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1. production experiments

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HarryBorwell

The student created experiments to design a Star Wars game in Photoshop, but struggled to make it look good. They then tried making a matching car game, drawing the cars and a background grid. Feedback noted uneven grid lines and sized shapes that needed improvement. Sounds and animation were later added in Premiere Pro. Reflections highlighted including more colors, improving layouts, sizing elements evenly, and distinguishing different sound effects for the final product.

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Process • I started making a star wars game. I changed the background colour from black to white. I used the shape tool to create the red planet and grey death star. I used the pencil tool to draw a darker circle to make it look like a death star. I created another layer and started drawing a millennium falcon.
Reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I will make the millennium falcon look better for the real game because the one I’ve drawn is a poor design – it doesn’t look like a millennium falcon. • I will make the death star bigger so the audience knows what it is. It’s hard to see what it is because of how small it is.
Process • I made a new layer and called it ‘stars’. I used the pencil tool and placed silver dots around the background to make it look like space. • I drew the millennium falcon again because the old didn’t look good.
Reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I will add more colour to the real game. At the moment it looks boring because there’s only two colours, and the red planet in the corner makes it look odd.
Process I found an image of a space background and put it into Photoshop. I created a new layer and started putting path ways in. I found an image of the millennium falcon and drew over it. This made it look better.
reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • Again, I need to add more colours to make it look interesting. Also, I will make sure the map looks better by adding more features (e.g buildings to the end of each path/enemy characters)
Process I decided to scrap the star wars/Mario idea because it got too complicated – I couldn’t think of a map that would look good enough. I restarted and decided to make a matching car game. I made a new layer and drew the red car first. I duplicated the red car layer to make two of them and moved it to another place. I made new layers for each coloured car and drew them using the red car template. I duplicated them to make two of each colour and moved them around the page. Finally, I turned all the car layers off and started drawing a background. I will move all the cars when the background is finished so they’re all on the ground.
reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I changed the idea because I was struggling to make the other game look good. • I will make sure colours and layout are thought about more thoroughly.
process • I erased the background because it wasn’t going to work with the cars layout. I changed the background colour using the paint bucket tool. • I created a new layer and used the line tool to make the grid. I duplicated the original grid layer to make the other 6 lines. • I created another layer and used the pencil tool to make a timer outline. I created 9 new layers for the timer so it shows how much time left there is.
reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • If I make a matching game, I will make sure the grid is evened out. It’s easy to see one column is wider than the rest. I will do this by counting the distance between each grid line. • I will make sure the shapes are an even size. The yellow cars are smaller than the other cars. I will do this by creating a new layer and drawing over the original shape.
process • I created the frame animation. On each frame I turned certain layers on and off which made it animate. • Every 10 frames I turned a timer layer off so it makes it run down. • I created another layer and drew a ‘YOU WIN’ sign. On each frame after the game finished, I turned the layer on and off so it flashed on the screen.
reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I will make sure any writing is neater and an even size throughout. This will make the game look tidier and it will be easy for the audience to read.
process • I exported my game from Photoshop to premiere pro to add music and sound effects. • I added the music and cut it down so it played in time the game was on screen. • I had a sound effect for no match and a different one for when there was a match. • Each time there wasn’t a match I put the no match sound on, and each time there was a match I put the match sound on. • I made a sound for when the game was beaten and put that in when the ‘YOU WIN’ sound came up. • Finally, I added a transition at the end of the game so it faded 5 seconds after the game finished.
reflection What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I will make sure music and sound effects sound different. In this game they sound too similar, making it hard to tell which is which when a sound effect plays.

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1. production experiments

  • 2. Process • I started making a star wars game. I changed the background colour from black to white. I used the shape tool to create the red planet and grey death star. I used the pencil tool to draw a darker circle to make it look like a death star. I created another layer and started drawing a millennium falcon.
  • 3. Reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I will make the millennium falcon look better for the real game because the one I’ve drawn is a poor design – it doesn’t look like a millennium falcon. • I will make the death star bigger so the audience knows what it is. It’s hard to see what it is because of how small it is.
  • 4. Process • I made a new layer and called it ‘stars’. I used the pencil tool and placed silver dots around the background to make it look like space. • I drew the millennium falcon again because the old didn’t look good.
  • 5. Reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I will add more colour to the real game. At the moment it looks boring because there’s only two colours, and the red planet in the corner makes it look odd.
  • 6. Process I found an image of a space background and put it into Photoshop. I created a new layer and started putting path ways in. I found an image of the millennium falcon and drew over it. This made it look better.
  • 7. reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • Again, I need to add more colours to make it look interesting. Also, I will make sure the map looks better by adding more features (e.g buildings to the end of each path/enemy characters)
  • 8. Process I decided to scrap the star wars/Mario idea because it got too complicated – I couldn’t think of a map that would look good enough. I restarted and decided to make a matching car game. I made a new layer and drew the red car first. I duplicated the red car layer to make two of them and moved it to another place. I made new layers for each coloured car and drew them using the red car template. I duplicated them to make two of each colour and moved them around the page. Finally, I turned all the car layers off and started drawing a background. I will move all the cars when the background is finished so they’re all on the ground.
  • 9. reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I changed the idea because I was struggling to make the other game look good. • I will make sure colours and layout are thought about more thoroughly.
  • 10. process • I erased the background because it wasn’t going to work with the cars layout. I changed the background colour using the paint bucket tool. • I created a new layer and used the line tool to make the grid. I duplicated the original grid layer to make the other 6 lines. • I created another layer and used the pencil tool to make a timer outline. I created 9 new layers for the timer so it shows how much time left there is.
  • 11. reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • If I make a matching game, I will make sure the grid is evened out. It’s easy to see one column is wider than the rest. I will do this by counting the distance between each grid line. • I will make sure the shapes are an even size. The yellow cars are smaller than the other cars. I will do this by creating a new layer and drawing over the original shape.
  • 12. process • I created the frame animation. On each frame I turned certain layers on and off which made it animate. • Every 10 frames I turned a timer layer off so it makes it run down. • I created another layer and drew a ‘YOU WIN’ sign. On each frame after the game finished, I turned the layer on and off so it flashed on the screen.
  • 13. reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I will make sure any writing is neater and an even size throughout. This will make the game look tidier and it will be easy for the audience to read.
  • 14. process • I exported my game from Photoshop to premiere pro to add music and sound effects. • I added the music and cut it down so it played in time the game was on screen. • I had a sound effect for no match and a different one for when there was a match. • Each time there wasn’t a match I put the no match sound on, and each time there was a match I put the match sound on. • I made a sound for when the game was beaten and put that in when the ‘YOU WIN’ sound came up. • Finally, I added a transition at the end of the game so it faded 5 seconds after the game finished.
  • 15. reflection What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • I will make sure music and sound effects sound different. In this game they sound too similar, making it hard to tell which is which when a sound effect plays.

Editor's Notes

  1. Discuss the tools and processes used in your experiments
  2. Discuss the tools and processes used in your experiments