I play Advanced games

  I played 3 of the 4 games (Sadly, couldn’t play the demo of Learning Factory), but for this I will be comparing “Influent” and “Password Blaster!”. “Influent” is an immersive language learning game that allows the player to navigate the 3D world learning various languages by interacting with the environment. “Password Blaster!” is an old school space blaster where the player shoots through waves of the “world’s worst passwords” by typing the password to eliminate it.   Both games are vastly different in gameplay and learning modalities with little to really compare in content, visuals, or gameplay. What was the game about? Influent is about a developer of a language learning tool that is showing off the ability of his device. You as the player navigate the world interacting with various objects to learn the word in the chosen language. The game presents “Time attacks” challenges to further condition the learning. Password Blaster is a game that showcases some of ...

Hello and welcome to the new advanced gaming blog!! This is my space for brainstorming and documenting the process as I work through the advanced level class for designing games.  In this class, I really want to build on the concepts from last class solidifying the foundation to better understand games, the design process of games, and how to best use them in a learning environment.   I am also really looking forward to playing some new games and analyzing them from an educational/design standpoint and not just looking at them as games for enjoyment.