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MONDAY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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1-1 Session<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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During my 1-1 session, I talked a lot about my worries going forwards with my projects. My main concern was filling skill gap. Ideally I want to go ahead with my project, and ideally I’d have a team with me, like I had last year. My games so far are all 3D based and created in Unity, however, I’m not a very confident programmer, and only a beginner in C#, whereas my games would need more high profile coding knowledge. I made them mostly because I wanted to improve on and show off my Technical Design skills. Also, they seemed… a bit ambitious for solo development, even if I did have months to make it.

On the other hand, I did really want to try. I’d managed to make the prototypes mostly by myself, and we had a Unity specialist on hand to help, as well as my more knowledgeable coursemates who I’m sure would be happy to lend a hand from time to time.

It was suggested to me to be very clear on what I needed from people in my presentation, and if there were no takers, then I’d simply have to do it myself. I left my 1-1 feeling cautiously confident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prototype 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite the fact it was reading week, I’d also begin my second prototype – the emergency hotline officer for magical creatures. I only had a limited time to get all my prototypes together after all. For today, I outlined the tasks I would need to create a functional prototype:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Camera Movement \/ Aesthetic Example (Unity)\n
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    • Office cubicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Desk<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Desk Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Computer\/Keyboard\/Mouse<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Phone <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Filing cabinet <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Fax machine (?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Misc Decor\n
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      • Pencil Holder<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Potted Plant <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Narrative Example (Twine)\n
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        • Caller 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Caller 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Caller 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          TUESDAY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          Tuesday I created the greybox and camera movement script in Unity. Again I used ProBuilider to make a simple block of office cubicles.

          The camera movement didn’t take a lot of time – unlike the last one, this was a simple point-and-click, so there wasn’t much fancy code necessary. I had a greybox and simple movement in record time, and I didn’t even need to sacrifice my sanity for it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n