4.4: Expressive Environments Homeplay – Foundations: Digital Media

4.4. Assignment: Expressive Environment Homeplay

(Due Thursday, 4/13; 90 minutes.)

Homeplay = homework, but playing. Below are some short first-person games and immersive experiences made by solo developers, artists or small teams. (This selection has been curated for you by Prof. Paolo Pedercini.) In this assignment, you will familiarize yourself with these projects in order to compile a small vocabulary of inspirational techniques. Now:

Select 3 projects (games) from the list below to play. You can use the YouTube trailers to help you decide which ones you want to actually experience.
Download these projects (games) from the provided links, and actually play them (i.e. don’t just watch the YouTube trailer; feel what it’s like to experience these immersive environments).
For each project (game), write a one-paragraph response (i.e. 100-150 words) in which you analyze a specific aspect of it that could be useful or inspiring for a project of your own. (It’s OK if you don’t understand how something is done.)
Post your three paragraphs to a message in the Discord channel, #4-4-Homeplay.
(Don’t forget to) mention which projects (games) you selected for consideration.