Tasks

So we have had a lesson with "an hour of fun" from our tutor which is where we all just play each others games for constructive crit.

It has been really interesting to hear new ideas and problems they encountered although most of them we already knew of and were very obvious. Now we need to solidify our controls and make the game playable, take a new approach and just get a small textured level with a working player controller.

This is the direction we're heading in now and I need to manage to get my artist to texture which will be a challenge.

Its getting tiresome and frustrating being responsible for people not hitting deadlines and such and being unable to get some to do work.

PLANNING!

Planning... 

Spent a lot of time managing our schedules (estimated) on clockingit but it is really giving me a sense of direction for our project! We will be making a level per week and the art hopefully the week after for that level created but we'll have to see how much time what consumes.

I do not know much about how long any of the programming takes which means I need the wonderful Darren to take care of opening and closing his tasks and setting his date markers. This should help me get a better grasp in the future so I can get a good insight into programming schedules and time estimates on tasks. 

In terms of managing I was hoping I could get people to write a blog every Friday but alas it seems to be a task difficult to motivate. Had the most success the first Friday but now it's going down and I just worry about if I am not showing good enough leadership qualities and I don't want to have to bitch and moan about such a small task in others eyes. 

Holiday!!

As far as holidays go, this is pretty much the only one I feel we'll get since it's the week after hand in so all we had to sort out was planning stuff. This means that we can relax! yeah! Obviously not much has gone down, but I do plan to get some level design done tomorrow so I can be ahead of the curve if you will.

But no matter how long the break it never feels enough for me and Uni work starts Monday properly as much as I love it, I am also dreading the worry of doing enough work.

The Rise To Power!

It's been... too long me thinks. So over the time I have forgotten to write my blog, much has happened obviously.

For starters I got voted into power by my group...

Nothing can go wrong here...

We did a lot better for this hand in compared to the last one. Got all our work done early, to a high standard.  Our prototype level was awesome even with bugs in it I could really see how much it had advanced.

The GDD was actually fun to put together and write as 5,500 words came together, it felt very satisfying to finish it!!

Previous to the hand in, all I was doing was procrastinating and attempting to write more in depth for all sections in the doc. At first it was a challenge but once I got going it felt easier and easier to write.

I feel our team is a lot more organised than before but I still feel we could do much better in terms of how much work we can produce.

I am kinda obligated now to do my blog every friday since I am the group leader I have to almost set an example, I can't just go... "you guys, do work." while relaxing in my chair. Or could I?