week 1-1
while a Project management document is important and it will be the driving force behind the workflow of the project, it is also important to have a workflow chart (which we’ve been learning about this week) to help you on the way, typical work flow charts look like what you see below (minus all the silliness I put everywhere)
as you can see, I’ve got my work cut out for me on this one, now let’s move on to another important piece of this metaphorical puzzle…
The Asset List!
ah yes, the asset list, where you gather together all the resources and software you need in one coherent list, the big kids in the professional league use these to evaluate what software licences and other bits they need and how they’re going to get them for example, in the software category you might need to get a commercial unreal engine licence if you plan on using it for your big video game project, so you’d stick unreal engine on your list as well as how much it costs to get a licence as well as when you plan on getting that licence (which you should be very careful about)
Another example comes from the asset category (by which I mean things such as graphical sprites and other goodies you might wanna throw in there), in this case, let’s say you need to draw up a cartoon pig that’s from the apocalypse. Well first you’d note it down on the asset list and then mention what software (or paper) you plan to draw said character on, how you’re going to implement it and when you plan on making it (let’s say January 30th 2020 at 1800 hours), and once that day arrives (or earlier if you’ve done everything ahead of schedule) you then get to work on that asset and if all goes well, bada bing bada boom…
now that that’s been said here’s all of my Asset lists:
Asset List one: Software
| Software | Planned Use | Platform | Do I have it? | Where can I use it? |
| Pixlr | To design characters and with | Browsers | Yes I do sunshine | Anywhere with Wi-Fi Ralph |
| Dreams | To make the backgrounds | Playstation 4 | I have the early access | At home only |
| Wix | To make the site itself | Computer browsers | Yes I got the account not too long ago | Anywhere with Wi-Fi ralph |
Asset List 2: Characters (particularly Character Key Art)
| Character | Character type | When are they going to be made | How is it going to be made |
| Elfrix the Elf | A heroic elf man | Inital-24.1.20 Final-26.1.20 | It will be drawn In Pixlr |
| Petra Popstar | A popstar sensation | Inital-24.1.20 Final-26.1.20 | It will be drawn In Pixlr |
| Cowbredo | A contracted cowboy sheriff | Inital-24.1.20 Final-26.1.20 | It will be drawn In Pixlr |
| Badry | A dragon man with a dimension hopping jem on his head | Inital-26.1.20 Final-28.1.20 | It will be drawn In Pixlr |
| Drawgax | A creature who draws on their head to try and fool its prey | Inital-26.1.20 Final-28.1.20 | It will be drawn In Pixlr |
Asset list 3: Backgrounds
| Area of interest | When do I dinny do this? | How will this be dinny done? |
| A forest area where Elfix lives | Concept art-29.1.20 Final Dreams version- 30.1.20 | Con- the environment will be drawn in Pixlr Dre- I’ll use the game’s sculpt and style tools to make the environment |
| A wild west town but they’re constructing a concert stage too | Concept art-29.1.20 Final Dreams version- 31.1.20 | Con- the environment will be drawn in Pixlr Dre- I’ll use the game’s sculpt and style tools to make the environment |
| A concert stage but there’s a cowboy heist going on while other elves try to fix this | Concept art-29.1.20 Final Dreams version- 1.2.20 | Con- the environment will be drawn in Pixlr Dre- I’ll use the game’s sculpt and style tools to make the environment |
| Badry’s Lair, which is a Hollywood soundstage that’s situated where an evil fantasy castle would be (and surrounding it is a combination of all three themes, those being western, Pop and Fantasy) | Concept art-29.1.20 Final Dreams version- 2.2.20 | Con- the environment will be drawn in Pixlr Dre- I’ll use the game’s sculpt and style tools to make the environment |
Asset list 4: Audio
| Audio Type needed | Character/area | purpose? | Who’s going to do this | When can we expect this nonsense | How will this be done son? |
| Voice Clips | Elfrix | To give the character a voice that you hear throughout the site | It’s Me, Sam Gordon | 27.1.20 | Using Dreams’ audio recording tools |
| Voice Clips | Cowbredo | To give the character a voice you’ll hear when going to his character page and during the quiz | It’s Me, Sam Gordon (again) | 27.1.20 | Using Dreams’ audio recording tools |
| Voice Clips | Popstar Petra | To give the character a voice you’ll hear when going to her character page and during the quiz | You were expecting someone else, but It’s Me, Sam Gordon (wish me luck kiddos) | 27.1.20 | Using Dreams’ audio recording tools |
| Noise Clips | Drawgax | Because I just want an excuse to make noises | It’s Me, Sam Gordon (this shouldn’t be too hard) | 27.1.20 | Using Dreams’ audio recording tools |
| Voice Clips | Badry | To give him that villainous edge | It’s Me, Sam Gordon (master of evil) | 27.1.20 | Using Dreams’ audio recording tools |
| Ambient clips | The forest | To immerse the quiz for people | Me using various sound effects | 28.1.20 | Using some of the Sound Effects Media Molecule (the game devs) Made in combination with a few of my own |
| Ambient clips | The Cowboy town with construction going on | To immerse the quiz for people | Me using various sound effects | 29.1.20 | Using some of the Sound Effects Media Molecule (the game devs) Made in combination with a few of my own |
| Ambient clips | The concert under siege | To immerse the quiz for people | Me using various sound effects | 30.1.20 | Using some of the Sound Effects Media Molecule (the game devs) Made in combination with a few of my own |
| Ambient clips | Badry’s Lair | To immerse the quiz for people | Me using various sound effects | 31.1.20 | Using some of the Sound Effects Media Molecule (the game devs) Made in combination with a few of my own |
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