{"id":2491,"date":"2025-11-19T20:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:43:49","slug":"snapshot-game-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/19\/snapshot-game-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot Game Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Initial Idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You live in a dark world and don\u2019t know what anything looks like, relying on taste, smell, touch and sound. One day you pick up a camera, and can finally catch a glimpse of the world through the flash mechanic. But batteries are limited, and you must find more if you want to continue to see. <em>&#8211; This idea was provided by a peer in my presentation feedback.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My thoughts from my week 6 post:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This was my favourite of the peer feedback ideas because it was very similar to my newspaper collage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do you see? what is the aim? is the aim to just explore the world and see its beauty? is the darkness due to the world, or your view of it? could you eventually begin to see the world without the camera when you change your perspective of it?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Could be a story about escaping a black and white mindset, or healing from grief.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maybe searching for the batteries is you searching for something outside of your own mindset, being open to change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maybe there could be a guide that helps you explore the world through a different lens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maybe you learn that the world doesn\u2019t need to change for you, but you need to change how you see it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is definitely my favourite idea so far and the one I\u2019m most excited to explore. I want to study games with similar mechanics, and play around with a camera in the darkness to see what I can record with its flash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Feedback survey results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This game idea received the highest number of votes for peoples favourite game ideas (7\/8). Here was some of the feedback it received (referred to as 2):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2496\" style=\"border-width:5px;border-radius:30px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-41.png 818w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-41-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-41-768x396.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I decided to keep this idea as it received a lot of positive feedback, and I personally like it as I think it would help me showcase my skills as an artist, be easy to build and has a good scope. I slightly edited the ideas overview and gave it the title of snapshot for easy reference. New overview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Snapshot<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 You live in a world of darkness, it is all you have ever known. One day you find a camera and finally catch a glimpse of the world through its flash. However batteries are limited and you must find more if you want to continue to see. Explore your world through a different lens, and finally see the beauty you were blind to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Game research relevant to this game:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rosie-flanagan wp-block-embed-rosie-flanagan\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gY1ebllBHN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/12\/game-research-2\/\">Game Research<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Game Research&#8221; &#8212; \u22c5\u273f\u22c5 Rosie Flanagan \u22c5\u273f\u22c5\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/12\/game-research-2\/embed\/#?secret=RflLPsupTm#?secret=gY1ebllBHN\" data-secret=\"gY1ebllBHN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mood board &#8211; Can also be found in my week 7 post:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-pinterest wp-block-embed-pinterest\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Year 3\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/ext\/embed.html?grid=rosie7179\/year-3\/&#038;src=oembed\" height=\"900\" width=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" ><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2497\" style=\"border-width:5px;border-radius:30px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-42.png 492w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-42-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the visual style of this game idea, I wanted to capture the flash of a camera on the natural world. The dark environments and the short field of vision gives off a unique but eerie vibe. I like the idea of the visible part of the environment to be saturated in colour, hazy and dreamlike. I think this would enhance the worlds wow factor \u2013 as someone who has only seen darkness for so long, being able to see natural beauty might be an overwhelming sensory experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prototypes for this idea can be found in the following post:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rosie-flanagan wp-block-embed-rosie-flanagan\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Lsnniy8gGb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/17\/week-8-3\/\">Week 8<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Week 8&#8221; &#8212; \u22c5\u273f\u22c5 Rosie Flanagan \u22c5\u273f\u22c5\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/17\/week-8-3\/embed\/#?secret=SH285b12Y0#?secret=Lsnniy8gGb\" data-secret=\"Lsnniy8gGb\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initial Idea: You live in a dark world and don\u2019t know what anything looks like, relying on taste, smell, touch and sound. One day you pick up a camera, and can finally catch a glimpse of the world through the flash mechanic. But batteries are limited, and you must find more if you want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3010,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions\/3010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}