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Intro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gamemaker + Artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my final year of college, and our professors have guided us in finding our future career paths. As game makers, we must not only understand the game development process but also combine game development with our individual strengths. I decided early on in my first year that I wanted to pursue a career in art, so my career path is undoubtedly \u201cGame Maker + Artist.\u201d More specifically, I hope to become a character concept artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you desire ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my final year, I will spare no effort to hone my skills as a character artist, and I also hope to improve in areas where I\u2019m currently lacking, such as environment, prop, and UI design (it might sound a bit ambitious, but I hope I can pull it off). I learned last semester that we\u2019ll need to create a full-fledged game this year and that I might have to complete the entire project on my own (though I\u2019d much rather find like-minded teammates), so I\u2019m mentally prepared for a very busy year filled with challenges.
Most importantly, I\u2019m doing all of this in the hope of finding a job in my field before I lose my status as a recent graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Phases of This Semester<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.Research Phase\uff1aweek1,2 + week3,4\uff0cgeneral research + pick a theme and continue research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.Create Phase\uff1aweek5-8\uff0cpresent 3 ideas for games \/ products – Monday Week 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

week9-12\uff0cplay \/ prototype\u2192 translate into a “GPP”\uff0chand in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It sounds like we’re on a tight schedule… I’m really skeptical that we can spend so much time in the early stages and then rely on what we’ve built up to quickly write the \u201cGPP\u201d later on, but what lies ahead is a complete unknown to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What
makes you cry \/ makes you Laugh \/ gets you excited \/ get angry \/ stimulates you intellectually \/ interests you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a two-person assignment, but due to my limited English skills and narrow perspective, we weren\u2019t able to come up with many truly impressive phrases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realize this activity is meant to help us narrow down potential directions for our project this semester, but I still don\u2019t have any ideas. Maybe it\u2019s because of a different way of thinking\u2014when I\u2019m designing a game, I usually settle on a theme quickly and then spend more time on the gameplay mechanics, because if I want to make a game, it\u2019s usually because I\u2019ve come up with a theme and feel that a game is the best medium to express it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have to admit that I didn\u2019t participate very well during the second half of the class because neither my partner nor I understood what we were supposed to do. I looked at the student next to me and guessed that we were supposed to choose one of the words we\u2019d just written down and brainstorm ideas from it. At first, I tried to brainstorm ideas for \u201conion\u201d from a perspective I found fun and novel, but I realized I couldn\u2019t take it any further, so I chose \u201cGoodbye\u201d instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like the feeling that \u201cgoodbye\u201d evokes, because even when the same person says it, its meaning and the events leading up to it can vary greatly, creating countless possibilities. So I think that if I ever make a game in the future, I\u2019ll incorporate this element to let players experience all kinds of goodbyes within the game. Another reason is that saying goodbye is something I\u2019m currently going through myself. After this year, I\u2019ll be leaving the UK, and with many of the people I\u2019m saying goodbye to, I may not know when we\u2019ll see each other again. I want to preserve these memories through this semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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