Just Some Fun Games was created for a student project titled “Make It Personal“. The goal of the project was to create a game with meaningful emotional design about a particularly significant moment in your life that you feel defines you. We were given a week to complete the task but otherwise had no constraints.
The intention with Just Some Fun Games was to portray the experience of going on a Christian camp. By juxtaposing the high speed excitement of simple to understand classic arcade games with distorted, unnerving yet positively reinforcing messages I wanted to create a sense of confusion in the player with what they were experiencing. For me, the the significant moment this is based upon was a critical moment in my life which began a large amount of contemplation on the nature of religion, my place in it (or lack thereof) and my understanding on what brings me joy.
Harrison Metcalfe 