Hello universe & Idea Generation – Week 1

Personal Introduction.

Hello! My name is Sam Cox and I am a games student @ WSA in Winchester. I have been making games in Unity since 2021 and sometimes in Unreal since 2022. I like to make short games and action games. Outside of games, I like music. Peanut Butter is my favourite type of food. For this module, I will be working on making a Games Design Document.

Idea #1

I started off this project by coming up with an idea for this project. I had been given an idea generator in class. Firstly, I came up with an adjective that used the first letter of my name, secondly, the genre would be my birth month, thirdly, my setting would be my birthday date. I used some birth months from family members, and I used those to come up with an idea that sounded appealing.

Artstyle

I want to focus on the stylish look part above. On the idea generator, I landed on the idea to make a stylish theme park game. One of the things I had been interested in over the summer was a TV cartoon called Mixels, that had this interesting art style. I’ve linked the first episode below:

I had tried to replicate this art style in the summer without any success, so when I landed on doing a stylish game, I immediately thought of incorporating this art style.

Questions (Lens)

I was also given a series of questions, or lens, about my game. I used these to make some notes about my idea and what I want the player to experience with my idea.