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Hey Roosters So today I was reading an article by Greg Aleknevicus on Game Considerations and I wanted to share my thoughts on it. First off, It was a very good read and many of the points made by Aleknevicus are things that I, and I presume many others, have noticed when playing all types of games. It made me realise that not all games come out of production perfect and there are is always something that can be made to improve a game even if it is only in a small way. Like always, I will leave a leave to the article down below if you want to take a look for yourself. Aleknevicus first talked about the Components of a game. I liked the way he talked about using contrasting/distinguishable colours for player pieces. There are many people who suffer from different forms of colour blindness and it would only be right as a game designer to cater for people with certain  hindrances. It is also helpful for people with no issues as it can still be frustrating to know what player piece you

Hey Roosters! Today I took part in the second Unity tutorial on how to make a game. This tutorial continued on from the last tutorial I completed last week. I learned how to add sound on to the diamond so when I go to collect the diamond and 'ping' sound was made to indicate it was collected. I learned how to upgrade the graphics of the terrain by adding in water with a slight dip to make the water appear shallow and not on a flat surface. The tutorial showed me how to make textures appear more realistic by bring a wall into the environment and adding different textures and colours. I also learned how to create a permanent shadow which in could decide how dark I wanted the shadow to appear in-game. In the second part of the tutorial I learned how to add in a cursor and how to change its shape, size and colour to whatever I wanted. I am still finding writing the code to be quite difficult. Coding isn't my strongest skill and it is not something I particularly like doi

Whats up wanna be gamers? In a recent blog post I was discussing my thoughts on an article about what actually is a game and it definitely got me thinking what defines a game. Again, we all just assume we know what a game is regardless if its Connect 4 or Halo. So today I am going to be giving my thoughts on an article about what are the qualities of a game. We've looked at what game is but now we really need to analyse all the component parts and how they all fit together to make a game. The article discussed how every game has common individual components that all make up a game. Some are the phrases that were said in my blog talking about what a game is like, 'they are voluntary', 'they are safe' etc. Other components are players, goals, rules, theme, game state, player interaction along with many others. All of these elements were described as atoms. Like atoms, all of these elements can be individually studied. https://www.educationquizzes.com/educatio

After spending some time reading the readings about what a game is and what are the elements involved that make a game a game, I realised I have never really asked myself what actually is a game and have just assumed that I knew what games are and what the world surrounding games are like. What is a Game? http://gamedevelopertips.com/what-is-a-game-made-of-definition-of-a-game/ The first reading was about explaining what a game actually is and what it isn't. While mentioned in the reading, I also came to the conclusion that it is much harder to explain what a game is and that no one can really decide as a collective what a game is. It discussed that games need to have rules, goals, be safe, conflict along with countless other "necessities". Explaining that games have rules, goals and safety are things that I found to come into conflict with each other. I began to think for myself what a game is and to try form my own definition. When referring to games require a fin

Hello! My name is Sean Keely, student and future millionaire. I'm currently studying Creative Digital Media in TUD. I was born in Dublin on the 14th of ..(you don't need to know what month!) I have just started second year and began to start reflecting on my previous year, (kinda want to go back). I enjoyed most of my modules last year but I probably wouldn't be able to choose a "favourite module" but more certain parts from different modules. I really enjoyed making the film in my first semester. I feel I'm most creative when we have to make a film as my head is constantly thinking on how to make it exciting. to my own surprise I really enjoyed making a poster in the graphic design module for my final assignment. I didn't think I was gonna enjoy there module but it was only near the end I started to really get into it. I new but old hobby I recently started again this year was reading. I used to read everyday when I was younger but as I got older

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