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Production of the game.
AI and Communication I liked our team because individually we were strong. I provided the narrative and artwork. Kevin was great at coding and making sure assets worked together in Unity. Yangsong made the world enticing to explore in. Iris unified the experience with her music and imported my narrative to the engine too.However we … Continue reading Team communication and AI use.
I collected the feedback for the team which the other members used to improve the game. I found the environment to not be totally suitable for playtesting. It was crowded and loud whilst our game was supposed to be a calm experience that relied on immersion into the story. I can’t imagine myself reading in … Continue reading Feedback
There are many elements to writing a basic narrative, and twice as more to write a compelling one. I find a lot of advice to be a reflection on past good narratives, but difficult to apply like tool. More like something to be aware of. The biggest piece of advice was to have every line … Continue reading Research for Narrative
This research was to make references on the Pacific Northwest for our game to give it a sense of depth. This was also a chance or Marcus to shine his knowledge to prove to Tyler he needs him. Most of the research was reflected on Marcus’ knowledge, the sprite choices and character preferences. How to … Continue reading Research for Foraging in the Pacfic Northwest
Translating the Narrative I tried to highlight the entirety of Erik’s story using a Key. This key helped clearly define what is important in the story as well as consider alternative progressions. One ending I wanted was a super quick one where Tyler is completely solo, he doesn’t speak to them and ventures alone in … Continue reading Narrative
Twine Twine was more of an standalone than tool. I thought it was pretty good because you can make a game from it by itself but as a team, we eventually agreed that inkle was a better alternative as it was designed to be intergrated to different game engines. I saw what games could’ve been … Continue reading Using Twine and Inkle
Overall Although I was assigned to do narrative, I felt like I should draw for the team. I wanted to originally draw so at the start it didn’t feel like a huge workload. Only later on did I understand how much work this has meant for me. And I was too stubborn to adapt my … Continue reading Art