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Week 4 was all about character design. We learned about what makes up a unique and original character and basic rules on how to design them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Characters give players a reason to learn about the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Character Arcs:
– Protagonist
– Deuteragonist (You \/ The Player)
– Antagonist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My game would be focused around the psychology of Theodore Horton, a fictional serial killer who lived in the 1930s. While he would be the antagonist, the protagonist, who lives in the present and is also the deuteragonist, would be the player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In week 4, our guest speaker Jake gave us a thorough lecture on character design. Among the things we learned were:
– start with simple shapes
– characters come from observations of real-world people
– archetypes: protagonist\/villain
– do not explain everything about the character, let the player find out about it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the lecture we were given a task of creating a character concept based on what we had learned. Here is what I designed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I don’t usually draw characters in cartoonish style so I treated this exercise more like an experiment on a different art style. I decided to base the next task (shown below) we had to do on this character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Following the advice of starting with simple shapes, we made one more concept in the form of a paper collage. I wanted to achieve an effect of a big, muscular man, however, I made the head too large and the body looks smaller compared to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Week 4 was all about character design. We learned about what makes up a unique and original character and basic rules on how to design them. Characters give players a reason to learn about the world. Common Character Arcs:– Protagonist– Deuteragonist (You \/ The Player)– Antagonist My game would be focused around the psychology of … <\/p>\n

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