This theme isn't stronger than my other two but I figured I could give this a thought since it relates to programming anyway.

The middle portrait is of Fatima al-Fihriya, who is the founder of the world's first university, University of al-Qarawiyyin.

Going through the Tim Burton exhibition gave a lot of insights in his work method as an artist. One of the key things I noticed while walking through the exhibit is the large number of drawings and experimentation. The level of idea generation and range in the artistic medium he plays with is both interesting and inspiring.

One lesson I got out of the visit was that there is no limit to how many iterations of an idea i do and no limit to the range of topics I can do in an artistic work.

_{I was torn between whether I wanted to make another political piece or a piece thats more personal. After taking time to think it through, I came to the conclusion that it'll be somewhat personal related but for an audience since I aim to specialise in game design for this project.}

When looking for images in this moodboard, I mainly used Pinterest since it has better looking images that Google images. Some key words during my search for imagery would be: human interactions, communications, perspective and friendship.

My most favpurite would be the bottom right image which I took in the media studio of the green screens. I like the eerie feeling it gives.

My second favourite would be the one of the cigarettes in the sand thing, the composition came out perfect.

There are several series of similar photos here where we were playing with the settings to see what result they gave. Some high in brightness and others really low in brightness.

However, I did learn a few shortcuts to my modelling which I got used to when following the tutorial, which ended up helping me later on

The reason it didn't rig properly and look nice may be because the tutorial I was following complicated lots of things.

It took a while and lots of ditched blender files, but I eventually made a close-to successful model that moved properly after rigging.

I coloured in my character after modelling and rigging it. It only took a few minutes since I've had previous experience in colouring models due to my previous art project, where I also used blender.

I like the outcome of this, and maybe in the future of this project, I might 3D model a character for my game. I want to keep whatever character I make to be simple and cute, because I really like this art style and in a game, it will be pleasant and wholesome.

In the top right is my current Sky avatar which I've used as initial reference for my sketches. I eventually came to choose the top left design which is simple, round and cute, almost like a doll or toy.

This Thursday, we got given the chance to use and experiment with DSLR cameras. Though this doesn't link fully to my route of digital art and game design, I figured it would be a good skill to learn for later applications.

Before we began using them, we were given basic info on ISO, aperture and shutter speed.

ISO is how sensitive to light our camera is set at. For instance, a low ISO, is less sensitive to light so in a bright setting, it shows an image clearly but in a dark setting, you can barely see anything. And a high ISO, more sensitive to light, shows an image normally in lower lighting but too bright in a bright setting. Also the quality is better on lower ISO than it is in higher ISO.

Unfortunately, this one didn't come out how I wanted because I may have used too much detail, despite Lushuirou being simple in her designs. The only thing I like about it would be uncomfortable feeling it gives you.

In this illustration, I've used colours to try expressing power and suppression of power. This piece seem more symbolic than about human language, this is because the themes of power and oppression was what came to mind when I used the image of my friend's hands poses this way. In some way, this image can symbolise some of the negative aspects of human interaction, where people may compare themselves to another individual to figure put the power dynamic, either intentionally or unintentionally. A toxic trait which we should abandon and aim for humility.

As my own artist, I can't exactly replicate lushirou's style. However, I tried to convey the emotion I want felt through my own style while using her key motif.

Though if I could redo this piece, I think I need to remind myself to not overdo it both in colour, detail and how the finger touches the eye - I could've kept it so it's just touching it and not poking into it.

I had used a game engine called Godot before and the interface is somewhat similar to unity however Unity is just a bit more complex. But knowing how to use game engines before gave me a small advantage in navigating unity.

The setting and character scene in this screenshot of Unity aren't my own. I imported pre-made sprites and tile maps to just help me with following the tutorial. However, I wasn't going to use them for myself. The links to these are in my bibliography.

I mainly used the charcoal brush (shown in image on left) for painting in photoshop because it gave a grainy texture, somewhat similar to lushuirou's.

Since I want to make an outcome that's related to games and game design, I want to begin using Unity which is a game engine used by many famous game developers from the makers of Genshin Impact to Monument Valley. The reason I wanted to use it is because I know it's used by professionals so I wanted to get acquainted with it in this project so that I don't struggle to use it in the future. It took lots of time setting it up, making it a hassle. I got the editor and hub however to actually code a game, I'd need an external app called Visual studios so that I can script C#.

Shutter speed is the how fast the shutter of the camera closes in a second. A low shutter speed leads to an image being blurry and a high shutter speed leads to a clearer image of an object in motion

I was thinking of going with my idea 2 mainly.

The key thing to learn to be able to do these things is the use of different nodes and how to use the inspector, the column on the right of Godot UI.

