The middle bit sounds a little bit passive really for what is about to come because after my last post I have fully applied my Agile approach and, well, a lot has been done. With all my idea generation tied up and an idea firmly in place, alongside its relevant Read more…
I have been challenged to review my progress in reflective writing and explore my use of reflective domains within in order to see if I could improve or re-balance my reflective style to become more proficient. What is reflective practice? As detailed by Schön (1983), a philosopher and professor at 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 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…
For the challenge this week we were tasked with utilising prototyping techniques to reverse engineer an existing creative artefact and then rebuild it as a quick prototyped representation. For this challenge I chose to look at the chest mechanics from the Fortnite Battle Royale video game. My reasoning behind this Read more…
On any given weekend, there is a game jam happening somewhere in the world. Professionals and students alike converge on these game jam sites to further their skills, to foster community, and to experiment with game design. Chen, S (2017) Foreword to Game Jam Guide titled A Brief History of Read more…
So back to being the student rather than the teacher again. It has certainly been a little while since I was this side of the desk but things are beginning to come back to me slowly, and of course the lovely practice of actually writing down my reflections begins again. Read more…