{"id":490,"date":"2025-11-06T02:34:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/?p=490"},"modified":"2025-11-25T02:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:52:04","slug":"week-6-poetry-in-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/2025\/11\/06\/week-6-poetry-in-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6 &#8211; Poetry in Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#e1b2b9;border-width:15px;border-radius:25px;background-color:#b4b9db00\">Jordan&#8217;s Lecture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During this day, we talked about our game ideas and Jordan gave us a quick lecture about poetry in games and that we should consider them when coming up with ideas of our own. In the afternoon, I was thinking about game ideas for the prototype presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-8-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-8-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-8-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-8-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-8.png 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-9-1024x964.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-9-1024x964.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-9-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-9-768x723.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-9.png 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After Jordan&#8217;s lecture, I wanted to do some extra research and look at poetry in games. I stumbled across this game called &#8220;Paper Snow&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-10.png 802w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-10-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23-yr3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/image-10-768x285.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t play it, however I watched someone else&#8217;s playthrough of the game. What interested me was the beautiful art style and the use of the colour blue. It has a melancholic feel to the game and the sombre, yet romantic words compliment this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Progression- Paper Snow\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBZTjri-de8?start=6&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#b5badc;color:#3b3536\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Thoughts and takeaways:<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at poetry in games as a whole, I think about the games I have played and how poetry is involved. Although some games I have played aren&#8217;t as direct about their poetic devices, they still convey it through colours to show emotions. A great example of this would be <em>Gris<\/em>. When I played through this game for the first time, I didn&#8217;t think it was much of a narrative game. However, with the use of colours to convey each stage of grief, it becomes more apparent to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a game artist, with poetry in games in mind, I can use colours and certain brush textures to convey emotions. Art is poetic. I think I can use poetry in background art to imply scenes of danger, excitement, or fresh beginnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continue to brainstorm, some of the ideas I have currently are very narrative driven, not necessarily a bad thing, however, explore other genres of games design!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan&#8217;s Lecture During this day, we talked about our game ideas and Jordan gave us a quick lecture about poetry in games and that we should consider them when coming up with ideas of our own. In the afternoon, I was thinking about game ideas for the prototype presentation. 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