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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Berries and mushrooms are a good and abundant source of food in the forest. So I figured our charcters would survive on that. Researching about berries, I found some had good attributes for bettering the narrative. For example, Salmonberry season was missed, which was something Marcus was anticipating to eat. Red huckleberries are incredibly tart, giving them to Sierra would surprise her. A mountain Huckleberry is a favourite for bears, so giving some to know-it-all Marcus would put him on edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mushrooms are similar to berries in the way were a lot of them look like one thing but can be some other species completely. Namely a false chanterelle and a golden one. This is why Marcus is so crucial. There are common mushrooms throughout the pacific Northwest, and Marcus can mention it is pretty lucky they went in Autumn, beacause these wonderful mushrooms grow in abundance. I decided to research about which ones are good to grill under a fire, because it isnt advisable to eat mushrooms raw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was also the mention of a blood mushroom, which is a rare find and is perfect to freak Sierra out and get Marcus excited. Tyler had additional sprites made specifically for the blood mushroom here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This research was more to enrich the story to make people get an accurate perception of what the Pacific Northwest is like. I considered the seasons of which all the plants would grow to make it more accurate to the game plot. I thought that because these mushrooms are related to Marcus a lot, part of his design would look like the underside of the mushroom cap. Although subtle, it could give the player a hint that he knows all about them. I was worried however, if I kept adding mushrooms and berries that had no influence to the story, only enriching the environment, it would put an unfair workload to my team. If we had time, Id be considerate to choose mushrooms and berries that would actually affect the story first and then mention the more decorational mushrooms after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research for Narrative<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Art<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Using Twine and Inkle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Homepage : Alt F4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,42],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sem2","tag-research","tag-sem2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/am3n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Evaluation <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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