tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059295505367807142024-03-05T07:29:38.801-08:00Pixel TowersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-63002712174914519252013-01-04T07:29:00.002-08:002013-01-04T07:29:24.017-08:00And we all lived happily ever after!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Within my blog you will find the process of the website
and what the best course of action to take, the problems I encountered and how
I solved them. You will also find exploration of Ideas from new games, testing,
how to get thoughts across. What works, what doesn’t and what can continue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This Semester I started out play testing in the summer my
two games that I previously made. From the dissertation I knew the best course
of action would be to build a website, which would also be free to be use as a
learning tool within schools, education and social values. Semester 3 wasn’t
really about taking much further at this point but to round off the previous
semesters and make my MA into a Product which was free to download and play. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The best thing for me over the course of Semester 3 was
the Website coming together and getting the right look and feel that promotes
creativity, drawing, making and doing. There are still things that could be
added in the future to the website but this depends on feedback. This would
consist of new games, concepts, competitions and merchandise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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back at my previous semesters of creating a new concept for Pixel Me and so I
set out to create a new template which consists of more drawing but basic
construction of using the cube on the page to be glued anywhere on the character,
ranging from noses, hats, hands, items, jet packs and lots more. Again the idea
is to promote creativity, ideas and design.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As I have been working with my idea over the past few
weeks, Paper craft has hit headlines in articles and what I mean by that is
Iphone games are in development using just paper characters and environments.
The other is a company that has just released a product, where the person
creates something on paper and sends it off to be made into a toy. This was a
bit distressing at the time but I look at it as, what I am creating has a place
in the current market and my product has much more to offer in terms of games,
drawing and making and best of all its free.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Over all the semester has gone very well I have
rounded off my initial concept while thinking about other possible products and
designs that can be related. In the long run I would like to carry this on
after University but not on my Own. The only thing I haven’t done is send the
website out to schools via E-mail. This would be the next step to strengthen
Pixel Me to get the support and feedback from the community to go forward with
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Hi everyone, its coming to an end. :( gutted. any way all of us in class have been thinking hard about the degree show and we are going with a racing theme with thanks to Josh, Steph, Steve, OJ and Sam. Anyway back to the important bit I've been looking into a new template for Pixel Me where the user can build as well as draw. I have been playing around for a while but still want to keep the charm and relate it the previous template. So at the moment I'm looking at creating a few characters to see what I get out of it and what you can do with them. On the other side of things I've had problems with the printing function not scaling to full size and I think the type of files need to be changed from PNG's and JPEG's to PDF's this gives the full size of the image for the images and so now this just needs applying to every image and I think were good togo. As for the show the only thing is the activity table to if I don't get one just to have a desk with all the appropriate materials for playing and creating with some cloths i thinks the best option. Ow I can upload photos again! :) (some how). For this template its all down to being creative such as using the cube as a snout, arms, hat, objects, back pack, bum, wart, spots, another character, the list is endless and you can just keep downloading the template to get a fresh cube.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-60185796329840768962012-11-15T02:38:00.000-08:002012-11-15T02:38:08.756-08:00Bradford animation festival Great day yesterday at Bradford Animation Festival very good talks about jobs, education and research. My favorite talk was the Armenia Design lads from Czech. The Gameplay was a very interactive point and click, with a unique style very child like and really grabbed my attention in terms of the randomness and how he got inspired for the game and art work. The game was very simple with lots of fun animations. Apart from this I've still been working alongside Dan to get this website up and running. (Not far off to be honest the scrolling idea will be a first but we will see what happens. Then just a few tweaks-Thanks Dan). I've just been creating and making these Pixel Me characters looking into my role within jobs and just a few ideas possibly for other T-shirts, these are just a basic ideas but could have work on such as: Blue print, graffiti then just looking into warping the Pixel me template to see whether or not animation could be used to show movement of the character.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-82868710009652884192012-10-25T13:43:00.005-07:002012-10-25T13:43:56.336-07:00Another UpdateHi, just to let everyone know I have managed to buy my website which is www,creativeplayme.com<br />
