{"id":1005,"date":"2025-04-09T14:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2025-05-18T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T13:52:38","slug":"creative-practice-more-game-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/creative-practice-more-game-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Making &#8211; Danger on the Train &#8211; Reworking the Storyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Thoughts since I last worked on the game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>I think the narrative needs to be edited and simplified <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I think the idea to have multiple games of different formats embedded within the game may be confusing for game of this size<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instead I think that having 2-3 platform games that build on each other in an episodic way &#8211; they come back 2-3 times during the main game narrative &#8211; might be a better way of creating a sense of progression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Aims for todays session <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>to finish the update on the storyboard images (using photos) to start giving more shape to the visuals. I still would like to illustrate these but at this prototype stage, I think it&#8217;s better to continue to work with rough and quick images. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I also want to start on the platform game elements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Gallery of images created for the narrative scenes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped uag-masonry uagb-block-10f511a7 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/TitleScreen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/TitleScreen.jpg 800w, 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size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/thecarriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/thecarriage.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/thecarriage-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/thecarriage-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/dreamtunnel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1024\" 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