It was easy to follow along to and I slowly got used to different aspects of it and the basic way to begin a Godot project. The key thing I need to keep in mind when I use this for my game is that I need to be organised in laying out all my elements from my scenes, scripts to assets. I tend to clutter a lot, my college Mac desktop is a good example, so I'll need to keep myself in check.

I was also meant to animate with but I gave up because the program wasn't going how I wanted so I figured if I want to make a pixel art sprite, I'd do it in a software that allows making pixel art by reducing the canvas to pixels and when you draw on it, it doesn't create a blurred effect.

In this image, I'm creating a collision polygon shape around the map so that when my player comes into contact with the edge (i.e collision shape) it will prevent them from moving off the map. And if they move to a specific part off the map into another small collision shape, it will automatically move them onto the next map/level.

Here, i was finding a way to export my game file but it proved to be difficult and complicated. It made me question if i could make a simple ganeplay for my project or not. I was thinking over this and decided that perhaps my Godot use could just be a part of my material experimentation.

I've chosen to work on Godot because I've used it before and I'll be able to use it at home since I have it on my laptop, but I can't do this with Unity. The downside of me using Godot is that it doesn't use C# unless I download an extra thing, but if I do this on my mac I'll have to do it at home to and I can't. I wanted to use C# in this project to help me get used to it before Uni. Instead I'll have to use GDscript which is Godot's own programming language and it seems easy enough however I won't be able to use GDscript on anything else except for Godot.

One key feature of my game (which I wrote down somewhere else instead of this paper) is a linking feature where throughout the gameplay of your game adventure, you are physically linked to your teammates and this feature aims to play with the 'domains' of emotional intelligence. I may develop on these later on in my project.

moreover, I figured I should be more realistic in my approach to my project so I ditched the idea of making a prototype in Godot. Instead I'll focus on a game design document and game art elements to convey the concept of my game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdfzpkmmLqU  

But due to the time left, I may not complete this fully. This is purely for experimentation and to develop skills i may need to use in future. Moreover, this will help me understand the basic limitation of using 3D for my game, so I know what I can do and what I won't be able to do.

2 - cursor. making cursor disappear on screen when game is run. the cursor is used to change camera angles instead.

3 - direction and angle correlation. the direction controls is attached to the 3D camera nodes so that the orientation of WASD controls change when the orientation of the camera changes so that they're synced.

Doing this tutorial helped me figure out I can add 3D objects in my Godot game. Which helped me in advancing the previous tutorial where I learned how to move your 3D player object with directional controls on a 3D plane.

In my video game, I may not use NPC enemies but maybe creatures npcs to interact with around the map in order to get resources or a benefit in return.

(NPC - non player character)

One thing I wish I could've added is a jumping control, but I didn't have enough time in the session to do so.

For Improvements, i need to work on my annotations, which I have tried to keep on top of. Also I could do a character sheet as one part of my final outcome.

The architecture of it is inspired by Islamic architecture. I used the mirroring modifier to make sure my structure is as geometric as possible. I used lots of previous learned skills from this project and previous projects to help me in modelling this effectively with the time I had.

The grass wasn't how I wanted it but it was the closest I could come to with my vision.

I had to make a plane. Then add a hair effects in physics setting. I could adjust how much strands per space and the dampness and length of strand. One limitation it that I could've make thick strands.

During this, I also played with the lighting. I used the Sun light in blender to help me brighten a larger surface area. I increased the brightness o a bit over it's maximum to help give my subjects saturation and also because I like how the light reflects brightly off the dome.

Because of this, I may call them Nur, meaning 'light' in arabic, and in Islam it refers to guidance and knowledge. Giving them this name is like setting their purpose in the game.

But this workshop really helped me in understanding how to use a DSLR camera and I ended up loving it too.

I love how it catches the realistic essence of the subject, unlike normal cameras which tend to distort images. However with DSLR, if i see something pretty in real life, and take a photo with DSLR, it will come out exactly as how I saw it (as long as I know how to use the settings).

This is the sort of camera I'd use to capture moments with my friends and family or just a general human environment, because of how realistic it is. I would remember exactly what it was like to be around those people if I were to look back on these images after a long time.

The only cons about these is that it takes a while to get skilled at because of the settings.

It doesn't look too good in my opinion because I should go for a simple look instead of a realism one with lots of detail.

Some parts of the document, such as some of the features, are there to set what kind of game it'll be but may not completely relate to my theme. I wanted to make it a fun game too so I've considered features that will make the game immersive and allow creativity for the players. There are more features I wish to add but this was all I could finish in the time given.

In my annotations, I've mentioned some features but not all of them made it into my game. To understand the complete concept of my game then you should only read the GDD and then the accompanying art in my final outcome.