Monday, February 11

Feelings of Playing Games

On Monday, February 11, on my concept development class I played some games and I experienced different feelings of each games. I have played many different games when I was a child, but since I was a teenager I haven’t played any board games. I experienced many different feelings, such as happiness, stress, worries, board and fun on Monday by playing those different games. I have never paid attention to those feelings that I felt while I was playing board games. However, on Monday, when our teacher Jimmy told us to pay attention to our feelings, I realized that not all games have the same effect on players. I had so much fun playing one game, but  I was so board playing the other that I didn’t finish it either. Also, how to play and how to when are different in each game. For example, I played one games that winning was based on luck because we had to roll toss; on the other hand, the other game that I played, we had to think and used our brain to win.

By experiencing those different feeling while I was playing games, I realized that a game designer has to experience those feeling and think about the game that he or she wants to make. They should pay attention to those feelings that each player will have. Do they want their players have fun or do they want them to use their brain and figure out what to do? Also the age of players is important part. For example, when I played one game I got really board because that game was made for little children. Therefore, game designers should pay attention the age of their players. Over all that day besides having lot of fun, I experience new feelings, and I learned new things about games.