Year 3 Launch/Tutorial Day 1 - 05/10/21

 

Develop LinkedIn, Make professional Twitter, Make Portfolio

 

“Important to find the right person with the wrong skills than the wrong person with the right skills” - Don’t have to know everything, learn as I go

 

Don't think about job roles

 

Critical Thinking is important for different perspectives

 

What do I desire? What do I want to do in life?

• Start with having a good working environment - a place to focus and do critical thinking. Spur each other on

 

Find an intersection between what I’m good at, what I enjoy, and what has value

Value = Things that will have an impact on the world

 

The Brief

• Two phases: Research and Create phase split into two smaller phases each

• Presenting every couple of weeks, with each phase taking a specific number of weeks

  • 2, 2, 3, 3 weeks (10 weeks?)

• Phase 1: Research as many things as I can, come up with 4 research themes and present to the class (7 or 8 minutes) to convince people that it’s interesting. Pick one after the presentations.

• Phase 2: Research one of these themes and explore it further, gather as much information as possible and present it again (more concise but similar to the first presentation)

• Phase 3: Start thinking about how to gamify this theme. Choose 3 of many game ideas about this theme, prototypes would be ideal. Present these

• Phase 4: Explore final idea further, structure it out (Like a GDD but NOT A GDD), Start thinking about teams around the end of phase 2. Work collectively after whatever point I join a team

• Presentations uploaded to OneDrive

 

Sem 1 Weeks 1-3 = Phase 1

Good Start Bad Start workshop

Establish research focuses and create research & action plans

 

Weeks 3-6 = Phase 2

Research themed workshop

Deep dive

Research within an inch of your life

Research proposal - Tuesday 9th Nov (Week 6)

 

The more research is done, the better the game ideas will be

 

Weeks 6-10 = Phase 3

Making themed workshop

Play/Prototypes

Testing/Making

Present ideas - Tuesday 7th Dec (Week 10)

 

Weeks 10-13 = Phase 4

Choose one idea

Play/Prototype

Translate into a “GPP”

Present - Tuesday 18th Jan (Week 13)

 

Hand-In = 21st Jan

All documentation and proposals, both my own and my teams

 

 

Semester 2

 

Implementation teams or not

Game for launch

Demonstrate idea

 

Big show in London

 

Tips

"Don't be scared to bin stuff or change your idea, don't drive yourself into the ground. You're more than your work"

"Talk to your peers. Let yourself get relaxed and distracted. Eat well, have snacks, don't start antidepressants halfway through the semester"

"Don't be afraid to stand up for something you know can work, it's okay to doubt yourself"

"Have fun, cry if you need to"

"Network, network, network"

"Speak to other years and alumni. All in the same boat"

"Forget that you're making a game, expand your research and find topics that you enjoy"

"Have a proper schedule and timetable. Think of short term goals to keep motivated. Use Trello"

“Look after each other”

“Think about making something unique, memorable and meaningful”

“Try to give your game an identity”

“Base the game on something you’re actually interested in and know about”

“Learn how to gamify your idea as quickly as possible. Alter the design plan if needed”

 

 

 

Afternoon workshop

 

“Short trip” - Born out of the excitement of travelling on Japanese trams, and also the technical challenge of making a game with this specific art style (line art)

 

Before your eyes - Game that progresses as you blink (really interesting detection mechanic) About memory and time and space

 

About finding a scope and being passionate

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Task (20 mins)(Explained below)

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UN list of 22 global issues

UN sustainable development goals

 

Make an action plan to take it forward - list what I want to find out and how much information I would want to have in the next few days

 

Action Plan:

Make mind maps of potential ideas, and choose 4

Write questions about the 4 topics

Research the answers and see where the information takes me

Make inspiration/moodboards

Experiment with experiences for the different themes