You Have to Burn the Rope

I played You Have to Burn the Rope and it was easy, I'm pretty sure I played the right game, however, I thought it was way to easy. All I had to do was collect fire and jump on protruding platforms to get over a Grinning Colossus and drop what looked like a chandelier.  It wasn't much of a challenge, I did get a cool badge and the music at the end was epic. It described every movement I did which isn't surprising because I'm yet again Awesome.

Abandon Ship

We played Abandon Ship in class, where were playing as a bunch of rats racing to the top before the ship sinks. I manged to earn 5 points the first round and 8 the second round. Now first playing even when the directions were explained to me I completely blanked and got confused to play, being intimidated by the competition. Playing through a little bit I began to understand the concept of the game and the dynamics set in motion and got the concept of the whole game. I don't remember if i got either third or second place overall, but either way I hope to get some extra points on the next quiz. While playing I felt determined to win since I haven't won a game or gotten first place.

Starbound

Okay so I was right I did play the wrong game. However I did enjoy the other star game. Now the concept was basically I play as a star and I need to jump from platform to platform as fast as possible. I played a few rounds and got into the game I manged to get a score of 20,853 which is not impressive but shows I was dedicated, even for a little bit of time. I watched my star jump as i configured my fingers a certain way to allow easier maneuvering. This helped along with the motivational techno like music I had to listen to on full volume while playing a a star jumping game. good thing though I now have another site to go to in my spare time. The weird thing about Star bound is i wasn't so concerned with keeping up with my jump but wondering if i would get to the top or if i would fall and have to start over, which I wound up doing several times until finally giving up. The cool thing also was it seemed like a Super Mario game with the power ups and sounds.

StarFall

I played Star Fall the other day, or at least I hope i played the right one. I looked it up and it was either the weird game I played or learning how to use phonics. From what I saw it was basically you play as a star and you have to come your star from hitting the ground and to do so, you need to bounce it off of other oncoming stars, while veering away from a supposed gray star I never saw because I only managed to get 4 bounces before giving up. The game wasn't as great as the games we usually play in class. It actually started to annoy me knowing I can't keep my star up longer than 4 bounces. Luckily it didn't get me mad enough to punch my computer.However while trying to find this game, I managed to find two websites where i can play other games online so it can make it easier to blog about them. SCORE!!! That part I was excited about, so now there is a chance to test out other online games instead of hassling to search for an individual one.

Labyrinth

Okay so today in class we played a simple puzzle board game known as Labyrinth. Now the basic concept of the game is you get a board and pieces assembled a certain way to form a what looked to be a maze. Now the rules are you get one extra piece of tile, 4 pieces to represent teams and you have to move the tile where in any spot where there are yellow arrows to show what areas can be moved now based on how you move will determine how far or fast you can get to your main objectives. Also each team gets a certain amount of cards with pictures on them to represent what treasures each team must get. I was partnered with Fabian, and in order for this to work we had to not only work together, but we also had to use our brains to determine a move to allow us to get to our objectives quicker. At first i didn't understand what i was doing because I'm not a puzzle person. This simple board game got us thinking, we started off slow but managed to follow behind the other teams which were ahead of us by either 1 or two cards. The game lasted a little longer than usual and no one really one, however the team that was close was Ruben and David's team, with fewer cards and by fewer, one. At the start I felt very confused and every time i managed to predict a move to help me and Fabian, it was countered. It's amazing how simple games like this can get me thinking and instead of using simple finger dexterity manages to get the mind thinking. I find it fascinating.

A Maze Race

Okay so today I had a choosing of a Race to the End game or a Territorial Acquisition type game. So I decided to play a Race to the End game. The rules were simple, your character is a green ball and you are stuck in a maze where you have to maneuver around as fast as you can and get to a flag at the end of the maze. Also you're racing against another red ball and first one there wins the game. I played to round three and lost. It was a simple game but took not only good finger dexterity but the capability to move around a maze at a fast pace. I felt like a little kid playing it but it was fun anyways. I also played a little bit during my Professional Communications class and completely zoned out, and was forced to turn off my monitor. :)

http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/mazes/mazerace/

Sequence

Today I played two rounds of a game I'm not familiar with, known as SEQUENCE.
First round i was partnered with Chris unfortunately we lost. We had to use cards on a mat, and basically it was a more creative version of bingo and tic- tac- toe. The concept was to get a sequence of 5 in a row which is where the similarity comes from to other sequential games like this one. I had eventually gotten the hang of it, and played a second round with Bryan and David sadly we lost that as well, but overall it was fun to play a basic board like game, using cards and tokens. I was more concerned with getting the aspect of the game rather than winning it.