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Audio Brief Week 3

This week I have been finishing off putting sound into my level. This is including, atmosphere sounds and character voices. I have nearly finished with inputting the sound, for the entire level, in the process of doing this, I have been adjusting recorded voices and their individual section of the game so it flows during game play. 

In the process of this, I have been developing my final ideas to improve them, this is because it did not initially fit into the game style as I wanted. Within the last couple of days, i will be play testing and perfecting any other mishaps which occur before submission, as well as getting my game up to the standard I wanted it to be. 

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Audio brief Week 2 This week i have finished the level plan and started to add sound to the game, this included an air plane, wind, gun fire and voices for the character and his daughter. In the process i have used a cinematic sequencer, when the player starts the game they will wake up from a plane crash. After about 30 seconds I wanted a plane sound to fly above the players position, after doing some research i found an easy way to use the cinematic sequencer to do this. By adding this it fits in the theme and also makes it looks more realistic.

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Audio brief Week 2 This week i have been working on some of the mechanics for my game, Such as the navigation system and the respawn when dead. Firstly, this entailed having audio playing either side of the character so when the sound is set off, the player can tell if it's on the left or the right, giving the direction on where to go. Secondly, having the respawn system shows the player where they can’t go and will put them back to the start. This will be a unique use of respawn because the player might get killed, but also it helps to make it more realistic for the game experience. Such as, if the player is running into a machine gun, by adding the respawn system it will show the player will be killed and that they have not followed the sound used within the game. Throughout the game I have added mechanics to it, blocked off some areas and used sounds such as gun fire and scripted voices to act as a navigation system for the player. Allowing some unique game play to the experience for the player and fitting to the War theme I am creating.

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Audio brief Week 1 This week we have started an Audio brief, i have started looking into games which have a good role model such as Battlefield 1 and Hellblade. These too games are couple different but the sound has a unique use, in which it makes the game's surroundings and enhance with the it. I feel that having an excellent sound is the most importing role because it tells the story of the game you're playing. For example if your making a scary game, you have to build up the tension thoughout it, and especially before the scary scene,  if not the player won't have the same experience playing and won't have the same reaction during. I have made the level plans for the game that i want to make to fit the theme, but most importantly, the unique mechanics will direct the player, these will be shown by the sounds. I have also started making models for my game, this will help me lay the level and start importing sound to the game and seeing if the game ideas work or not.

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Audio brief Week 1 This week we have started an Audio brief, i have started looking into games which have a good role model such as Battlefield 1 and Hellblade. These too games are couple different but the sound has a unique use, in which it makes the game's surroundings and enhance with the it. I feel that having an excellent sound is the most importing role because it tells the story of the game you're playing. For example if your making a scary game, you have to build up the tension thoughout it, and especially before the scary scene,  if not the player won't have the same experience playing and won't have the same reaction during. I have made the level plans for the game that i want to make to fit the theme, but most importantly, the unique mechanics will direct the player, these will be shown by the sounds. I have also started making models for my game, this will help me lay the level and start importing sound to the game and seeing if the game ideas work or not.

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Designing for VR

Week 2

This week we have made progress finishing our game and trying to compleat the end result. I have been texturing my modules in Substance Design all week and helping Peter with the level design and the trailer. As a team, we have been work thought out the week doing work and battling problems which came to us. The pictures above are the modules that are textured.      

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Designing for VR

Week 2

This week we have made progress finishing our game and trying to compleat the end result. I have been texturing my modules in Substance Design all week and helping Peter with the level design and the trailer. As a team, we have been work thought out the week doing work and battling problems which came to us. The pictures above are the modules that are textured.      

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Designing for VR

Week 1

For this brief, we have planned out the level and in included mechanics which will be a puzzle. I have worked with Petter and Christian to plan the level and the puzzle, here are some of my models which I have worked on. I have also done research about VR in general way and the game ideas which we thought matched the theme of a game. We looked at 'Prey' while doing this. The puzzle will be simple because we didn't want an overcomplicated game being it's in VR if we did a hard puzzle the player may get frustrated and may become bored which is not what we want. In the puzzle, the player will start in the room and will have to find their way out. The door will be locked.  You will have to search the room for clues to find a disc, which is broken into 3 pieces. These 3 pieces will fit together to complete a key to open the locked door. Once they are all found, the door will slide upwards and open, you will then be able to enter the next room. In this next room, there will be a large glass window which will show a large expanse of space, showing you where you are. In the process, there will be a timer, this timer will be a stopwatch to show how much time you have until you run out of Oxygen and therefore fail the mission. We added a timer because we wanted the player to be busy at all times so the player will feel more rewarded after they complete the level.