and the emails are set up also. It took a while but now are ready for use. I just need the website finished and were away. Exciting times. The e-mails are: conatct@creativeplayme.com and submit@creativeplayme.com.<br />
feel free to send me some designs, games and photos when this is all up and running currently at the moment I've been doing a few more characters for the Pixel Me cabinet, whilst also discussing the MA show.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-29080462605248337332012-10-17T05:46:00.003-07:002012-10-17T05:46:24.763-07:00UpdateJust a quick update I have had a few problems with the website and so I'm getting help from a product designer, friend of Pete. So I'm looking forward to seeing what comes out. After discussion within class we have decided on a name and this will be getting in bought very soon ( just need help of how to do it) (NOOB). I have also been testing the Beat Me game with 2nd years and Pete, Through the feedback The pictures are great but maybe the English needs to be changed on a odd picture. I also made a trip the primary school where I discussed about my new game and hopefully get the kids to have a go once the website is up and running. Overall I think its gone quite well, I have also had a thought about the MA show and the next step is to get a domain and host sorted.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-48854708783870726762012-10-11T05:45:00.001-07:002012-10-11T05:45:44.064-07:00Ready to GoHere are a couple of themes that I have made around the beat me game. The first is a zombie vs survivor which the survivors have to get to the non infected zone and if the zombies touch them they turn into one, this is just one idea. The other is Eskimo run each player has to get to each others ice berg but there are sharks which can kill the player and whirl pools which you can either swap to one another or they take you back to the start. These are additional rules to the original idea and any rules can be added or taken out its up to you what you do but these are some quick examples. I hope you enjoy any ideas feel free to send me them.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-54895596440893277952012-10-05T05:18:00.001-07:002012-10-05T05:18:34.922-07:00TemplatesSo currently I have been working on the new 3rd game idea and the name has changed from Block Me to Beat Me the rules of the game have changed here are the templates for the new game sheet and rules. These are the final templates but colour needs to be added so in the process of that and looking into the about page for my website.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-88183198832510914172012-09-24T05:50:00.001-07:002012-09-24T05:50:31.057-07:00What Im doingHi, im just giving you a quick inside of what I am doing at the moment first of all I'm currently making mock ups for my website to hopefully be up and running for the degree show and I am getting help with the coding from a music student. secondly I am currently creating a third game idea which will be kept with very simple mechanics and again leaving choice and chance within the game play. Ive come up with a few concepts myself but have become too complex and I have been doing a few games of play testing with Josh to see what works well and what needs to be improved to make yet another cool game concept. I had a lot of inspiration from Perudo where there is an essence of gambling and luck which gives excitement.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-36303403536553577912012-09-10T05:13:00.002-07:002012-09-10T05:13:07.291-07:00Done!I have finaly finished my dissertation which will be handed on on friday the 14th. Apart from all this hard work into the essay i have been keeping myself busy with other various ideas and projects. I have been looking into Perler beads of creating models from a Pixel point of view which has been mentioned in my essay. I have also been discussing what the best options are to enhance Pixel me and I feel as though a website needs to come together hopefully with the help of a someone who is specialized in that area. I am also going to work on a new game design within Pixel me to strengthen the concept. Finaly im helping out on Tuesday and Friday with 1st years as its about character creation and how to make your own rules and consequences to make a unique game idea.<br />
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I have recently started my topic creativity and starting to look at a few books, films and websites to help me strengthen my research. I have just started right a small paragraph on how creativity can be applied.<br />
I have also had few very brief chats with a primary school, high school and university lectures on what methods and skills they look for within students and also what exercise they do to make it fun while learning. I have managed to grab hold of a pre school to primary creative curriculum for the new year of 2012 - 2013 which shows me what types of creative developments they are looking for to enhance their learning.<br />
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Introduction<br />
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Creativity<br />
Technology<br />
Communication<br />
