Losing a Dimension

Well, semester 2 has rolled around, and what's the first thing I decide to do? Mess up. Good going! Let me explain. Here's an excerpt from my Resident Evil 2D adaptation document: I’m going to create a 2D level design for the beginning of the game, which mainly features progression through the mansion. To do this, I’m going to watch a playthrough and look at some guides so I can jot down the main beats to hit, as well as plan out how to adapt the area and the puzzles. The main important things to keep in mind are: 1. There needs to be multiple rooms to explore at one time 2. Generally, the item or puzzle you need to advance is within your vicinity, even if that’s not immediately obvious 3. Shortcuts need to be planned so they can open as the player progresses, and make backtracking easier I decided that a good approach to take would be making notes on top of Daniel Engel’s map (which I showed earlier in the document) whilst watching a walkthrough of the game on YouTube. A...

Semester 1 is done! All my current blog posts, up to and including this one, are intended to be included in my submission. Even the WIP (work in progress) posts! In my learning agreement I set out how long it would take for my 2D adaptation documents to get completed (and that ultimately I was unsure, but had a target time frame in mind), that's why the Resident Evil 2D document is still a WIP. I still want the work I've done on it so far to be included though! So how did the semester go? I think it went fairly well. Every piece of work I completed was satisfying to finish and left me feeling like I'd learned something new, and was more ready than ever to tackle the next piece of work. This semester was more about setting up the foundation for my adaptation documents, and my 4 week project and 2D VS 3D documents both got me into the right headspace for comparing the mediums of 2D and 3D. Both projects let me analyse games and tropes resulting in me gaining a greater underst...