{"id":80,"date":"2008-03-11T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T16:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/blogs\/bmy1\/2008\/03\/11\/dfc-07\/"},"modified":"2008-03-11T11:58:58","modified_gmt":"2008-03-11T16:58:58","slug":"dfc-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/11\/dfc-07\/","title":{"rendered":"dfc 07 &#8211; 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mechanics: The rules and materials that the game is made of.<br \/>\nDynamics: The real time events that take place when a player engages the mechanics.<br \/>\nAesthetics: The state of mind and emotional engagement that the player experiences as result of the Dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>MDA for BURBUJITAS (little bubbles)<\/p>\n<p>Mechanics:<br \/>\nthere are 2 players and each player controls an onscreen\/flash character w one switch. the objective is to win the ice-cream cone. a player wins by blowing bubbles. the combination of quantity and strength of the bubbles blown will determine the winner. 100 points wins the ice-cream. each min strenth bubble blown is worth 5 points. each max strength bubble blown is worth 20 points (and -5 points for opponent). bubble strenth can range from 5-20 points. each player has a bubble pipe with a ball attached. when the player blows into the pipe, the bubble meter will increase while the ball is floating. when the ball drops, the bubble will be blown. if a player blows more than X bubbles within X seconds, their character takes a nap for X seconds, giving the opponent &#8220;free time&#8221; to increase points without opposition. this has all to be coded successfully.<\/p>\n<p>Aesthetics:<br \/>\nthe intended areas are <em>challenge<\/em>, <em>fellowship<\/em>, <em>expression<\/em>, and <em>sense pleasure. <\/em>the background music, sound effect, controllers, and visual choices are targeted toward a young audience with simple cognitive and blowing abilities. the overall theme is one of innocent play with a brightly colored treat as the ultimate reward. the title suggests a spanish speaking audience. i selected it as an option after learning that bubble blowing is big a craze in the toy industry in mexico (right Anaid?).<\/p>\n<p>Dynamics:<br \/>\nthis involves opponent play and a time element to create a dual challenge and a sort of fellowship. the competitive nature or lack thereof from each player is a form of expression. choosing to blow few big bubbles or many smaller bubbles is an expression of technique. the blowing action is intended to add a physically challenging element to the game, that could cause players to become light-headed\/dizzy and need a rest, shown by the character napping feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mechanics: The rules and materials that the game is made of. Dynamics: The real time events that take place when a player engages the mechanics. Aesthetics: The state of mind and emotional engagement that the player experiences as result of the Dynamics. MDA for BURBUJITAS (little bubbles) Mechanics: there are 2 players and each player [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constraints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yeeality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}