Week 01- Creator Intro

I chose to take Designing for Play, CMI 3377, initially just because it was the last class available to fill a certain course requirement for my degree plan. As such, until I walked into class I was slightly hesitant and somewhat dreading taking it as I had thought it would be centered of designing theatrical plays or such. However, after the first day I can easily say I was pleasantly surprised and am easily looking forward to a fun semester in this class. Especially since we will not only learn how to design our own games but actually get to create them as well.

When it comes to games, I have enjoyed playing a wide variety of them ever since I was a child. Board games, card games, video games, games made with chalk, sports games, and even games involving water were all enjoyed. For board games I always enjoyed, and still do enjoy, a good game of chess. Though games like Sorry and Monopoly are also enjoyed. Admittedly I was never a big fan of checkers as it felt too simple to me. Not easy but simple. Card games I enjoy range from Blackjack to poker to even solitaire. In the water, my siblings and I would love to play Marco-Polo. Recently I was also introduced to some board games called Werewolf and Codenames. Other games I have played include Four Square, Sharks and Minnows, Tag (naturally), and many, many others.

Nowadays I tend to play video games more so than the more social and physical games of my childhood. Video games such as Madden and FIFA are perhaps the games I play the most now. Though some friends got me into Mount and Blade, 2k (basketball), and ARK. Some classic games I enjoy include the old Call of Duty games, Star Wars Battlefront (1 and 2, the original PS2 versions), Pokemon, among several others. I have enjoyed first-person shooters, RPG, strategy-based games, and even open world ones.