B00104265 MultiMedia Blog

This week we worked on the teams GDD. After speaking to the team leaders Chris and James this week, I was updated on the project and was given my first task. The task given to me this week was to design a logo for the "19 Sixteen" game. My role is displayed in the groups GDD. I will be working on all graphic design work for the project. I will always be in contact with Chris and James. I will also be working closely along with the Art Team. Some of my tasks will be creating graphics for promotion such as logos and banners etc. I may also be working creating textures and assets for the game. Easter Rising 1916 Image by DFArchives

The week I almost have the first playable version of my game finished. I'm still having problems trying to get a character controller to work because the standard assets are outdated or broken. I've finished making the overall game map and started some coding. My game now has a working crosshair and gems. I'm not meeting my deadlines because the coding is very confusing even when following along with tutorials. I had expected to have more of the code finished by now.  Most of the time the code breaks my game and or doesn't work properly. This is really frustrating because I don't have the skills to fix any of the errors. I end up having to follow multiple different tutorials until I can get something to work. With plenty of other assignments, I feel the coding is holding back the rest of my work.     Image of The Maze I Made The game map is turning out as I imagined, I'm impressed with both the look and art style. It has come a long way from last wee...

Judging by the progress chart and my current points I should be able to get an A if I keep working hard. I'm happy with points so far because I wasn't expecting to have this many points at week 8. The extra credit assignments have helped boost my points up a bit. I have done a lot of extra comments and tech tasks. The class assignments I Enjoy the Unity tutorials more than other assignments but don't like writing blogs about them after. For the second half of the semester, I would like to stay on top of my work. I want to follow my scheduling plan more closely. I've found it difficult to stick to my schedule because things keep popping up. It hasn't necessarily affected my work but sometimes I'm left doing a lot of blogs the weekend when I'd prefer to have them finished during the week. I would like to learn some ways to better my time management. The workload has increased a lot this year and I'm still trying to adapt to the change. I think I shoul...

Overall, the quality of comments and feedback I received from other students has been positive. All of the comments left on my blog were really friendly and useful. I found the comments on my game blogs the most useful. It allows me to find out what other people think of my game. I like reading other peoples comments because they leave suggestions on how my game could be improved. I also like reading through other peoples comments because it gives me a chance to reflect on my work.  In my opinion, I have left good quality comments and feedback on other students blogs. I try putting thought into each of my comments because I know how useful it can be. The WOW and TAG feedback strategies have been very helpful to me. I use these strategies to help structure my comments, especially the longer 150-word comments. I'd recommend  these feedback strategies to people who  are struggling with writing longer,  detailed comments because they can almost be used as a guide....

The reading and writing assignments have gone ok for me. It's very difficult to keep up with all the blogs because we have to write about everything. I think this could affect some of my blogs up to the end of the semester. I'm not too worried though because I've submitted all blogs on time so far and even did some extra credit work.  My favorite reading so far was about making games cozy. I found this really interesting because I've often been playing a game and felt this feels really cozy. It was cool to learn about the different tricks games use to create this cozy feeling for players. Most of the reading notes have helped me with my game. They're nice to refer back to when looking for some inspiration. I have not discovered any new reading/ research strategies. I usually write down notes for myself before beginning a blog. I find it helps me to write my blogs faster and it's always nice to have a paper copy. I'm happy with my game project but I'm w...