{"id":1025,"date":"2026-01-05T11:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/?page_id=1025"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:36:20","slug":"decided-to-work-in-pairs-with-esi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/decided-to-work-in-pairs-with-esi\/","title":{"rendered":"Decided to work in pairs (with Esi)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hair braiding x bjd + Nature x handcrafts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one of our group feedback section Adam suggested Esi and I work together as we are sharing similar game ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>Me<\/td><td>Esi<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mechanic<\/td><td>Bobbin lace<\/td><td>Hair braiding<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Narrative<\/td><td>Don\u2019t have much idea<\/td><td>Childhood trauma (Have a well developed idea)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Characters\u2019 body structure: Head-to-body proportion<\/td><td>1:4<\/td><td>BJD body structure (large head, small body)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Environment<\/td><td>Handcraft x nature fantasy world<\/td><td>salon<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are trying to combine our ideas together and make a game about the protagonist braiding their doll&#8217;s hair and making handcrafts (accessories and body ceramic) for them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a brainstorm mind map of how we combine our ideas together <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/IMG_5788-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/IMG_5788-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/IMG_5788-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/IMG_5788-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/IMG_5788-1536x992.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/IMG_5788.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Decision for our concept<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.28.26-754x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.28.26-754x1024.png 754w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.28.26-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.28.26-768x1043.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.28.26.png 1016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our game pitch:<\/strong> <em>\u201cYou play as an imaginative little girl helping to maintain your dolls and their village that you created using arts and crafts supplies. Help them with their tasks: cut shapes out of paper, braid hair, and paint while you learn more about their lives. The fantasy is perfect \u2014 until conversations from the real world start seeping in, and eventually, you are forced to confront your reality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Decision of our roles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Me: Programmer, Environment Artist (2D), Character Designer, UI Designer, BGM Designer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esi: Programmer, Environment Artist (3D), Narrative Designer, BGM designer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Idea Presentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were glad to have our Music student join our presentation, so I <strong>wrote a short music<\/strong> to test with the aesthetic of my game, and <strong>Esi prepared a song list<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On what we done for the presentation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me: <strong>Rough concept art of character<\/strong> and Hair braiding + handcraft +nature <strong>environment.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.40.38-680x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.40.38-680x1024.png 680w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.40.38-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.40.38-768x1156.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.40.38.png 824w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.39.10-1024x732.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.39.10-1024x732.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.39.10-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.39.10-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-14.39.10.png 1404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A 6 sec audio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Art-and-craft.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Esi and I, moodboards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/6-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change of concept<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After our presentation, Esi messaged me on Discord, she said she wanted to change a few things of our game concept. (And I am happy to change :))<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Art style, environment and character design<\/strong> <strong>to be childish<\/strong> (her original idea) instead of elegant (my idea). <br>As our story is about childhood, elegant design may be irrelevant to our concept. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Get rid of the idea of Ball joint dolls<\/strong>.<br>As our protagonist is an ordinary little girl in about the age of 8, Ball joint dolls are expensive, sort of a luxury toy. That girl will not have the concept of ball joint dolls or even own multiple ball joint doll. Instead, make our doll characters <strong>ordinary kid dolls (keeping the design of body structure)<\/strong>, but get rid of the idea of expensive BJDs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moodboard of my art style I wanted to make<\/strong> VS <strong>New moodboard made by Esi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Year-3-9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Year-3-9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Year-3-9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Year-3-9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Year-3-9-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Year-3-9.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/IMG_8217.png-1024x574.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/IMG_8217.png-1024x574.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/IMG_8217.png-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/IMG_8217.png-768x430.webp 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/IMG_8217.png.webp 1076w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New table for the change of concept<br>Grey = concept before, and now is withdrawn<br>Red = new idea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-17.22.57-754x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-17.22.57-754x1024.png 754w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-17.22.57-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-17.22.57-768x1043.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/\u622a\u5716-2026-01-05-17.22.57.png 1018w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hair braiding x bjd + Nature x handcrafts In one of our group feedback section Adam suggested Esi and I work together as we are sharing similar game ideas. Me Esi Mechanic Bobbin lace Hair braiding Narrative Don\u2019t have much idea Childhood trauma (Have a well developed idea) Characters\u2019 body structure: Head-to-body proportion 1:4 BJD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1025","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1119,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1025\/revisions\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ckhs1c22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}