week 2

Outline

After reading over the assessment I now have an understanding of what is expected from this blog. With my weekly posts I aim to: 

• Discuss each challenge and obstacle encountered
• Discuss what I could do to overcome or how I overcame each challenge
• Talk about my thought process and approaches both technical and design elements
• Reflect on my personal learning and progress
• Keep track of resources and inspiration 

Since last week, I have had a thought about what design challenges to complete and at the moment I am thinking of creating a small domestic room in which some of the furniture can be re-textured in game and combining the interactive door system, making it lead into the room.

Having selecting 2 of the design challenges, I still need to decide on 3 more with the options being: 

• An interactive and animated button and lever interaction system
• An in-game painting tool where the player can pick up a brush and paint onto a canvas
• An interactive radial menu as an in-game smartwatch, attached to the player’s wrist
• A remote-control/drone mechanic
• A main menu system using only 3D, diegetic/in-world components
• A ladder mechanic where the player can use their hands to physically climb

 I am aiming to incorporate all the design challenges chosen into one project, so this meant that I had to think of ways to link any of the remaining options with the ones I currently had as well as  what interested me the most. Since I had some difficulty deciding, I chose to focus on the options I already had and to develop the ideas further. I began to brainstorm themes for the room and ways to include re-texturing:

• A bedroom
  • Interior design - design your own bedroom
• A café
  • Interior design - customise your own café 
  • Making drinks - empty glass changes texture to a full glass
  • Setting tables
• Aesthetic environment / experience 
  • seasons can be changed which changes the appearance / texture of plants and the surrounding environment

For next week

I need to continue focusing on the room as to not spend too much time choosing options. Next week I aim to make a start on designing the room, finding reference photos for inspiration to help me do so.