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Unit 5: Investigating audio production and technology
Unit 6: Investigating visual production and technology
Unit 7: Investigating interactive media production and technology
What we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it
What we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it
Intent: To understand what asset packs are, how they're used and develop skills needed to produce your own for use in the games industry
Implementation: Through investigation and practical development
Impact: Asset pack for use in games industry, potential portfolio piece.
Soft skills: Time management, adaptability, creativity, problem solving
Industry: Producing game ready assets is a crucial skill for game artists
SMSC: Explore the cultural significance of your design, considering inclusivity, ethics, and diversity in your creative outputs
Context
Context
Over the next two weeks you'll be producing your own asset pack. This is a software agnostic task but -
Your asset pack must:
Be "game ready" (this means appropriate and consistent size, scale and style)
Have a clear genre and intent
Be a suitable challenge for the time allowed
Your asset pack should:
Be put into a game engine
Be aimed at a specific audience
Be aimed at a specific platform
On your google sites:
Explanation of what you're setting out to do and why
Explanation of asset packs, linking to research and examples
Psst, the most professional asset packs will be featured on the SNC games itch page!
Investigation
Investigation
Research asset packs, analysing the content and styles. Aim to find a range (at least 3).
On your google sites:
Asset pack research and analysis (minimum 3), with links and evidence
Going further:
Look into different places asset packs are sold/downloaded.
Look into how you might monetise this.
Choose!
Choose!
What you up to pal?
What you up to pal?
What do I do?
Idea generation! Outline your idea for your asset pack. You should be able to answer these questions:
2D or 3D?
What style?
What genre?
How big will your asset pack be?
On your google sites:
Idea generation and development. You should provide as many examples and links as possible.
Going further:
Don't settle on one idea right away, explore!
Development:
Development:
What do I do?
Follow this process for your practical development:
1 – Research (written and visual with notes links/evidence)
2 – thumbnails and early ideation - show your mistakes!
3 – design development with reflection - gather feedback!
4 – Some refining of your designs
5 – finished/collated images ready for presentation
This should be a process you're repeating for every element of your asset pack
On your google sites:
Evidence of each step, clearly documented and reflected on.
Tip!
You know how to use OBS now, so think about showing video development
Reflection:
Reflection:
- What happened?
- How did you feel?
- What were you thinking?
- How did things go?
- What might have helped?
- What might have hindered?
- What else could you have done?
- What have you learned?
- What can you change in the future?
- If the situation arose again what would you do?
- Anything you need to know or improve?
Satisfactory
Satisfactory
On your google sites:
Context -
Explanation of what you're setting out to do and why
Explanation of asset packs, linking to research and examples
Investigation -
Asset pack research and analysis (minimum 3), with links and evidence
Development -
Idea generation and development.
Evidence of each step, clearly documented and reflected on.
Commendable
Commendable
On your google sites:
Satisfactory tasks completed
Investigation and analysis of asset packs as something you can use to advertise your art/animation skills and monetise
You are referencing specific artists in your research
Outstanding
Outstanding
On your google sites:
Satisfactory and commendable tasks completed
Asset pack is developed specifically for certain platforms with justification as why
You are discussing your asset pack from a technical perspective
Primary research goes beyond the classroom
Extended task:
Extended task:
What do I do?
Make your asset pack even better! Can you make more assets or improve on what you've already made?
Present your asset pack to the world!
On your google sites:
Evidence and development!
Link to your asset pack online
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