Penguins Night Out Deconstruct

• For my game design course I have to deconstruct a print and play board game, because of how much I enjoyed Penguins Night Out, I'm going to deconstruct it.
• Goal of the game
• The goal of the game is to gather your friends and return to your nest afterwards while avoiding the Polar Bear Gang. 
• Core Mechanic
• The core mechanic is the alteration of the board after each turn.  After each turn the player rolls a die and then is allowed to move the domino anywhere on the play field.
  
  
• Space of the game
• The game is played on top of dominoes, the layout of the dominoes is always changing.
• Objects, Attributes, States
• Objective:
• Each time a buddy penguin is collected, a chance of blocking the other player is available as only as they don't have as many buddy penguins.
• Attributes:
• The only attributes tied to the game are the numbers assigned to each domino.
• States:
• The dominoes are the only things that may change states within the game, everything else only can move locations.  The dominoes change states in the aspect that they can be rotated any way possible as long as the edges are flush with adjacent dominoes, ie, a 6:2 domino can be a 2:6 domino in the same space.
• Operative Actions
• The simple actions a player can make are the following:
• Roll the die
• Move their penguin along the domino path
• Collect their buddies
• Land on the Polar Bear Gang and become stunned the rest of the turn.
• Resultant Actions
• The complex actions a player can make are the following:
• Move dominoes on the field, thus changing the play field
• Stun opponents instead of moving dominoes
• Move the buddy penguins
• Trap opponent by having more acquired buddy penguins than them
• Skills players learn

• There aren't many skills that come from the game, it's mainly luck.  The game is setup in a way that one roll of the die can be the difference of a landslide victory and a close game.
• The role of chance in the game.
• Chance plays a huge role in the game, but it keeps it interesting.  With chance the playing fields were even throughout the games duration; with one roll of the die an apparent victory can turn into utter defeat.  Normally this would take some fun out of the game, but it keeps players on the edge when the die is being rolled for domino placement.

Recently I discovered an amazing print and play game called 'Penguins night out.'  The game is played on top of dominoes, and its strongest point is its ever changing board.  The goal is to collect your two friends and return to your nest while avoiding the polar bear gang in order to have a penguins night out at town.  It's a very odd take on a game, which makes it fun, I'll definitely be playing it again with my family.

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19502/penguins-night-out

3D Modelling Timeline

Two years ago I decided to switch my college major to Game Art and Design because I fell in love with modeling.  Over a segmented span of six months, I completed these models mainly using Maya, the first two models were in 3D Studio Max.  Although I have a long way to go, I'm going to work to create amazing creations that no one has seen before.