Video Games<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Variable flexibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Depends on tech and narrative design<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Game has limited control of player reactions and timing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Board Games<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Inflexible<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Players must self regulate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Rules can’t easily accomodate different player cababilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
TTRPGs (table top roleplaying games)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Very flexible<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- GM can modify and tailor narrative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Distilled narrative design <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Death of the author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
The great detective problem!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sherlock is too smart the average person would never be able to take the mental leaps that sherlock does. Detective games often struggle to strike a balance between actually letting the player deduce and telling them the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sherlock Crimes and Punishments<\/em> – An interesting entry in detective games you can come to completely the wrong conclusion and the game will let you convict the wrong person. A good narrative allows players freedom to mess up and be wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tips –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Sometimes its better to work on paper <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Seek inspiration if your stuck – specially outside in the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the meeting on Tuesday as my team members were absent I continued working on the animal designs.<\/strong><\/a> I also created a timeline in weeks and the main things I needed to do for our vertical slice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOn Thursday we had a visitor from the careers team delivering a talk about our next steps and how to stay up to date with the games industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next Steps –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I now need to finish the animal designs<\/a> <\/strong>over formative feedback week and animate them<\/a>. <\/strong>I also intend to play around with shaders and effects in Unity<\/strong><\/a> to try and make the game more ethereal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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