Death Notes
Eleven weekly reflections, each naming one concrete moment from that week's material, submitted the week it covers — not held back and bundled at the end
Due: Weekly — see schedule below · Weight: 20%
| Week | Due |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 February 2027 |
| 2 | 1 March 2027 |
| 3 | 8 March 2027 |
| 4 | 15 March 2027 |
| 5 | 22 March 2027 |
| 6 | 29 March 2027 |
| 7 | 12 April 2027 |
| 8 | 19 April 2027 |
| 9 | 26 April 2027 |
| 10 | 3 May 2027 |
| 11 | 10 May 2027 |
The brief#
Every week, ~200 words on one concrete moment from something you played or watched that week — not a review, not a genre generality.
A Death Note is not “Dark Souls’ level design is really clever.” It’s the specific moment: the shortcut in Undead Burg you didn’t realise connected back to Firelink, the exact frame Lady Butterfly’s dive telegraphs on, the item description that made you distrust your own boss. If the entry could have been written by someone who hadn’t actually played that week, rewrite it until it couldn’t.
What you submit#
Eleven entries, roughly 200 words each, one per teaching week — due at the start of the session it covers, not held back and bundled at the end. The best ten of eleven count toward the mark; the eleventh is a genuine free pass, not something to plan around, because a week you’re confident about still deserves the entry. A late entry scores zero for that week rather than losing a fraction — see Policies for what counts as late and how extensions work.
Where this goes next#
Several of these entries end up being the fastest route into later briefs — the Boss Blueprint and Loadout Pitch both reward having already named a specific moment worth building on.
The spec
The brief poses the problem and leaves room for a response. The spec is the fixed part: what a marker checks. Some lines can be checked mechanically; the rest call for judgement.
- eleven entries, one per teaching week (weeks 1–11 — week 12 is the showcase, not a new content week), each naming one specific moment rather than a genre generality
- no entry merely restates that week's lecture or topic essay in different words
- submitted the week it covers; the best ten of eleven count, so one missed or weak week doesn't need its own extension request
How it is marked
Each entry is worth up to 2 points; the best 10 of 11 count toward the 20-point total. An entry outside that count still gets feedback, it just isn't scored.
| Tier | Descriptor |
|---|---|
| 2/2 — Full-health clear | Names one specific moment from that week's material — not a genre generality — and it's visibly getting more specific as the semester goes on, not repeating the same kind of observation under a new title. |
| 1/2 — Died once, adapted | Names a real moment, but restates that week's lecture or topic essay in different words rather than adding an observation the lecture didn't already make. |
| 0/2 — You died | Late past the standard five-day extension described on the Policies page, missing, or reads as a genre generality a non-player could have written. |