4th Meeting with supervisors

Today we had a meeting with all supervisors.  My progress since last week was more sketches with different types of characters and more ideas for games.  What is more, I have downloaded so many apps with children learning games.   I was playing with these games all the time, as well as observing how they are designed and technically presented to children.  It was very inspiring, to see what type of games are available and what games are really popular among children.  As the same as last week I really struggled to decide what type of characters I have to create, who’s my audience etc.  I was advised, to concentrate on colours and create characters, having in mind that they are just a small part of the whole game, where game responsiveness, its backgrounds, colour palette are also so important as well.

What is more, once I create a design with characters I should show to children and wait for their feedback in order to see what are their preferences.

All the feedback was very beneficial and I am aiming to have samples of coloured characters ready for the next week to show to some children of my friends as well as to my supervisors during my next meeting.

 

3rd Meeting with supervisors

Today during the meeting with our supervisors, I had a feedback on our work progress.  I had some sketches done, and I had some ideas of what games I want to create.  I had to explain my thoughts on how I struggle with  deciding the style I want to use for my characters and what games I want to include.  I was advised to concentrate on creating characters because that is my main focus for this project.  I need to have this part done in order to progress and do not come to decisions yet.

My aim for the next week, is to create characters and find the style for them.  What is more, I have to get more ideas on what age of children I want to concentrate in order to create the design for them.

Meeting with supervisors Day 2

We all had another meeting with our supervisor. The same like the last time our group was divided into two groups where we had different supervisors from the last time. Our group was given a feedback on the progress of work done in two weeks by Daniel.
The feedback I got was very helpful towards working on the progress of my final year project. Since I am creating a learning tool for children I got some examples that are really appreciated by children that teach children colours, maths, etc. We also discussed what are the best options of choosing colours, in my case pastel or colours such as in angry birds, that contain very simple and very bright colours. My initial idea at this stage is to create a game application for children to teach them the importance of healthy food. According to Daniel, Unity would be the best option to use in creating my project.

By the next meeting I should really concentrate on designing characters, researching apps that teach children and are really enjoyed and appreciated by children as well as do some research about unity.

Meeting with Supervisors Day 1

Today we had our first meeting with supervisors to go through the process of our work. Our groups were divided into two groups. Today we had feedback given by Niamh and Hugh.
I was shown few examples by supervisors which included really cute characters and how they are presented on Facebook. This was a great inspiration for seeing how cute characters are appreciated. During the meeting we were discussing of what option I could take into my consideration in order to make a successful project. The problem I faced that I was just concentrated on the character creating and did not put much thoughts in one my options could be. My next steps should be starting thinking of what information I have received and how it affected my thoughts and continue on researching as well.