{"id":5393,"date":"2026-01-09T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/?p=5393"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:52:32","slug":"week-12-final-stretch-%f0%9f%8f%83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/2026\/01\/09\/week-12-final-stretch-%f0%9f%8f%83\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12 \u2013 Final Stretch \ud83c\udfc3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between the break from school and the new year, Hayley &amp; I have been consistently chatting over the holidays about the narrative, environment design, and art, so we are confident when Semester 2 starts. Most of our work in the past two weeks has been for the Project Proposal, so here are some of our recent Discord chat discussions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-1.png 1110w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-1-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-1-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-1-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-1-850x498.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>^ Deciding on the environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1116\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-2.png 1116w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-2-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-2-1024x521.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-2-768x391.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-2-850x433.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>^ Looking at the craft objects we can put in the environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1026\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-3.png 1026w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-3-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-3-1024x315.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-3-768x237.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-3-850x262.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>^ How can we make the project proposal better &amp; some suggestions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1108\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-4.png 1108w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-4-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-4-1024x198.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-4-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-4-850x164.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1108px) 100vw, 1108px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>^ What is our audience?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1114\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-5.png 1114w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-5-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-5-1024x183.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-5-768x137.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-5-850x152.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1114px) 100vw, 1114px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>^ How can we market with our logo (putting game mechanics in the logo, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1126\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-6.png 1126w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-6-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-6-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-6-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-6-850x212.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>^ Ideas for what the third and final doll could look like, we decided to do a Chinese doll, as Hayley can incorporate some of her culture, both the modern and traditional styles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-7-1024x543.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-7-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-7-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-7-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-7-850x451.png 850w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/image-7.png 1138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>^ Brainstorming for the steam page, how will it look? <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final Reflection<\/strong> <strong>on Semester 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel like the game is going in the right direction. At first, I was worried this idea had too much going on, as some people didn&#8217;t understand it. However, as I work with Hayley, I see it getting clearer by the day. I&#8217;ve demonstrated communication, compromise and negotiation when Hayley &amp; I were not on the same page, and I&#8217;m gaining more soft skills that will be valuable to me in the industry. I can see us lowering the scope as we&#8217;ve done some narrative defining and art, but not much coding yet. However, I am confident we can still deliver a good product with an interesting perspective. I also think our work ethic is off to a good start, as we meet up at least once every week or two weeks, and every meeting has new ideas come from it. Hayley&#8217;s work with the characters will hopefully make them appealing and interesting to our target audience. I&#8217;ve also been able to utilise the skills I already have, such as Art, 3D Modelling and Music making, while Hayley handles the main character art and environment art, helping me to focus on my strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game title has been decided as &#8220;<strong>Karimah&#8217;s Paracosm<\/strong>&#8221; (decided <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/2025\/11\/27\/brainstorming-concepts\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4895\">here<\/a>), which I think is a really cute and simple way of describing the game&#8217;s main function. While I worry that the game could be boring, Hayley and I have been talking about this, and will try to evaluate the &#8220;fun&#8221; and &#8220;appeal&#8221; of the game as we playtest. A few people have said the idea was interesting and novel, so it&#8217;s up to us to take it from there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m really excited to be working on a game with someone with similar interests to me, and though it&#8217;s been hard at times, like any game ideation is, we hope to keep on ideating and polishing to kick off semester 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you want to see how I&#8217;ve shown the Learning Outcomes in my work throughout this semester, click <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/learning-outcomes\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you want to see our final project proposal, click <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/project-proposal\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thanks for reading the blog so far!<\/strong> \u2b50<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ea3g23\/2025\/12\/08\/week-11-gallery-presentation-%f0%9f%96%a5%ef%b8%8f\/\"><strong>Last Week<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between the break from school and the new year, Hayley &amp; I have been consistently chatting over the holidays about the narrative, environment design, and art, so we are confident when Semester 2 starts. 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