As we have moved towards the end of this module I have been taking a lot of time to reflect on and revisit some of the areas that have been explored within the content. This has really allowed me to pinpoint specific aspects of my practices that I want to Read more…
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…
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…
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…
So the task at hand. Create a prototype of an artefact in two weeks based on a randomly chosen theme. So a two week game jam in essence. The theme was chosen by using a board game called Dixit, a game based upon imagery and story-telling. All the cards were Read more…
Well this week I finally had one of those lovely penny drop moments, which is always nice, and something I feared would happen did not actually happen. We have begun our first Rapid Ideation sprint (sprint 2 of the module) and I was very apprehensive going in to this. I Read more…
Well this was a really fun week for me as I was in my element with prototyping and rapid ideation. It has also been enlightening for a couple of other reasons that I will get to later. Game Jams The week started with an investigation into rapid ideation event, or Read more…
..continued from Fortnite Chest Simulator Part 1. Moving on to the visuals for the chest simulator I knew there were a few things I wanted to achieve. The first being that I wanted to make sure there was a graphical representation of the differences of choice that the generator made. Read more…