Narratives and Characters

So this post will be about today’s lecture about narratives and characters. 
First up on stage, give it up for the Narratives.
Everything we have done here since I arrived on this island has been so much fun! And today was no exception, since narratives and strong characters are one of the things that I love with (some) video games. We went through the different approaches to writing a good story, like the 3 and 9 act and also “the Hero’s […]

Reflections of Alumni Day 2

Day 2 in the trenches. 
Yesterday was the second and final day of the Alumni days which was dedicated to a Game Jam with the theme of Everyday Doom and it had to be made in Game Maker.
Not having a group and starting to get desperate, Alex, Wilhelm, Björn, a 2nd year student namned Axel and I joined forces and began working! 
First, we needed a base of operation. Since Alex, Wilhelm and I had a class in Written […]

Reflections of Alumni Day 1

Today was the start of a two day spree with lectures and a Game Jam. The first day consisted of three lectures:

Make Games, Now! – Myth of the Helpless Student – Lecturer: Teddy Sjöström from Pixel Ferrets.
Akademiskt skrivande – Lecturer: Jerker Gullbrand and Jakob Berglund from the University
Internship – Lecturer: Daniel Gustafsson from Might and Delight. Features from Adam Mayes and Steven Bachelder from the University.

Make Games, Now! – Myth of the Helpless Student was held by Teddy Sjöström who created […]

The Lecture and the Post-Mortem.

So, it’s finally time to reflect on a lecture! Which I promissed to do in my previous post. This will be kind of a Post-Mortem of today’s work. So here we go!
This lecture (2013-10-07) with Adam Mayes wasn’t a regular just “sit, listen and take in” lecture. We were instead surprised with a small workshop! We could choose what ever game we liked, break it down to it’s core and analys the “Core Experience” to find out what makes that […]

First Blog Post Ever! Shit Just Hit the Fan!

So the purpose of the blogs, that all of the Game Design students have started, is for the lecturers and the coordinators to follow our progress through out the course. It is also for us to practice documenting our work and to practice our typing and communicating to ensure that communication with future coworkes goes smoothly.
So, with that settled, I guess that an introduction is due, but I’m not going to go the traditional route. A short and sweet presentation […]