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Lighting for design 

week 2 

I have completed all of my blueprint for my light game, this included, flicking lights, light switches, ladders, a door and key, a torch and batteries and pulsing material. After doing all the blueprints, I then added them to my scene which lead me to begin playtesting my game. In doing this I found a lot of faults which I thought did fit the brief such as the locating of the light being in the wrong place, also the batteries life of the torch, I changed both of these so the player will be able to follow the light and won't lose the direction and the torch of the life of the batties this so the player will have to think about using it in responsible places. After I fixed the timing of the torch for the batteries life and moved the lighting in the right place so the player will be able to flow and reach the end of the game.

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Lighting for Design

Week 1

This week we have been creating a game which used lighting in it. To begin with, I did research on the games that I know have used lighting in a unique way. Such as Uncharted 4, Bf1 (the campaign), Hellblade and Thief. These games all used lighting in alternative ways which tells the player different instructions/objectives in the game world such as, light showing you the direction or an object glowing because its important In my level, I have used multiple ways of showing the player where to go; these are some of the mechanics that I used - torch which is battery powered so the player will have to find batteries in the map, lights flickering which directs the player. After doing research and creating all the mechanics in UE4, I then started with the block out from my paper level plan drawings. Once I was happy with my level I started on putting in assets which were from a pack from with the programme Unreal called soul city. The pictures above are some of the scenes that I have created with the assets pack so far.

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The game design document 

This week I have finished off my research and started on with the Game design document. In my doc, i have done a couple of sketches that show the character and the enemies. Also in the design doc, I have shown how he would look and have talked about the atmosphere and surroundings he’s surviving in. in doing this I have said what the world and its current state, explaining why it became this way. 

Below are some of my images       

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XB2001 

The GDD - Game Design Document 

Week 1 

I have been working towards creating ideas, doing research, making a scene in UE4 and starting the write up for the document. My idea, I have decided on the theme of an abandoned city which has been derelict for 30 years. This was from an EMP ( electromagnetic pulse ). 

In the story, the survivor that lived through the EMP also from the world collapsing has to protect it by destroying the enemies which are aliens. The aliens will be attacking earth and the survivors will defend and wipe them out. After they find out how to destroy them they will have to take on the Mothership which will be a boss stage. After the survivor defends earth they find out that the EMP that nearly cause the extinction of the human race was from the aliens. After this life on earth slowly went back to normal.

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XB2001 

The GDD - Game Design Document 

Week 1 

I have been working towards creating ideas, doing research, making a scene in UE4 and starting the write up for the document. My idea, I have decided on the theme of an abandoned city which has been derelict for 30 years. This was from an EMP ( electromagnetic pulse ). 

In the story, the survivor that lived through the EMP also from the world collapsing has to protect it by destroying the enemies which are aliens. The aliens will be attacking earth and the survivors will defend and wipe them out. After they find out how to destroy them they will have to take on the Mothership which will be a boss stage. After the survivor defends earth they find out that the EMP that nearly cause the extinction of the human race was from the aliens. After this life on earth slowly went back to normal.

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XB2001 Level Doc

Week 2

I have finally finished the level plans and have created them in sketch up as you can see in the pictures.

I have mainly worked on he level doc and bits of the research. The level consists of front cover, overview, cutscenes, mechanic, character special ability, Level walkthrough and a pacing chart. The way I have it layed it out it will look clean also very professional. In the level doc I have made it simple so anyone who views it, will understand how the level works. A simple way of doing this is having pictures with numbers allocated with the text, by doing this it allows the reader to fully understand what the text is explaining.

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Xb2001

The level doc

This week I have been planning out my level for the game that I have selected. The game is GTA 5, I have picked this because I have played and completed it, also I really like it. The reason that I picked GTA 5 is because in the story you meet the character, Lester, and he helps you plan some of the big story missions in the game. But when playing the game you only get bits from where he was from before GTA 5. The mission that I will create will be all about Lester previous to his GTA 5 involvement. By making the mission about Lester the player will know more information about him and will have a better relationship and understanding - where he came from and how he does all of his research that he does for heists in the game. He is not the main character in the game but he has a very influential role. I have done research about the character and the game I have decided on a good idea which I would like to make a mission from.

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XB2001

Game Pitch

For the last 2 week, we have been working on a Game pitch. For this, I have worked on the research and development, also some character design. Also helping to bring together a PowerPoint so we can present in class. In order to create a good pitch, we had to do in-depth research into the game. The game we are pitching is Habitat, a single player/co-op game in which the main objective is to save the world, inspired by current games within this genre.

Once the research was formulated we could work on bringing together a successful presentation (Powerpoint), in which would cover key areas of the game such as objectives, design, structure (playing levels), further game development and player mode.

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Xb2001

The Door Brief

Week 2

Here is my finish level for my door brief. In the pictures, I have shown on what I have created and also some of the blueprints that I used for the brief. The blueprints that I used are - Open and close a door using line trace, also to open some doors they will have to find a key to unlock the door so the player will be able to go on to the next room.

Also, I have added in an NPC at the end which says ‘congratlations and you completed the game! I have added this so the player will know when the end of the game is.