Week 1

introductions + ice breaker

learned about what game scripting is - no need to know everything, just enough 

watched video 

• what it takes to be game designer 

• "art of crafting experiences" 

• emphasises importance of inter-disciplinary communication 

• it surprised me that the game designer is not necessarily the person with the most creative control - the whole team has an input 

• importance of the ability to take constructive criticism well 

• skills required: 

  • high level of technical language understanding (grammar etc.) 

  • understanding of desired medium - how computers work 

  • some understanding of psychology 

  • good logic 

  • maths 

• Better: 

  • good understanding of literature, philosophy and mythology 

  • knowledge of world religions 

  • scripting and programming 

  • art principles 

  • basic music principles 

  • graphic design 

• intro to Brief 1 

• played around with Unity - the first time using this engine, but I am a little familiar with Unreal Engine - they seem fairly similar at first use 

  • learned the basics of creating objects, materials and a camera

  • imported a basic script so that our "player" could move around the scene 

  • touched on the components of the script - very confusing 

• I would be interested in learning how to create and add mods to my favourite games for unique, personalised experience 

• I am especially excited to learn how to use 3D development software, as it's one of the main reasons I decided on this course