FMP Diary

1. FMP Diary
Week1
As a start to my FMP I startedbylookingat some of my inspirationswhenitcomesdowntothe
creationof videogamesIcame up withsome people whowererelatedtothe fantasygenre aswell
people suchasAndrzej Sapkowski,Konrad Tomaszkiewicz,MickGordon,CoryBarlog,Todd Howard
and GillesBeloeil. Allof thiswasto state whatkindof game I wasgoingto create some art forwhich
was goingtobe a fantasymedieval game withmonstersandordemons.Ifeel asif theirstylescould
be explainedmore proficientlyhoweverIthinkthatI had got mypointacross. I thinkthatI could
change thisto make it much betterbutonlybygoingintodetail of the productthat theyhad helped
to create. By the endof the weekIhad finishedoff the inspirationsandinfluencesresearch by
talkingaboutwhatI wouldlike totake fromthe personsexperiencesandwhatI wouldlike totake
fromthe relevantvideogame Iwasreferencingwithinthe text.Ialsoaddedsome more information
aboutthe people howeverIstill don’tknow muchaboutKonradTomaszkiewiczbutthere isvery
little thatiswrittenabouthimthe mostI couldfindabouthimwas hisIMDB page and an interview
aboutthe Witcher3 where he prettymuch saysnothingabouthimself,which makesitdifficultto
write abouthimeventhoughhe wasthe directoron the Witcher3 WildHunt. I also startedworkon
my pre-proposal whichwasfairlyshortandsimple todojustto give me a general layoutof whatI
was planningoncreatingsoitwas incrediblyuseful.Ialsostartedworkonmy actual proposal atthe
same time there isnotmuch that I have writtendownforthisyetbecause Iam just workingonthe
rationale atthe moment.
Week2
I continuedworkingonmyproposal now Ihave finished the rationale andhave startedthe ideas
stage and I have partiallyfilleditinbecause Isentmycontextual workforsome feedbackneedless
to say that there wasquite abit that I neededtofix buttheywere all quite small thingstofix soI
finished themquite quicklyandthenmovedbackonto workingonmy proposalsideas. Ifinishedthe
projectconceptand mainarea of activityhave beencompletedtoadecentstandardI have also
finishedworkonmyprojectevaluationpartof the proposal butI do not believethatitisa great
standardof workI put intothisarea of the proposal.Asfor the bibliographyitwasnice andeasy
combiningbothmybibliographyfromthe contextual workaswell asthe proposal bibliography,as
for the productionschedule, itisnotthe bestas it justreelsoff everythingthatIneedtohave done
by the endof the productionwithnoparticulardetail behindit.
Week3
I have startedmy researchbycreatinga summaryof my ideaandI have alsomade some mood
boardsand I have made a bibliographyof where andwhoall the art came from as itall mainlycame
fromArtStationbutas for the moodboards I have made one for demonsone forplacesandareas
and the lastone that I have made so far is forprotagonistswhichIplanon analysing,Ihave finally
finishedanalysingall of mymoodboard,I have finallystartedmyexistingproductresearchaswell
whichI have had nofaultswiththusfar startingwiththe products whichare the Witcher3, Hyper

