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                                                                                      Image by me  First this weeks project task I made more improvement on my game , I found a helpful tutorial on  YouTube to follow. I imported some assets from unity to help me start making the game in terms of layout and  aesthetics . I sliced some block  sprites to start creating the first level of the game. the assets provide a variety of different types of  color blocks and  those will help in making other levels . I learned how to turn a 2d box sprite into a character that will be the adventurer in the game. I updated my player movement by using the code from the tutorial as it was better than t...

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   For this week’s Wikipedia trail, I’m choosing to do my topic on stories in games. I wrote a blog on it for this week’s reading task and thought it would be a good topic to do a Wikipedia trail on.   Image Source: PC Gamer The first article I chose was Storytelling game I chose it because it talks more about stories in games in depth. The information in the article is quite different form the information in the reading tasks articles. But it gives some new insights of stories in games.   The second article I chose was Universalis , Universalis is a role playing game that emphasizes on interactive storytelling. I chose the article because it talks about some elements in the game that makes the game have a good narrative.   The third article I chose was Lexicon , Lexicons is a computer assisted role playing game. I chose the article because I thought the instructions on how to play the game felt like a story introduction to the game.   The ...

In this week's Heart Challenge I watched  a  RSA Animate adaptation version of Simone Sinek's talk on Intensity vs Consistency  .  Image Source: Paul Minors   One thing that the article confimred for me that I   already knew to be true was that if you are consistent in something you do over time you will see or get the benefits. One thing that I learned that I did not know before was that if you do something with intensity all the time sooner or later there will be repercussions. One thing that I'm curious to explore is if there can be a balance of intensity and consistency and can it work. I plan on doing this by  researching about both of the them more,  by reading articles and watching videos. Overall  I thought the information that the video gave was fascinating. 

I chose this motto because I thought it was Inspirational and worthy advice to take. I made this with Cheezburger   

 On this week reading tasks I read some articles on what are  stories in games and how to make them better. Image Source: PreviewsWorld The first article I read was “ what every game developer needs to know about story ” by John Sutherland. The article talks about how stories are important in games, people want more meaning when they are playing games. Graphics and visual are cool but they don’t give players much sustenance. It also talks about how game developers can know more about classical story structure to make a simple but effective story and it saves time. Advice game developers could take is the three-art structure Climax, fall, closure.     Overall, the article gave some interesting information of what game developers should consider if they want to make good story for a game. The article would be very helpful and would be a good guide if I wanted to make a professional game. Image source: Wikipedia The second article I read was Mass Effect 2: A case s...