1: January 21, 2022 – ECHO – a games for change team 2022 Read More »