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The topics I could choose are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Childhood in games<\/strong> – How is it portrayed? How are child’s perspectives valued?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Child abuse (in games)<\/strong> – How is abuse from a child’s perspective portrayed?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hair braiding in games<\/strong> – How is the craft shown in the medium of games?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Games centred around Handicrafts<\/strong> – How does the human element of crafts influence the game and its story\/art?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The ways nature is shown in games <\/strong>(self-explanatory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhat I ended up choosing was<\/strong>: Childhood in Games<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Why?<\/strong> I felt like there was a lot that I could cover, as there are not as many child protagonist’s in games and their perspectives as both children and people with emotions are rarely both discussed. I felt like this would also be a good opportunity to understand my own character as I am the Narrative designer for this game, and it would help me to understand how to make the protagonist appealing to players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Material I can use to help me with this essay<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- https:\/\/gamerant.com\/games-child-protagonists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Google Scholar<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Children of Silentown (Game)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- My Child Lebensborn (Game) <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How do you do it? (Game)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Emma Reay – The Child in Videogames: From the Meek, to the Mighty, to the Monstrous<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Books about Child Art and how they engage with it (Library)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Books from the perspective of Children’s authors, how do adults understand the child POV? (Like me as an adult making games from a child’s POV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nBrief<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“You need to write a 3500-word essay that is split into an academic article and a journalism-style article about the SAME subject. You should split at 2000 words for academic, and 1500 for a journalistic style.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Think about the different audiences, the academic one must be Harvard referenced, and the journalism one is not a blog, it is still a formal piece of writing, think Edge or Guardian Games.”<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWe had a small sheet to fill out to help us understand more about the game and how to extract an essay out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- What do you need for this game to be fantastic<\/strong> – This could be theme info, tech info, experience info<\/strong>.\n
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- Of these which do I know the least about?<\/strong>\n
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- Tech info<\/strong>: since I am learning C# code from scratch. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Of these which would be good to know more about to improve the design \/ visual \/ feel of my game?<\/strong>\n
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- I think theme info, as diving into this theme of childhood in gaming will help me improve the visuals + feel – why are people drawn to nostalgic and comforting games like these? And how do people react to harder\/realistic topics in a cosy game setting?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Think about your brand questions: WHAT, HOW, WHY?<\/strong>\n
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- WHAT<\/strong>: Childhood, Multifaceted, Nostalgic, Conflicting<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- HOW<\/strong>: Through Dialogue, how the player character is treated by all characters, in-universe and not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- WHY<\/strong>: Slowly reveal context for what is happening, why is the player in this world? Why does this Paracosm exist?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Do some basic research online or library on some of these themes and ask yourself?<\/strong> \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Is this a topic that I can write enough about?<\/strong> \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Is it too narrow or shallow?<\/strong>\n
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- I think that there will be many umbrella topics for me to discuss with this one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Will I find this interesting?<\/strong> \u2705\n
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- Yes, it is a subject that I am passionate about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Do I feel I can write about it given the short deadline? Maybe it\u2019s too in-depth?<\/strong>\n
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- I believe this would be simple enough to write about in a month, since I am already gathering info.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Discuss themes you are narrowing down on?<\/strong>\n
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- Childhood in games<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Art made by Children<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How children are portrayed by game designers and the different stereotypes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Has each team member got a different theme?<\/strong>\n
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- Yes, Hayley is exploring Handicrafts side of our game while I am looking at Childhood. This is so we can both cover the 2 central themes of our game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How will you expect to see this supporting the game design \/ game project \/ marketing or branding?<\/strong>\n
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- Game Design:<\/strong> Informing me how to communicate this theme better to the players<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Game Project:<\/strong> Help me to improve my Narrative Design.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Marketing\/Branding:<\/strong> It will help me to set a Discord server up if I have a game with a solid concept running.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nLearning Outcomes for this module<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Reference<\/th> Learning Outcome<\/th> How could I potentially show this?<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> A1<\/td> the relevance of key discipline-specific theoretical and contextual themes to your work;<\/td> – Examining theories relevant to my chosen topic<\/td><\/tr> A2<\/td> ways of communicating an informed and critical understanding of your work in the context of the your study.<\/td> – How can I dissect my references, and how they can provide context to my essay.<\/td><\/tr> B1<\/td> formulate and develop an idea and broadly research its context;<\/td> – Heavily researching my topic and dissecting it in relation to my chosen topic. For example, looking at the child in games, a topic I could look at is how are children treated between different game genres; horror vs fantasy?<\/td><\/tr> B2<\/td> recognise useful links between contextual data.<\/td> – See how I can bridge the gap between topics using references and my own opinions.<\/td><\/tr> C1<\/td> demonstrate organisational skills;<\/td> – Have a clear schedule of what I need to do, like researching a different aspect of my subject each week.<\/td><\/tr> C2<\/td> identify, select and draw upon a wide range of visual, printed and electronic sources.<\/td> – Use a range of information to support my studies. This will include websites, academic articles, books from the library, game media and playthroughs.<\/td><\/tr> C3<\/td> Demonstrate that you can articulate and communicate in a professional manner appropriate to the chosen topic.<\/td> – Proper grammar as well as using correct referencing
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- Game Project:<\/strong> Help me to improve my Narrative Design.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Game Design:<\/strong> Informing me how to communicate this theme better to the players<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- HOW<\/strong>: Through Dialogue, how the player character is treated by all characters, in-universe and not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- WHAT<\/strong>: Childhood, Multifaceted, Nostalgic, Conflicting<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Of these which would be good to know more about to improve the design \/ visual \/ feel of my game?<\/strong>\n
- Tech info<\/strong>: since I am learning C# code from scratch. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Of these which do I know the least about?<\/strong>\n
- Child abuse (in games)<\/strong> – How is abuse from a child’s perspective portrayed?<\/li>\n\n\n\n