Planning a project, especially when considering Agile practices, within a games development cycle can be the trickiest part of the whole process yet an incredibly important one. Agile in its nature tries to spread the planning of a product or the work that it entails across the life time of Read more…
So this week has had its up and its downs, but most of all it has been educational for me. This one is going to be a standard reflection for me. Writing only. This week There is no point in beating around the bush with regards to Rapid Ideation 2. Read more…
I began the development of my rapid ideation 2 project like I do every game project, I opened up the brand new empty project I had set up and sat their staring at it until my brain finally kicked in and reminded me I have project management set up for Read more…
So the focus for this post was to consider the contents of this boilerplate project I am going to create. I need to think about and understand its requirements and then work out how I am going to establish these requirements within the project so that it can be re-used Read more…
Strange week in all, especially after last week and the new found focus I have on my future plans and desires. It feels like I have not got a lot done however there has been a lot of new knowledge gained due to the decisions I have made. Last Weeks Read more…
So I have to keep a few things in mind here that I have promised to do through my reflections. The first one is to try to do more logging of my development more frequently in order to make sure I can document it all without forgetting anything. The second Read more…
This week I have just had to stop and take stock of everything. Its been the first week of my summer vacation so I have had no work to consider and I have really needed the chance to wind down. Not that this has meant I have turned off completely Read more…
Sticking with my new mantra of reflecting in a quicker and more direct way. Last weeks SMART targets I am going to have my game ready before the Wednesday conference and I am going to volunteer to demonstrate my game to the rest of the group. I am make some Read more…
So at the end of my last post on this small project I made it a point to ensure the next thing I did was the Wave mechanic for the game. I also wanted to ensure I was maintaining my methodology and practice. So I made a conscious decision to Read more…
Well this might be a short one this week, which is strange because I think this is the week I have done and learned the most from. However I had a bombshell moment with my reflective practice this week and this should illustrate the change. It came from the weekly Read more…