The ominous gray skies and foggy morning blanketed the brightly colored CVA building. Sofia and I walked out into the fog and awaited for the day ahead of us. After greeting everyone in the morning, we sat into groups and worked on our morning sketches as per usual. The room fluctuated from chatter to silence. Suddenly Talya announced our activities for the day and announced our groups and game projects. Excited chatter erupted once again and we got up to fill in our seats at our new groups.
After situating ourselves into our groups, we brainstormed ideas to create a simple awesome game that connects people through play within the community. The groups’ different ideas swirled around the room and the creativity was endless. From land to outer space the four groups were able to brainstorm four separate ideas.
Once lunch arrived, we ate together and decided to go out on an adventure down Santa Fe to look at the galleries. We explored these tasteful galleries and saw the creativity bleeding through the walls. One notable gallery had a lovely little side patio with a relaxing fountain. We checked the time and realized we were nearly late and rushed back to the CVA. That was when Akil decided to teach us Ninja for the third time and this time we all understood what to do. After a few rounds the adults even joined in and we battled it out. It wasn’t until the last round when Ninja Warrior Akil was defeated.
We resumed back to our groups and continued brainstorming ideas for our games and creating concepts. My group in particular struggled to come up with a firm and simple concept for our game but in the end we pulled through and we finally have a sense of the concept that we are leaning towards. The “What if. . . ” activity that Brandon pulled together really allowed us to target our weaknesses and open our eyes to possibilities that we had not even come up with yet. This activity concluded our long day of coming up with ideas and it is safe to say that this group of people have such unique ideas and I am excited to see the final products of all of our games.
After situating ourselves into our groups, we brainstormed ideas to create a simple awesome game that connects people through play within the community. The groups’ different ideas swirled around the room and the creativity was endless. From land to outer space the four groups were able to brainstorm four separate ideas.
Once lunch arrived, we ate together and decided to go out on an adventure down Santa Fe to look at the galleries. We explored these tasteful galleries and saw the creativity bleeding through the walls. One notable gallery had a lovely little side patio with a relaxing fountain. We checked the time and realized we were nearly late and rushed back to the CVA. That was when Akil decided to teach us Ninja for the third time and this time we all understood what to do. After a few rounds the adults even joined in and we battled it out. It wasn’t until the last round when Ninja Warrior Akil was defeated.
We resumed back to our groups and continued brainstorming ideas for our games and creating concepts. My group in particular struggled to come up with a firm and simple concept for our game but in the end we pulled through and we finally have a sense of the concept that we are leaning towards. The “What if. . . ” activity that Brandon pulled together really allowed us to target our weaknesses and open our eyes to possibilities that we had not even come up with yet. This activity concluded our long day of coming up with ideas and it is safe to say that this group of people have such unique ideas and I am excited to see the final products of all of our games.
-Minah