{"id":1365,"date":"2025-10-08T00:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T00:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:47:05","slug":"week-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/week-01\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEK #01"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1365\" class=\"elementor elementor-1365\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68bbfa3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68bbfa3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a76e78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"1a76e78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"1\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d644b82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d644b82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Module Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c15e1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c15e1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This week marked the beginning of our second year, and our first Game Design Studio session focused on the structure and expectations of the module. One of the key assessments this term will be the completion of a Game Design Document (GDD)\u2014a comprehensive file that includes the game\u2019s mechanics, narrative, visual direction, and ideally some early-stage prototypes or visual mockups.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e27410b e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e27410b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9bcee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e9bcee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72471-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large 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src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72472-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2795\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72472-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72472-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72472-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72472.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be0640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7be0640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72474-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2797\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72474-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72474-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72474-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/\u5e7b\u706f\u72474.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f5603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3f5603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For my summer project, I researched the game <strong><em>Dread Hunger<\/em><\/strong>, analysing its available GDD resources and immersive design strategies. This process helped me understand how professional games evolve from concept documents into full-scale production. I hope to apply a similar structured logic in my own project development this year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08c46cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"08c46cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8687ce9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8687ce9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Group Brainstorming<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f58ef12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f58ef12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/week1-1536x1152.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-2808\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/week1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/week1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/week1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/week1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/week1.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20eab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f20eab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a group, we explored the concept of \u201cMovement\u201d through collaborative brainstorming and physical mind-mapping. Our whiteboard exercise included everything from time loops and environmental changes to emotional movement and transitions across space.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>We brought together a variety of prompts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Photos of spaces in motion (like swimming pools and roads)<\/li><li>Sticky notes with keywords like &#8220;season&#8221;, &#8220;emotion&#8221;, &#8220;punch&#8221;, &#8220;floating&#8221;, &#8220;rotation&#8221;, and &#8220;ritual&#8221;<\/li><li>A central theme of how movement affects the player\u2019s sense of time, space, and control<\/li><\/ul><p>This ideation session helped us lay the foundation for a more poetic or experiential game direction. I personally enjoyed seeing how abstract words like \u201cpause\u201d or \u201cloop\u201d could trigger ideas for mechanics or visual metaphors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-916aa14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"916aa14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"side-nav\">\r\n  <a href=\"#1\">Module Introduction<\/a><br>\r\n  <a href=\"#2\">Group Brainstorming<\/a><br>\r\n  \r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Module Introduction This week marked the beginning of our second year, and our first Game Design Studio session focused on the structure and expectations of the module. 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