| Deadline | Assignment |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, Jan 7 | Analysis Preparation |
| Friday, Jan 9 | Ideation Research |
| Monday, Jan 12 | Greyboxing Research |
| Friday, Jan 16 | Greyboxing Results |
A poster should be prepared on letter or legal paper. Write large enough that the text is clearly legible from twenty feet away. Include your name on all posters. Experimenting with colors and illustrations is encouraged. Expect posters to be presented on the front whiteboard for discussion.
Read the course plan and note any questions for discussion in our next meeting.
Study the concept document specifications provided on the Deliverables page. Course Reserves (“Reading List” on Canvas) contains an optional reading from Sellers that goes into more details about the role and structure of concept documents.
Understanding our concept document format requires you to explore player motivations. Choose a game you enjoy and analyze it in terms of audience motivations. Identify one or more motivations that are strongly represented in the game and one or more that are not. Prepare a poster to share your findings.
Watch Joe Baxter-Webb’s Indie Game Clinic video on ideation methods. Choose any one of the techniques he mentions and try it. Document your results in a poster; be sure to name the technique you used and the result.
Research greyboxing techniques for your game engine of choice. Note that greyboxing is also known as “grayboxing” or “whiteboxing”. Choose on of the techniques you researched and greybox a very simple level, just enough to get you familiar with how the tools feel to be used.
Follow the criteria above to make a poster that summarizes your findings. Be sure to include your name, the name of your engine, the name of the technique, and your impression of the experience.
Be ready to demonstrate and discuss your greyboxed project in today’s meeting.
Before the meeting, submit a link to your repository on Canvas.
Before the end of our meeting, you will complete and submit a prototype report. It will include the following:
