GAMING AND PLAY: GAME PROJECTS
Play the games created by the students of CCA's "Gaming and Play" course, a philosophy and critical theory course offered in the Critical Studies Program.
Students were originally tasked with designing a board game that engaged with a social justice issue, critical theory, or philosophical question that they felt was of critical importance to themselves, CCA, or the greater world. With the global Covid-19 pandemic forcing campus closure, students revised their projects from being played on the tabletop to being distributable online and to take part in CCA's Virtual Game Faire.
I am extremely proud of their effort in adapting their projects for the Game Faire and for the serious (and still fun) dimensions of their games. -Zachary Walter, Assistant Professor in Animation, Game Arts Coordinator
PLAY!
Try to catch the water drops in the basket as much as you can!
![savewater](https://storage.googleapis.com/portal-p-althea-qa-01/images/IMG_9992_-_Yiran_Jiang.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Online Video Game)
Would you like to take charge of getting fresh food? Then try Feed the Block a game based on if you can get Healthy fresh food to your community.
![feedtheblock](https://storage.googleapis.com/portal-p-althea-qa-01/images/Feed_the_Block_Cover.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Card Game
Compete between the evil unsustainable corporate overlords, and future forward sustainability advocates
![sustainability](https://storage.googleapis.com/portal-p-althea-qa-01/images/shutterstock_1454239406-1240x698_-.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Board Game)
A new peculiar disease has swept the land, it’s time to hoard, steal, and survive!
![consumption](https://storage.googleapis.com/portal-p-althea-qa-01/images/IMG_1329_-_Cecilia_Zhang.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Card Game)
Battle out in court as a police officer and convicted criminal and see who can win the trial.
![trial](https://storage.googleapis.com/portal-p-althea-qa-01/images/LOGO_-_Stefania_Cerqueira.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Card Game)
Players can trans their game experience into the real world. They can get an immersive experience of "human" cruelty and contempt and "animal" passivity and helplessness.
![revengeofnature](https://storage.googleapis.com/portal-p-althea-qa-01/images/181588664351_.pic_hd_-_Jiayun_Qiu.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Card Game)