The flow state is "being in the zone" when you are in the flow state your full focus is completely locked into the game, and time flies by. Reaching this state when playing games not only improves immersion and experience, but also objective performance. the game I choose, Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga, is fun for me mainly through the wide variety of locations level designs and characters that flesh out the game's world, or "discovery". The designers of the game did not optimally design the game for flow, with each episode not guaranteed to be an increased challenge compared to its predecessor. Despite this, the sprinkling in of challenging levels along with a steady stream of fresh mental challenges helps form a fun, if not extremely difficult gameplay loop that is easy to get lost in. On my chart, I included many of the game's most memorable levels in chronological order. For example, to this day, I still distinctly remember playing the Darth Vader level for hours on end trying to beat its difficult lava platforming. The final run where I finally beat it and got well-earned satisfaction was definitely one of my first memories of the flow state. Recently, I completed the last item on this chart, the speed run, which is a way of artificially increasing the challenge of a given game to continue progression and flow. In conclusion, flow is an essential part of gaming, and Lego Star Wars is an essential part of me as a gamer.
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A couple of days ago, I succumbed to the year long pleads from my friend to play Valorant and downloaded the game. The game had a decently fun gameplay loop, but nothing special. The thing that got me hooked on the game was the slight annoyance I felt at my own skill level and my perception of a higher skill ceiling to be reached. This tapped into my natural competitive drive, because what I enjoy most in a game is the feeling of progression and growth. the gameplay although slow has a wide and varied set of abilities that lends the game a more tactical feeling. The graphics were pretty good for its genre, with each map having a nuanced color scheme and architectural theme that lends the game a more sophisticated feel, and differentiates it from the gray beige color schemes of the COD's and CSGO's of the world. The in game audio has me split. On one hand, the quirky in game character dialogue can be charming, informative and eerily specific. On the other hand, the lobby music burns my soul, I hate it. The game had a large amount of customizability, but the menus are a bit confusing. The game is pretty accessible with a relatively simple gameplay loop, and the ability to run well on lower end computers. there were no obvious technical errors. In conclusion, I give Valorant a 4/5 stars, a great game to play with friends.
For the first task of the game design 2021 school year, we were asked to create a trading card that would serve as an "all about me" assignment. I decided from the onset to make my card as ridiculous as possible. I stretched the photo I used and used a cheesy fire background. as the topping on top, I added emojis next to my trading card's "attacks". This was actually the first time that I found the emoji font in illustrator, a feature I will undoubtedly utilize in the future. building on my fire template, I adopted a warmer color scheme, focusing on yellows and reds. I wrote my fun facts/attacks which complimented my emojis with low effort humor. to top it off, I gave them a stupidly wide variety of damage output that wouldn't make sense at all with the character's health of 6hp. Inspired by Pokémon, I added a bunch of random Max lvl/limited edition stickers to clutter up the design. Finally, I went into photoshop and using 3 separate overlays I found online added texture and grunge to the card. This really gave it the authentic feel of "accidentally went through the laundry machine". In conclusion, I was able to put a lot of new skills to the test for this assignment and I found it very enjoyable.
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