For the first playtest where I performed a dialogue read through and asked questions about the tone of the speech and effectiveness of the choices. For the second time around, I wanted to perform a playtest to specifically look for mistakes in the scripts or game components. The script read through was much more creative […]
Category: DT Studio 1
First Playtest for Final
For the initial playtest of my game for Finals I thought I would most benefit from a script read through. Dialogue is at the core of my game’s experience and is in my opinion, the most important element. My ultimate goal is to draw the player into the story so that they form an attachment […]
Games Business Report
^(Image courtesy of telltale.com) Games Business Report – Telltale Games. -Telltale Games was founded in July, 2004 by Dan Connors, Kevin Bruner and Troy Molander, a group of former LucasArts (Monkey Island, Lego Game series) employees. They had been working on “Sam & Max: Freelance Police” before moving. – Their first ever published game […]
Van Der Plas Gallery’s Opening Night of “All Art +: Brilliant Disguise”
The Opening Night of ‘All Art +: Brilliant Disguise’ This week I went to the Van Der Plas Gallery’s opening night of “All Art +: Brilliant Disguise” as a friend of mine had a piece in the show. The Van Der Plas gallery puts on a new show every month so the art is ever […]
Midterm Playtest
For my midterm project I decided to carry out a friends and family playtest. This is because my game is still in the very early stages of development. I have the beginning environment which allows for some exploration but the character and mechanisms are far from being ready. From this playtest I wanted to […]
Games and Culture Report
Games and Culture Report For the Games and Culture report I chose to analyse the game ‘Happy Families’ as it was a childhood favourite of mine and my family’s. The objective of the game is to collect and complete as many family sets as possible. The families’ names are based on the father’s occupation such […]
Play Test Report- A Game to Watch
Play Test Report- A Game to Watch This week we set about play testing our game. Having decided to completely re-think our game proposal, I would say the process of play testing was an even more vital step. Going into the play test I knew many things would be made clearer. I think at a […]
Twitch Report
Twitch Report I found watching a Twitch stream to be an interesting experience as it was my first time on the website. The premise is still a little weird for me to understand but that may be down to the types of games being played. I found that 90% of the games being streamed were […]
Affordance Report
The new affordance I have created for the Kitchen on D12 is a solid table that pulls up out of the floor. You can never have too much surface space for cooking or storage in a kitchen, especially one shared by so many students. My object is easily identifiable as the top would be a […]