Archive for January, 2010

Progression

So far into my idea, I’ve been developing character creation and annotating their roles in the video game, which I’ve written and drawn in my sketchbook. I’ve developed a storyline for the game to follow, which will intergrate with gameplay and combat so overcome obstacles and enemies. The next step for me is to create [ READ MORE ]

iClone – 3D Movie Machine

Researching into 3D animation software to produce a  final outcome of my idea, I came across iClone – Real-time animation evolves with 3D Video FX, motion paths, HDR and rapid drag & drop creation inside iClone4. iClone4 introduces new features that combine video production with 3D real-time animation.The result is a powerful production tool for [ READ MORE ]

Research – Kameo: Elements of Power

When I first began thinking of Ideas for the combat aspect of my Alice in Wonderland project, a game sprang to mind called Kameo. The game shares the same sort of Genre and Target Audience to my idea, and I like the fast the gameplay is focused on being able to transform into other Characters [ READ MORE ]

Brainstorming

Click diagram to Enlarge To help me begin with idea generation, I split up all the aspects of my idea into a spider diagram thinking of all the possible links from each catergory and coming up with new ideas in the process[ READ MORE ]

Endorphin

I’ve been recently playing around with a piece of software my university lecturer linked  to us called Endorphin, 3D industry’s first dynamic motion synthesis software. I’ve been practicing tutorials of how to use this software and so far its looking pretty good and I could probably demonstrate a part of my Alice in Wonderland video [ READ MORE ]

Time Keeping – Google Calender

In the first year at University I was introduced to a valuable application on the web called Google Calenders which has helped me many times in getting things done before deadlines and has stopped me from procrastinating. This will be a valuable tool for me in creating my idea for this years Process Project. In [ READ MORE ]

Pen to Computer

-Tablet surface has a pleasant texture that feels like writing on paper. -No batteries required. -Hot swappable USB connection with detachable USB cable for portability. -Sleek and elegant looking, all the way down to the packaging. -Compatible with Windows and Macintosh. To help with my process project I have splashed a bit of cash on [ READ MORE ]

Research – Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts is an action role-playing game developed and published by SquareSoft (now Square Enix) in 2002 for the Playstation 2. The first game in the Kingdom Hearts Series, it is the result of a collaboration between Square Enix and Walt Disney Studios. The game combines characters and settings from Disney animated features with those [ READ MORE ]

Research – American McGee’s Alice

I began on researching into video game genres relating to the alice in wonderland theme which brought me to a different, more mature vision of this book, adapted to a video game in American McGee’s Alice. Aimed at 15+ year olds this isn’t the direction I’m looking to go in, in terms of style and [ READ MORE ]

Process Project Idea – Alice in Wonderland

For this years process project and am going to base my idea on the disney interactive intership creative brief. The aim of this creative brief is to design an idea for a new Alice in Wonderland video game aimed at 7-18 year olds.  The synopsis included in the creative brief is as follows; Based on the books by [ READ MORE ]

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