Studio 1 Folio Plan

MAGI Folio Plan

1. Rationale / Intention

• I want to design an exploratory skate boarding game
• It will focus on longboarding, sweeping hills and surfy coastline, and the goal will be to capture the feel of skating itself
• I want to make this game because I want to translate the feeling of skating in this way, as I used to, into an experience I can share with others. Capturing the feel of the act of skating, as well as the overall vibe as characterised by the WA-inspired environment, are core to this effort

2. Context: Field

• I would be working within the field of game design
• More specifically, I would be working within the field of open-world adventure games, like The Legend Of Zelda and Feather
• Complimenting this, I would be entering into the realm of action sports video games, specifically skating games
• Outstanding practitioners in this field are Nintendo, Rockstar North, Vicarious Visions, Neversoft, Samurai Punk

3. Method

• This project will be broken up into several smaller tasks
• Environmental design, implementing board physics, sound design, polishing environment, character design (produced and prioritised in that order)
• Sound design covering board sounds, ambience. Potentially licensed music, if there’s enough time

4. Production: Tools

• Environments and assets will be modelled in Autodesk Maya
• A quick, rough environmental design will be done in Week 1 so that I have a canvas to test out board physics and player controls
• The environment will be a rough block out, and mostly natural hills and coastline, which can be quickly designed with sculpting tools
• I have already designed a base mesh for a character, which I can alter, rig and animate throughout the semester
• I have already modelled a longboard, which I may or may not re-texture to better fit the overall aesthetic, once that aesthetic has been solidified
• Unity has a wheel physics system, as well as numerous plug-ins. I will research these tools and find the most suitable option for simulating skating
• I will source sound effects and soundscapes to colour the world and implement these directly into Unity, likely with some alterations in Adobe Audition
• If I have enough time I will create a library of environmental assets (trees, rocks, birds, etc.) to populate my world
• All of this work will be screen recorded and edited into concise project documentation in Adobe Premiere