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Development – The Good The majority of development went very smoothly indeed. Most of the basic gameplay elements dropped in very quickly and easily. I had a few little sticking point with the player collision detection to the maze early Read More …
The Start Although we have been advised to just jump straight in, I have decided I need at least the outline of a plan, in order to be able to structure my time efficiently, due to the fact I have Read More …
Excuses & Drama I come to RI2 very late in the day again. Reasons, but not really excuses, why, can be found in this post. The Idea – Part 1 As with the previous RI session, the idea for what Read More …
What Am I Doing? I knew coming into this course that I would be approaching it with different goals and aims than probably 90% of the other students, and I suspected this might not work well. Where Do I Fit Read More …
My Version Control Story I first started using version control software in around 1997, and straight away it was an absolute revelation. I could immediately see the benefits, both as an individual, but more importantly when working as part of Read More …
Building A Prototype Based on what I wanted to do (see “The Idea?”) and based on the fact I stayed well within my comfort zone in the ideation phase, I decided to try something different when building the prototype. I Read More …
The Big Reveal The theme for the first week of rapid ideation (RI) was revealed in the webinar on Wednesday 17th February 2021. We had been told up front there would be two elements to it. The first element was Read More …
The activity was this week was one of remediation. For this I had decided to make a version of Space Invaders where the player plays as the invaders, rather than the spaceship at the bottom of the screen. Having a Read More …
One of the more fascinating prototyping techniques that was mentioned this week was bodystorming which I had never heard of. After reading about it though I have actually done something similar and do advocate this method. Quite often in my Read More …
Problems, Problems I find myself in a little bit of a bind at the end of week 3. I am beginning to wonder if this course is actually a good fit for me. The challenge this week has caused me Read More …