4 Week Project - Reflection

Overall, I'm quite happy with how my 4 week project turned out. I'm actually surprised at the length of the document considering that I was ill for around half the given time - I was concerned at one point that I wouldn't be able to produce much work, so I'm happy with the amount I got done.

In terms of the actual content of the project, I'm quite pleased with that as well. It was interesting to look into various 2D games to figure out an interesting area to look into further, and I think I hit at a good topic. I do think that I could've gone a little deeper in terms of looking at how 3D games design has influenced 2D, in particular with regards to level design and mechanics, but I think I might be able to do that for my semester 1 essay. My finished 4 week project was already twice as long as that needs to be anyway, so going much deeper would've potentially made it a little too big.

Whilst about halfway through the project I started regretting not doing something a little more practical like the others on the course, I'm glad I stuck with the project as it gave me more insight into actually doing research and using references, plus it solidified my feelings that for my main project I want to do something that involves more practical design, as well as some writing.

Now I just need to find some more sources for my essay, and get some feedback on my learning agreement before seeing what happens next.

See you in the next one!

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