Character Development

Yesterday I got a useful tip from my friend Paul to help flesh out my oc characters, a new way to come up with characters.

You see when I create character the  first thing I do is visualize what she or he looks like.

I still do this however my friend tough my to fill out character questionnaires. This actually helped me to develop my character Koah because I needed some more background of her.

This was very useful and I strongly suggest if your struggling with coming up with a back story for your characters do a character questionnaire.

Group game idea

Today we went out and did the oddest thing. Our tutor put us in groups and we were told to go out and buy any item for a pound.

We later found out that we had to come up with a idea for a game using that object we bought.

I was with Jack and Charlie and we bought of all things a squeaky chicken I wanted the squeaky donut but it was a funny idea so we went with it.

Our idea was a game about chickens defending their coop. You can probably say we were inspired by Chicken Run or Fox Busters.

My task was to come up with the characters which my team liked.

Overall it was a good day, the sun was out, we had a change of scenery,  had a laugh and learned that you can come up with a game idea about anything.

PPD Presentation skills

Today were put in groups of 3-4 and we had to produce a presentation about a random game that the Tutor gave us.

I was with my two friends Jack and Jodi which surprisingly started off bad but eventually things worked out and it went well.

The game we had to research was called Ballpoint Univerese.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/259390/

I admit things didn't  go as planned because I was confused about what role I was assigned to.

I even made the mistake of talking about one of the subjects I knew well, where in the middle of the presentation Jodi says I stole her part. I don't want to say she was wrong but she was, I could have sworn Jack told me to talk about the overall look of the game.

Sadly I had the feeling either of them didn't have a care in the world for the game we had to present. I believe the game had some potential, but then again I like Sureal art.

The real stressful part was having to write everything my two team mates were saying.

Jack didn't have Power point on his laptop. fortunately I did however it was on my Surface pro 3.

Also I had to go over to a mac just before it was time to present. This was only because I knew a good presentation is better with imagery it makes it more appealing to the audience.

I finally got the images on the power point presentation.

and I looked at the audience  every now and then because I was looking back at the imagery to gather points of interest. Overall it went semi well, but I defiantly think it could have gone better. I don't mean to blame people maybe I was just in a bad mood anyway we did the presentation and I learned about a interesting new game I never heard about.

3D Art!

Checkout this awesome 3D printing pen! the 3D-doodler

it uses colorful sticks of plastic to create really unique creations.

it was introduced in a kick starter project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r5q9T_7u8A

to me it looks and sounds like a cross from an electric shaver and or hair clipper / trimmer.

What I like about this tool is you can start doodling on a piece of paper then gradually pull the pen up and the plastic hardens in mid air, producing a one of a kind 3D model.

here a review and some examples of what you can make, the only limit is your imagination... that and possibly your balance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cMn4etTdN8

http://daich.net/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/IMG_9174.jpg

http://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/static.brit.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/3Doodler-MoreSamples.jpg

http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/3Doodler-3D-Printing-Pen-Used-to-Make-Remote-Controlled-Airplane-and-Car-447288-3.jpg

here is a link to more economical offer.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/3D-Stereoscopic-Printing-Pen-Drawing/dp/B00KJ5ZRQ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1424440976&sr=8-2&keywords=lix

And for people who don't want a shaver  and rather prefer a pen why not try a LIX the successor of the 3Ddoodler, also started on Kick starter.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/04/lix-the-worlds-smallest-3d-printing-pen-lets-you-draw-in-the-air/

http://lixpen.com/

Gaming is learning!

Recently I bought a PS3 because I've always wanted, one just had to wait for the price to drop.  ;)

It's kind of funny how you buy a new games console and your current module your studying has some really amazing games to research.

I took it that extra level. As well as reading up about games like Never Alone and Hohokum I decided to get the games and try them out for myself.  Sort of counts as primary research.

Self assessment results

After going through the assessment I scored a tottal amount of 11 A's, 10 B, s and 9 C's

Reading the learning style explanation I have found out that I am a mixture of Visual and Kinaesthetic and not so much if any of having a Auditory style.

I am happy with the overal result however I think I might have to improve on my Auditory skills.

Field Trip!

Today I went to the Hatton Art gallery

It was a nice change from being stuck in a boring old class room, it's always good to get out and see some new scenery! However I would of liked it better if it wasn't so freezing cold! My legs felt stiff when I got there,they were like two blocks of Ice!

I didn't get much inspiration for the current module, nor anything else to be honest, There were some interesting pieces of artwork but nothing screamed out to me.


Here are some images of some of the artwork I found appealing, Bare in mind they are slightly blurry and offset, I believe if I steadied my hands a bit better the images would have came out clearer.

I like the color scheme here mostly because it gives the illusion that it's dark but there's light shining at a particular angle.

I don't really like the orange and yellow, they could have been left out, although I am drawn to that area of the image more. Not so much to the orange however.

This reminds me of a sea like landscape, like a beach my friend also noted it looks like a 2D level design. I like how the greens contrast and the overall geometric / organic shapes clash together.