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The market<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-55446125585189207152012-05-30T08:24:00.003-07:002012-05-30T08:24:40.806-07:00More Research!Just to give everyone a heads up on what I've been doing, First of all the 7th June I'm going to be doing a 2hour work shop in Accrington for the Blaze group and that will give me another chance of getting a group of people to play Pixel Me. Second I will be doing another workshop at Fulwood college on 12th June I have already been there before and this one will be "Squiggle Me". Apart from that I have been cracking on with assignment 1 and gathered quite a lot of information based round the web, blogs and online articles, I am about a quarter of the way through and at the moment still getting few more bits of web based research then hopefully a day in Uclan library will help me get some book and journals to strengthen what I have so far.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-82522847131078623742012-05-17T08:16:00.001-07:002012-05-17T08:16:23.086-07:00The Big One!After the presentation I decided to give it a week and start to absorb the new dissertation assignments. First of all I think the best thing for me when I go back in September is to get my website live and running and to go along side that a possible pitch document for digital versions and the key area is to create a 3rd game to really knock the nail on the head.<br />
Any way currently at the moment I have my question for my essays of summer and this will be "Is modern technology killing creativity and imagination" This will be my main focus in terms of information and the first areas I will be looking into is getting an overall view as a starting point from different websites.<br />
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. Look at the Kinect<br />
. Drawing in terms of an Xbox game<br />
. BBC article about drawing can determine strokes ( related to semester 2 Therapy work )<br />
. Photoshop Vs Hand sketching<br />
. Pros and Cons of the above<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-89190716476736431112012-04-16T00:36:00.001-07:002012-04-16T01:14:42.128-07:00Therapy!After a few days spending at the therapy session in Lancaster I have only managed to get a few patients taking part. This can be due to the lack of confidence and their focusing. However I do have some good news my Squiggle me activity really impressed the Manager and some of the working volunteers and from here they are going to try every other day and fit it into their activity schedule. Like I say this all depends on whether the patients feel well enough to do it. From here I learned a few things in using this in therapy and one of the main points was to tell if someone has been getting. This could be used in the sense of say one patient was only able to scribble and not draw that well but just say another week later and they tried it again shapes might form from that person or even actual drawings and this mean the patient is improving so the hospital is heading in the right direction in terms of progress.<br />
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. Get better at drawing and being creative<br />
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. more confidence when speaking out aloud<br />
. Aimed at the entire target audience can help people with specific learning disabilities<br />
. Possibly could be seen in schools to improve learning<br />
. Create your own games and your own rules/ upload them to pixel me website.<br />
. Other various games and projects can be built around these templates<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lots of shading.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8dHtCXFaEBRXAIumrRvnYvLj_HScUWGP-iebC8A1k025JCv87m9O9htBnp5KR2Dk29Lpm3uAKzvPV9yIf_ryz8y-Bt1epO69W18Uw18j2Xpi-RHi7gb2QnevSqPhlEN0MD8ylTW1lY7t/s1600/Scan0001+(27).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8dHtCXFaEBRXAIumrRvnYvLj_HScUWGP-iebC8A1k025JCv87m9O9htBnp5KR2Dk29Lpm3uAKzvPV9yIf_ryz8y-Bt1epO69W18Uw18j2Xpi-RHi7gb2QnevSqPhlEN0MD8ylTW1lY7t/s320/Scan0001+(27).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Love the idea of using the cards to connect the drawings together.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-49002149968021016232012-03-26T12:15:00.000-07:002012-03-26T12:15:25.067-07:00More Research!After the feedback i received on Friday i decided to change the layout of the "Squiggle Me" card templates and also changed the story sheets to be less chunky and more room to write down the stories. I have also managed to get hold of some of the drawings which the customers did for me in my local shop and it was great to see the different designs and different views through the squiggles. Finally I have changed to the rules around to make them even more simpler and now the use of the dice will be classed as an add depending on how people want to play the game.<div><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105929550536780714.post-51739225778249019622012-03-22T07:31:00.000-07:002012-03-22T07:31:11.384-07:00Round up!Currently at the moment I've been doing lots of different things first of all i have handed back the renders to the kids and these were made by Scott Taylor. Big Thanks the only problem was that the actual model was based on the old template so some of the designs are slightly out of line so when i need to i will ask Scott to help me with creating a new one or adjusting the previous one. Secondly I collected the "Squiggle Me" designs from the school and was great to see their enthusiasm for the project. So the next step is to go back to the school and get the class to play the "Squiggle Me" game and that is nearly on the way. It would also be great to get some feedback from a teachers perspective on "Squiggle Me" and to see what works well, what can be improved and can they see this as a learning technique in schools!<br />
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I have also been working on some story sheets and changing little bits of the "Squiggle Me" card layouts.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one of the Designs that I collected from the School</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a printable story sheet that the users can use to write down their stories. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0