{"id":3434,"date":"2025-10-08T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2026-01-08T00:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:39:25","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/2025\/10\/08\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking of Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After our sessions during the first week, I decided to make a mind map of some things I am interested in, which ranged from patterns, textures, &amp; silhouette to nostalgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/IMG_0781-1024x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/IMG_0781-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/IMG_0781-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/IMG_0781-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/IMG_0781-1536x846.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/IMG_0781-2048x1127.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I originally decided my four topics would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tarot &amp; astrology <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nostalgia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edwardian era fashion <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The supernatural<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, I thought I could make these more focused, as these topics were rather broad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tarot &amp; astrology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having always been interested in this topic and dabbled a little in 2020, albeit with TikTok readings, I finally became more invested since early 2025 and decided to take it more seriously. After discovering a reader, I became more interested in having questions answered and what was beyond the 3D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Childhood diary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While organising my room, I found an old diary from primary school transitioning into secondary school. Out of curiosity, I read it and was surprised by how much it affected me. It made me laugh a little as well as cry. I felt as if it was relevant to the topics branching out from childhood in my mind map. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>19th century opera ballet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After reading a short explanation about the dark side of ballet in the 19th century, I wanted to delve a little deeper into the history of ballet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hanahaki disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a sucker for angst and yearning, I believe the hanahaki disease is a perfect blend of both. The trope gained popularity during the 2010s onwards in fandom spaces &#8211; starting in the Japanese yaoi genre before spreading to other fandoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">My Chosen Topic<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, after researching each potential topic, I decided to follow through with my topic of <strong>tarot<\/strong> (focusing on both tarot and astrology felt like it would be too broad). There wasn&#8217;t much for me to add to the topic of hanahaki disease, even though it could make a visually compelling game and was overall an interesting topic. I&#8217;ve always been interested in anything to do with the more negative side of childhood, as well as nostalgia, and I already had a game idea in mind for this topic. However, it seemed there were already quite a few games (although quite different from my idea) about childhood trauma and the like. I wasn&#8217;t as invested in this idea as I was in tarot. Similarly, my passion and knowledge about tarot outweighed my interest in 19th-century ballet. Furthermore, tarot also seemed like a viable topic to follow through with, as many are interested in the spiritual and &#8216;unknown&#8217;, and I felt as though the systems within this topic could inspire more ideas for games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After our sessions during the first week, I decided to make a mind map of some things I am interested in, which ranged from patterns, textures, &amp; silhouette to nostalgia. I originally decided my four topics would be: However, I thought I could make these more focused, as these topics were rather broad. 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