{"id":2391,"date":"2025-11-14T17:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/?page_id=2391"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:40:56","slug":"archive-13-concept-prototypes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/archive-13-concept-prototypes\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive 13 Concept &amp; Prototypes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Game Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Below is a brief GDD-style PDF of the game concept I came up with through my research. It contains the genre, platform, target audience, overview and core gameplay loops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/Archive-13.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Archive 13.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-91ad7496-4451-4c59-9b23-4ae848982842\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/Archive-13.pdf\">Archive 13<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/Archive-13.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-91ad7496-4451-4c59-9b23-4ae848982842\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Game Loops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Moving on from the game concept to prototyping, I decided to make visual mock-ups of the four game loops in this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2415\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-9.png 467w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-9-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2417\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-11.png 397w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-11-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2416\" style=\"width:334px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-10.png 392w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-10-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2418\" style=\"width:313px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-12.png 401w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/image-12-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\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>Prototypes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">For prototyping I was originally going to use Powerpoint, however I wanted to use something built to prototype without having to code at this stage as Powerpoint can be quite confusing with button features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Instead I used an online tool called Figma which was relatively easy to use. It&#8217;s similar to Twine but with UI instead of just purely text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prototype one- Evidence investigation <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/proto\/E9Gn8NeOpDCCR98fwVyQYT\/Home-desktop?node-id=1-1681&amp;t=TGN0shAOfKtRTQOZ-1&amp;starting-point-node-id=1%3A1681\">Click here to play through my prototype 1!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"850\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1530 \/ 850;\" width=\"1530\" controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/20251114-1844-37.4854758.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prototype two &#8211; Editorial decision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/proto\/aGjcPN9EO3PD6ChMBXY7f2\/Untitled?node-id=8-150&amp;p=f&amp;t=qVNVl8Y9J2Gt02CL-0&amp;scaling=scale-down&amp;content-scaling=fixed&amp;page-id=0%3A1&amp;starting-point-node-id=8%3A150\">Click here to play through my prototype 2!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"850\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1528 \/ 850;\" width=\"1528\" controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/20251114-1859-46.3736263.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prototype three- Fieldwork<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/proto\/hUvmAK1qc9xF4nyeSZkny5\/Untitled?node-id=1-3&amp;p=f&amp;t=VZOKsckxnBzC2M1I-0&amp;scaling=scale-down&amp;content-scaling=fixed&amp;page-id=0%3A1&amp;starting-point-node-id=1%3A3\">Click here to play through my prototype 3!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"848\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1532 \/ 848;\" width=\"1532\" controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/20251117-1457-02.9130273.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"846\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1530 \/ 846;\" width=\"1530\" controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/20251117-1457-53.6479599.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prototype four- Narrative progression<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/proto\/REthXav5S3M2N70seLC3eC\/Untitled?node-id=1-2&amp;t=CAiYKc3wkdkgmgEX-0&amp;scaling=scale-down&amp;content-scaling=fixed&amp;page-id=0%3A1&amp;starting-point-node-id=1%3A2\">Click here to play through my prototype 4!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"840\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1536 \/ 840;\" width=\"1536\" controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/20251117-1500-17.6654625.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"848\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1522 \/ 848;\" width=\"1522\" controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/20251117-1501-26.0836211.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"852\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1536 \/ 852;\" width=\"1536\" controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/20251117-1502-10.6753597.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\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>Presentation Slides<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To find our week 9 presentation click here:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/week-9-presenting-three-games\/\">https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/jr16g23\/week-9-presenting-three-games\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Concept Below is a brief GDD-style PDF of the game concept I came up with through my research. It contains the genre, platform, target audience, overview and core gameplay loops. Game Loops Moving on from the game concept to prototyping, I decided to make visual mock-ups of the four game loops in this game. 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