Super Power Hour

Students create their own superhero characters with wildly different abilities

DATE

2012

CONTEXT

Created in the Spring 2012 Games Design Class (DESMA 157A), taught Eddo Stern

MEDIUM

Plastic, wood, paint, paper

PEOPLE

LOGAN CHANG  :  Game Designer
NICK CROCKETT  :  Game Designer, Laser cutting, walls
ALIAH DARKE  :  Game Designer, Lampposts, Trees
CONRAD EGAN  :  Game Designer, Assorted Objects
ANGIE FU  :  Game Designer, Grid, Common Cards and Character Cheets
EULOGIO GALLO  :  Game Designer
XINYA GUO  :  Game Designer
HANNA HOANG  :  Game Designer
JISUN HUR  :  Game Designer, Assorted Objects
ALICE LIN  :  Game Designer
ALEXANDER LU  :  Game Designer
ERIC PARREN  :  Game Designer
BRIAN AN PHAN  :  Game Designer, Assorted Objects
JULIA W WANG  :  Game Designer, Assorted Objects
CHRISTOPHER WOO  :  Game Designer

Students create their own superhero characters with wildly different abilities for a team based game. Together over the course of three weeks and numerous playtests they craft the game rules and negotiate the extent of each others powers.