Semester 1

Brief:

“You will be making a Games Design Document (GDD) of a digital game. You should use WordPress for your documentation and for the submission of your GDD. This is your chance for Blue Sky thinking!
✧ Take this opportunity to expand your creative abilities and critical thinking via game making.
✧ For each week, you are expected to produce a series of research-informed responses to the themes, justifications for your decisions, experimentations and reflections. These will support the development of your GDD in different phases.”

Major Focus: Environment + World Design	Minor Focus: Mechanics
My main focus is on the environment and world design, as this will support the player feeling of Paranoia – my essential experience. The environment should not only drive the player to feel nervous and stressed, but also support the progression of the narrative.	My minor focus will be on mechanics, as this will underpin the gameplay that makes the player so paranoid. Actions such as hiding should feel tense, thrilling the player to keep their adrenaline on a razor’s edge.