Salford City CollegeEccles Sixth Form CentreBTec Level 3Extended Diploma in Creative Media ProductionGames Design

Unit 78 – Digital Graphics for Computer GamesHA2 – Transformation Production Log

Name Joshua Grey

Date: 20/10/14 – 24/10/14

Completed Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials (Uploaded to Blogger)

Company Logo (Uploaded to Blogger)

HA2 Task 1: Project Definition, I created a mind map of key points in the assignment brief and I listed my key skills that I thought would be helpful when carrying out this task.

Below is a screenshot of my Project Definition Mind Map for HA2 Task 1: Project Definition

Date: 27/10/2014 – 31/10/2014

During the week off college I completed HA2 Task 2: Detailed Planning, I created a budget for my work and worked out the cost it would be for me to work on this project in a real life work environment. I also created a time management chart so that I could keep up to date with the tasks and which week they needed to be finished. Below is a screenshot of my Budget for Task 2.

Date: 27/10/2014 – 31/10/2014

During this week I also completed HA2 Task 3: Game Genre Setting and Synopsis.

I first started by creating a mind map of my ideas

I chose to build my game around the Warfare genre and made it into an RPG, I looked at other military style games for the gameplay and RPG games for the levelling up elements that are key in any good RPG game. I also researched into a setting using country’s that are in the news regarding warfare to get a current day feel in regards to the setting.

Here are some images from games that relate to the type of game I am trying to create.

Image 1 link :- http://img.game.co.uk/ml2/2/9/6/9/296901_scr6_a.png

Image 2 link :- http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/2375558334_e686ab6fec.jpg?v=0

Image 3 link:- http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/615470-battlefield-3-end-game-windows-screenshot-operation-riverside.jpg

Image 4 link:- http://www.gamersyde.com/news_new_video_for_future_soldier-12773.jpg

I then found these images of countries that have been damaged by war and thought they would make a good setting for my game.

Image 1 link:- http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/images/US_Tank_blownup.jpg

Image 2 link:- http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/30/article-2710868-2021053A00000578-95_964x643.jpg

Image 3 link:- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Baath_Party_Headquarters,_Baghdad_(3148598572).jpg

And finally I looked at these games for inspiration into my RPG levelling/customization system.

Image 1 link:- http://www.hardwareheaven.com/gamingreviewimages/fallout-new-vegas/level.jpg

Image 2 link:- http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/557915-fallout-new-vegas-lonesome-road-playstation-3-screenshot-you.jpg

Image 3 link:- http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KyDPHxrF8cg/T0V_77vwDAI/AAAAAAAABPI/k0lBwhRER28/s1600/SkyrimPerkTree.jpg

Image 4 link:- http://www.zing.cz/images/thumbnails/bigthumb/5468351d-43908.jpg

Images 1 and 2 above are from the Fallout game series, where you can level up different aspects of your character which I would like to incorporate into my game

Date: 03/11/2014 – 7/11/2014

During this week I worked on HA2 Task 4: Character Profile and created my character profile, as he was a solider his outfit was fairly easy to pick. I use influences from games such as Call of Duty, Battlefield and Tom Clancy’s games.

Image 1 link:- http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/screenshots/CallofDutyBlackOps/CallofDutyBlackOpsMedia/WMD_Spetznaz-Soldier.jpg

Image 2 link:- http://images.wikia.com/callofduty/images/6/6f/Soldier_Yemen_BOII.jpg

Image 3 link:- http://megagames.com/sites/default/files/game-content-images/Ghost Recon Future Soldier 1.jpg

Image 4 link:- http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/originals/2013/_Battlefield_4_soldier_044449_.jpg

I then thought up a list of weapons that the character could use, as well as a back story and a list of accomplishments. I then used SlideShare to upload this to Blogger.

Date: 10/11/2014 – 14/11/2014

After creating my character profile I moved onto HA2 Task 5: Production. Using myself as the subject for the character I took some photographs and narrowed them down to the 5 best (Pictured Below)

I then looked at different images from Google that could be used as the background/in the finished image.

Image 1 link:- http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VSxE7n618CU/VGnfJau2rNI/AAAAAAAAAXo/XSKC2lD8Tdc/s1600/iraq-nuclear1-lg_1.JPG

Image 2 link:- http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qlPcX0R_Y0I/VGnfJso6GII/AAAAAAAAAXw/c13U_OQrEBs/s1600/National_Guard_Armory_(Concordia,_Kansas).JPG

Image 3 link:- http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G8kSw_h7oR8/VGnfKMrLJoI/AAAAAAAAAX4/FxMySK_U6-M/s1600/us-army-soldier-conducts-a-combat-stocktrek-images.jpg

Image 4 link:- http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RvZNClGrw64/VGnfJN-zAnI/AAAAAAAAAXk/bagMthpeQpo/s1600/mesmerizing-usa-american-flag-wallpaper-image-wallpaper.jpg

Image 5 link:- http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SXx8K6mKNTc/VGnfJtRgB1I/AAAAAAAAAXs/-K5uvxg9sHI/s1600/us-army-soldier-armed-with-a-mk-48-stocktrek-images.jpg

I then narrowed it down to my favourite Background/Photograph and 2 other images that I would use to create my Photoshop amalgam. I then started to trace over this amalgam in Illustrator.

Date: 17/11/2014 – 21/11/2014

After completing the tracing I then put the picture onto the Video Game cover template, in order to complete HA2 Task 6: Jewel Case, below is the finished artwork that I then uploaded to Blogger.

Date: 17/11/2014 – 21/11/2014

After completing my art work and gaining feedback on it I started to work on HA2 Task 7: Review, I published this to my blogger page.