{"id":235,"date":"2024-12-30T19:46:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/?p=235"},"modified":"2025-01-06T10:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:55:04","slug":"character-design-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/2024\/12\/30\/character-design-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Character Design &amp; Idea Change &#8211; Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first character I made for Metal Madness, I made this tortoise character using objects that were of interest to me at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-850x601.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-1-850x601.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-2-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-2-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-2-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-2-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-2-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-2-850x601.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-3-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-3-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-3-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-3-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-3-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-3-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Metal-Madness-Character-3-850x601.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, I decided to scrap this character, as I felt it didn&#8217;t make sense within the context of my game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As my game revolves around enemy robots, I eventually got around to making a robot design. This is the basic robot that the player tries to destroy in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/image-10-1024x716.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/image-10-1024x716.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/image-10-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/image-10-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/image-10-1536x1073.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/image-10-850x594.png 850w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/image-10.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find the design process for that character here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/2024\/12\/24\/researching-characters\/\">https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/2024\/12\/24\/researching-characters\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Idea #2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was at this point that I got suggested by my tutor, Vanissa, to make a second idea that was similar to the first idea. I went back to the drawing board, using the first idea as a basis for the second. I used the idea generator back in week 1 to come up with an idea of a tower defense game using a theme park setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.1-1024x724.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.1-1024x724.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.1-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.1-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.1-1536x1085.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.1-850x601.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.1.jpeg 1684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.2-1024x724.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.2-1024x724.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.2-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.2-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.2-1536x1085.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.2-850x601.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/Theme-Park-Idea-2-Questions.2.jpeg 1684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first character I made for Metal Madness, I made this tortoise character using objects that were of interest to me at the time. Ultimately, I decided to scrap this character, as I felt it didn&#8217;t make sense within the context of my game. As my game revolves around enemy robots, I eventually got&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}