First Playable 

This Week I have for my project I have been working on getting my first playable for my game up and running! After completing my Game Design Document I am ready to make my first playable. I have gathered a wide range of assets for my game from the unity assets store. Having completed a game design document it made it really simple for me to visualize what my game is going to look like. With this knowledge I was able to navigate through the unity asset store and find perfectly suited assets for my game. 

Possible Assets For My Game 

What is working for me ? 

Gathering assets. I have attained  a further knowledge of what my game is going to look like and feel like. I have done more research on different systems I want to include in my game. 

What I'm finding difficult ? 

I am finding the unity tutorials a challenge. I have not given up on them but I am very slowly working through them. Overcoming each obstacle as they present themselves to me. It has been hard to build a set of skills in Unity due to the amount of problems and errors I am having! It has also been difficult learning unity with no hands on help from a tutor in college. 

With my experience of leaning new software's this year and in my first year at TUD, I have learned that it takes a lot of practice and patience. Learning something new is not easy especially something as complex as game design. During my first year in Creative Digital Media and also at the beginning of second year I was worried that my skills in using the software's was not up to scratch, especially Adobe Illustrator and Brackets. Coming close to the end of the first semester of second year I am delighted to say I am now more confident than I have ever been at using Illustrator. I've found a love for using it and find myself practicing quite often. It took more than a whole academic year for me to make that break through with Illustrator. My point is that I am not overly concerned at the problems I am experiencing with Unity as I am confident that I will make that break through like I did with Illustrator. 

I have organized a meeting with my lecturer to discuss some of the technical problems I am having.  

Due to the current global pandemic our whole lives including academically have been disturbed. It can be hard to find time to solve problems with a lecturer on a regular basis.  Everybody has to be free at a specific time, which is not always possible. 

Next week, week 9 I plan to have my first playable completed!