Supervisor Meeting - 06

Student Name: Christy McLaughlin
Supervisor: Ryan Locke
Date: 23.02.15

Agenda

• Show Journal Findings
• Look at 'Visualize Dissertation' Doc
• Discuss Practical Stuff

Progress Report

• Journals I had found were very good. He was pleased to see that they are leading me into different paths associated with my project. He stated that it is important that sometime down the line, I start to cut what I do not need and focus on the topics/information that is suitable for my project.
• He was pleased to see my first draft of my 'Visual Dissertation' Doc. He mentioned that this will change quite a bit and I should update it regularly. I have found it very useful for when it comes to researching. 
• Again, he was pleased with the amount of work carried out this week. A few tweaks are needed for my newest scene (feathers too big) (audio). - For audio, he suggested grammarphones or adding more 'low quality' e.g crackling/echo too the recording. A lot of interesting things can be done with sound.

Agreed Action Plan

• A more in-depth look at Silent Hill - puzzle element (the cleverness of these puzzles relate to film elements
• Look at player agency and the importance of manipulating agency
• Start looking into audio - techniques/styles for horror

Personal Notes

Once again I have had another very good session. He is pleased with the level of work I am completing each work and how it has become more professionally done. He is liking how my journal research already looks like literature reviews. This is pleasing me a lot and I aim to keep up this amount of weekly work. As the weeks go by, I will find myself having more time to put into studying and hope to increase the work load.

For Next Week

• Game Reviews - Half Life 2 - Silent Hill
• Journals on Player Agency
• Complete Event02 - 'Mother Issues'
• Look into more horror elements - audio/lighting etc

I have now got a rough plan of action in my head in regards to my project. I want to create an event in my scene each week. With 5 events and 1 completed already. This gives me to the second last week in March. I will round it up to the end of March to have a complete game that works and is pretty good. I will then use April to polish this up as much as possible, going through every aspect and making sure it is as good as can be.

As for the dissertation/research - I will continue with the amount of research I am gathering at the moment. When it comes to March, I will be dedicating ever weekend to research/dissertation writing - using the week to focus on practical and possibly some research/game studies. I will re-asses this big plan at end of March.