{"id":889,"date":"2025-02-08T21:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/?page_id=889"},"modified":"2025-03-03T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:03:28","slug":"semester-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/semester-1\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2727Semester 1\u2727"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c;font-size:clamp(50.171px, 3.136rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 3.114), 100px);\">\u22c5\u2500\u22b1\u2727\u2727\u2727\u22b0\u2500\u22c5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/logo-2-2-1024x414.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color wp-image-834\" 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wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/01\/08\/game-overview\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Game Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/01\/08\/gameplay\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Gameplay<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/01\/08\/story\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Story<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/01\/08\/art\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Art<\/span><\/a><\/li><li 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Platform Specifications and Control Mapping<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/01\/08\/market\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Market<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/references\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">References<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c;font-size:clamp(37.821px, 2.364rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.011), 70px);\">\u22c5\u2500\u22b1\u2727\u2727\u2727\u22b0\u2500\u22c5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c;font-size:clamp(21.536px, 1.346rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.841), 35px);\"><strong>Welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c\">Welcome to my year two semester one project: Evergreen Grove! Explore my design process of the game in the weekly overviews section of the menu, or read the finished product in the GDD section. I hope you find your time here comforting. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c;font-size:clamp(37.821px, 2.364rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.011), 70px);\">\u22c5\u2500\u22b1\u2727\u2727\u2727\u22b0\u2500\u22c5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/background-1.jpg has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c;font-size:clamp(21.536px, 1.346rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.841), 35px);\"><strong>The Brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c\">Here is a summary of our brief this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c\"><em><strong>Summative assessment type: <\/strong><\/em>Digital project Portfolio Development. This includes a weekly<br>documentation of work and a GDD of a digital game. You can submit a physical portfolio in<br>addition to the digital documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c\"><strong><em>Deadline: <\/em><\/strong>Monday 13th January 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c\"><strong><em>Where: <\/em><\/strong>WordPress and Blackboard (top sheet). If you require an extension, please<br>speak to your tutor before the deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c\"><strong><em>You will be making a Games Design Document (GDD) of a digital game.<\/em><\/strong> This should be<br>included in your blog (WordPress). You should use WordPress for your documentation and<br>for the submission of your GDD. This is your chance for Blue Sky thinking! Take this<br>opportunity to expand your creative abilities and critical thinking via game making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c\"><strong><em>You will have weekly sessions that will support each of the sections of your GDD, coupled<br>with tutorials and crits.<\/em><\/strong> For each week, you are expected to produce a series of research-<br>informed responses to the themes, justifications for your decisions, experimentations and<br>reflections. These will support the development of your GDD in different phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a3009c;font-size:clamp(50.171px, 3.136rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 3.114), 100px);\">\u22c5\u2500\u22b1\u2727\u2727\u2727\u22b0\u2500\u22c5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u22c5\u2500\u22b1\u2727\u2727\u2727\u22b0\u2500\u22c5 Evergreen Grove \u22c5\u2500\u22b1\u2727\u2727\u2727\u22b0\u2500\u22c5 Welcome! Welcome to my year two semester one project: Evergreen Grove! Explore my design process of the game in the weekly overviews section of the menu, or read the finished product in the GDD section. I hope you find your time here comforting. \ud83d\ude00 \u22c5\u2500\u22b1\u2727\u2727\u2727\u22b0\u2500\u22c5 The Brief: Here is a summary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-889","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/889\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}