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Week 9 Reading and Writing

 

Week 9 Reading and Writing


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So now I am currently in Week 9 of the semester, and I must say I have been doing quite well when it comes to the tasks for each week and I have been keeping up with everything. For this blog, I will be talking about how the reading and writing assignments have been working for me during the duration of this module this semester. 


For starters, the thing that helped when I was doing these reading and writing tasks was that I was able to really understand what a game was all about. I read about Game Design, Game Elements, GDD's and how to make one and MDA's. My favourite reading that I did overall, has got to be the Game Design Document reading. This taught me what the process is like when making a game and this is where everything begins when trying to make a game. A developer uses a Game Design Document as a memory aid or a communication tool to give themselves and other developers a good idea about what they are actually developing.  They also might use this as a checklist to tick off all the necessary components of developing the game.


I was reading a few of the articles on Game Design Documents and all these articles help me further understand the subject of GDD's and then I eventually made one myself. At first, I taught it was going to be difficult because it looks quite long and broad to do but I actually broke down the necessary components I need for my game specifically and it became way easier than I thought. All these reading articles and notes that are given each week, gave me a better understanding of all these topics on Game Development. I was sceptical at first about game development at the first few weeks of doing it but now I am getting quite used to it and I am loving all the challenges that are given to me.


The game that I am working on right now is a work in progress. I am kind of half and half about it, I am quite happy with the amount of progress I made on my game but I am also kind of not in a way because there are some things about my game that are quite hard to get around. There are some things that are quite difficult to work such as the jump feature and the collide detection which I really want to fix. And when I do, I will feel much more confident in finishing the rest of my game.  


One of my biggest accomplishments for this module I think has to be the progress I made on my game so far and this is something I am very proud of. I will be much more proud when I am finished with my game. This is an experience I had in this module that had taken my creativity to a whole new level.


The thing I want to do to get more out of my readings and writings is try to implement and experiment with new strategies in order to complete these readings more efficiently. That's what I feel about this module which is experimenting. I am always experimenting with new strategies, new tasks, new challenges being presented and that's what I love about this module.





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  1. Emma CurranDecember 5, 2021 at 4:10 PM

    Hello Nassim

    Loved reading this, I completely agree when it comes to the readings, considering that it lets us know what is the psychology behind making a game. I have seen your game and your progress and I am astonished by it. It is evident that so much work has gone behind it. I understand about the little tweaks that are hard to get around, but you will get around it. I cannot wait to see what your game is like.

    Emma

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