Week 12 - Progress Presentation 2

So today was our second progress presentation. Due to coursework deadlines, I did not put as much effort into this as possible but it still went well. Some of the feedback I received from my lecturers could have been avoided if I did put a little bit more effort in but apart from that, I was generally pleased and came away with a lot of valuable feedback. Here is my presentation:

Progress Presentation 2

Feedback On Project 

• Good to see I had a clear aim and objectives
• Look at lighting in UDK as it's different to Maya
• With case studies, pay attention to things that do not work in order to better my own project
• Have a method for carrying out a case study (FRAMEWORK)
• Look at how I'm going to tell/convey a story - using techniques I have learnt
• Look at how I apply knowledge to my practical work
• Look at comparison (e.g compare hallways in different games)
• Look into completing an 'active' case study

Feedback On Presentation

• Approach as if it is a completely new audience
• Re-summerise last presentation

Looking over these remarks I can easily apply myself too them. The presentation feedback points are an easy fix - just spend more time preparing the presentation. As for the feeback on my project, there is a lot too look at here which is a great help for my future plans. I was saving UDK work for next semester but as highlighted - it might be best to at least work on one asset and light it in UDK now.

As for conveying the story, I am currently in the process of learning techniques and applying them to a test environment so hopefully I can show a successful outcome with these.

A lot of attention was drawn to the methodology of my case studies. It is clear I need to write out and apply a method/framework I can use whilst playing the games and writing about them. By doing this I can effectively crituque them and apply the knowledge to my project.

Comparing scenes in other games is also a really useful idea. I will start looking into games I can compare and conduct a good amount of research this way.

Overall I am pleased with my feedback. I currently am working on work for hand-ins in two weeks but I am hoping I can add in a little more that planned using the feedback given today.