{"id":246,"date":"2026-01-11T19:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/er7g24\/?p=246"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:42:29","slug":"23-12-25-game-design-document-movement-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/er7g24\/2026\/01\/11\/23-12-25-game-design-document-movement-12\/","title":{"rendered":"23\/12\/25 GAME DESIGN DOCUMENT – MOVEMENT #12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For my final post on this project, I’ll be linking my GDD. I’ve spent the latter path of this project working on it and trying to refine my ideas to be as cohesive as possible. Most importantly, I wanted to work on communication skills and ensure that I was doing a satisfactory job in conveying my ideas. I believe people tend to be biased towards their own ideas, and that they forget that others don’t think in the same way. This is something I’ve been guilty of so I made sure to be as clear as possible within my writing. There is also extra sketches and some artwork I’ve completed to fill in the GDD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also personal stuff I’ve uploaded on this website, in my portfolio tab I’ve posted about other artworks and projects. I always want to be challenging my skills to know that I’m always improving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1lgDs57OcVEM2PsLYekwHE-WXOezx7hOXVK8wCsNqG-0\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REFLECTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What have I learnt?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used the research portion of this project to dive into photography. I even brought a camera to continue exploring the medium. Photograph has helped me strengthen my composition choices and storytelling skills. Editing the photos I’ve taken also comes with its share of skills. Having to make decisions about colour, mood and tone gives me more confidence in my ability to apply these things within my artwork. Software such as Lightroom and Photoshop are much more familiar to me which is great, especially for the latter, due to its importance as an industry staple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project has been the most in-depth development of a game that I’ve done. The brilliant talks in classes has helped me appreciate game development in a way I haven’t before. Being taught game loops and how they can exist on a micro and macro scale, as well as game pillars and other technicalities involved in games design gives me a clearer vision of how my (hopeful) future in the games industry will work and what different roles will entail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What have I done well? What do I need to improve?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I revisit my older blog posts I believe I’ve done a good job in the research as I’ve explored new things in a way that wasn’t just reading articles online. In total I’ve also written a lot more than I would expect going into this project, which is always a bonus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put a lot of time and effort into thinking of the mechanics and how they could be tied into the narrative and game progression. As these are going to be made into games next semester, I wanted to make sure this could create a worthwhile and playable game that wasn’t completely held up by the writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I realised that I’ve done a lot less of the artistic work than I believed I would’ve when I started out. With the scope of designing the whole game, it makes sense that I can’t be able to put the most amount of detail in everything, although it’s a bit disappointing I wasn’t able to fully flesh out the style and the artistic vision. However, in a way it’s easier for an artist to fill in the style than to put the burden of designing the game onto the team making it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How will I improve in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the future I want to combine my art and narrative skills more thoroughly to show my capabilities of both within my portfolio. Environmental art is definitely something I want to get better at and work towards. I also want to experiment with 3D work in blender and play around with shader nodes and VFX. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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