{"id":833,"date":"2025-12-29T16:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/?p=833"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:51:10","slug":"week-11-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/2025\/12\/29\/week-11-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 11 Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week is presentation week, by Monday we must have sent off our posters to be printed out and have a solid presentation to show to our peers and lecturers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the Poster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For my poster I had a good idea of what I wanted it to look like, I did a simple digital sketch to see how the composition would look. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This went well so I decided to move it into Photoshop and begin contructing the poster. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I began with a gradient of the main colours from the shop environment going darkest to lightest. I then drew the character and background elements using a large chalk like brush to give it a childish feel. Once the flat colours were done I began doing some light shading, though I focused more on creating texture than shading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is my first copy of the poster, I used clkoud brushes to give it a light airy feel and hark back to the imagination element of the story. I then overlayed a rainbow lens flare over the whole image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The QR code leads to this website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This is the final iteration of the poster. I showed the previous version to my lecturer who felt it lacked something to really show the importance of the photographs to the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In answer to this I added the swirling photographs to it, each photo has a simple representation of something in the game, like the NPC’s and locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am very pleased with the poster and am excited to see it printed out. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Making the Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make the presentation I went into Photoshop and created the teal to pink gradient, then in Photoshop I applied it to every slide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introduction to the player character and some of the NPC’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Actually Presenting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My poster on display<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was disappointed with how presenting the game went, I feel I spoke to fast and did not communicate my ideas accurately, as there was some confusion with some elements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also only recieved one bit of feedback virtually that was also confused. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will have to work on my public speaking and communication skills. To get better at this and avoid any confusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The feedback I recieved<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next Steps –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to begin populating my GDD pages, and work more on succinctly describing my game and the ideas behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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