Masters

Over the course of this year, I will be looking back and reflecting on my work and progress as I further develop my skills. There are several reasons why I wanted to continue with my studies.

Continue working on Red Chandelier
Build on my world buildering skills.
Build on my narrative design skills.
Do more game jams.
Explore how historical games can be used within education to benefit students learning.

Throughout the year I will reflect how I have grown within each of the listed points above. To do this, it is important to set targets for each of my goals. I will expand upon these goals using SMART in future blogs.

Red Chandelier
This is a long-term goal as there are a lot of stages to getting this project of the ground. These range from team forming, prototyping, through to production, and so on. I will examine each stage as this project progresses. The next two goals are also both relevant here.

World Building
To get to a point where I can make a believable world with in-depth history, biomes, cultures, nations, etc. depending on the world being built. Currently I feel that the few worlds I have designed lack depth in one or more areas.

Narrative Design.
Get better are whiting convincing and meaningful character stories.

Game Jams.
I have never successfully participated in a jam, yet it is a very important part of the design process. I therefore plan to use any opportunity to partake in them as each one is a learning experience.

Games and Education.
I have always been interested history and in how we can gamify history education in the UK curriculum, I am considering looking into doing a PHD in this area.