2. LightDrifterand Dark Souls 3 andI have also finishedthe HyperLightDrifterExistingProduct
ResearchandI have startedon the Witcher3 ExistingProductResearch.
Week4
I planon finishingthe restof myexistingproductresearchtalkingabouttheirbackgroundtheirstory
howtheylookand thenhowtheyplaywithcertaintechnicalitiesgoingintosome detailintocertain
individualpartsthatwill helpme withmyproduct.Ialsoplan ondoingaudience overview/picking
out exactlywhomyaudience isandthenresearchingwhy theylikethe sortof gamesI am goingto
create a storyand conceptart for. The otherthingI wouldlike tobe able todo is some subject
researchif I still have some time tobe able to complete it. FromlastweekIlearntthatI am still not
great at time managementeventhoughIdidexactlywhatIsaidI woulddoit sill feelsasif Ineedto
workto get aheadof my projectschedule,whichcouldmeanthatI enduprushingit a bit.I also
decidedtotake a lookat what makesfora good storythe settings,the protagonistsandthe
antagoniststhe only thingthatI am missingfromthatis conflictasthat iswhat all storiesthrive on.
As I saidthe onlyissue thatI had withthiswasthat I tookway toolong onthissmall part of the
projecteventhoughitdoeshelpme outquite a lotwhenitcomesdownto the designchoices.
Secondaryresearchhasbeenthe mostuseful asfor a start that isprettymuch all I have done just
reviewingothersworkforbitsandpiecesIcouldscavenge formy project.YetagainthoughI feel as
if I am goingtop spendwaytoo muchtime on justabouteverythingIdoinresearchas I want to
make as good as I possiblycan.
Week5
I planon makinga start on myproblemsolvingandplanningthisweek.Whichwill include asoftware
auditand resource check,soundeffectslistandothercontingencyplanningdocumentsandImight
do a specializedtimetablejustforproductionandImightendup makinga music/soundeffectslist
as for the planningthatwill includemindmappingStyle sheetsandkeyinfluencesbutthatmightbe
a bit muchfor justone weeksoI mightspill overintothe nextweek.AsformyresearchthatI
completedlastweekIfeel asif itisdone to a fairlydecentstandardIcan’t thinkof that manythings
that I couldstill addintomy researchandstill eitheraddtothe product or how I make it,howeverI
didendup spendinganextraweeksworthof time onthe researchsoI am quite far behindmy
schedule thatIhad originallysetoutformyself.Ithinkthat we are doingsome problemsolvingnow
to save a lot of hassle wheneversomethinggoeswronginsteadyouwillhave abuckup planbecause
of the problemsolvingpartof the project.
Week6
Last weekIalmostfinishedall of myexperimentsthatwere alotof funhoweverthe onlyissue I
have withthisisbecause I still have tolearnthe 3D software to complete the lastexperimentfrom
my proposal.ThenIalsodida majorityof myproblemsolvingthe onlythingthatIhaven’tdone init
isthe specificproductionschedule becauseIdidn’treallyknow if Ineededitbutnow I am goingto
use it butI will alsohave toadd some detail tomostof it.I alsomade a start on some of my planning
includingthe keyinfluencesandmindmapof the storyand I ran out of time soI didn’tdoanything
else.IdidexperimentsonstorywritingandfoundoutthatI was half waydecentat writingshort

3. storieseventhoughthe storydidn’tgoveryfar.I alsohad an experimentwhenitcame downtothe
musichoweverIalsostill needtomake some othermusicforit howeverthe musicthatIdidmake
wouldhave fitthe game fairlywell becausemostof mygamesare retrobased.Thenthere is another
one for character creationthatturnedout fairlywell.The experimentwiththe storywritingwill help
my productbecause Ihad neverreallydecidedtocome upwitha story for one of my gamesI only
made an addictive game loopwhichmade itquite difficulttocome up withcertainideas.Asforthe
musicexperimentitwasmade quite difficulttocome up withreasonswhythiswouldfitinwithmy
game but thenI realisedthatoldgamessuchas the legendof Zeldaandsome more recentgames
whichare reminiscentof oldgamessuchas shovel knightsointhe enditfitreallywell.The other
experimentoncharactercreationisjustto get some more practice at creating characters inthe art
style Iwas goingto use as a back up. Before productionstartsIwill have todo some researchinto
productiontechniquesfor3D productionbutto an extentIthinkthatthere wouldalot of problemsI
wouldhave if Iendeduptryingsomethingnew atthispointinthe course.
Week7
Whenit comesdownto the productionIhave a veryclear ideaof what I wantto do howeverI
haven’treallyshownmyideaenoughwhenitcomesdowntothe problemsolvingandthe planning
and pre-productionbutthe onlythingthatwill holdme backfromstartingmyproductionnextweek
will be whetherornotI have finishedall of the problemsolvingandpre-productionsideof the
project.Thisweekthere hasbeenverylittleinthe wayof planningbutmore inthe way of tryingto
make my problemsolvingbetterandimprovingmyresearchaswell butI have done a small amount
of planningIhave finallygotall of the photosIhad takenfor inspirationreadytoputintothe
PowerPointandIhave alsodone a Style sheetbecause anymoreof those wouldbe uselessandIhad
alsomade a Mood Board forwhat mystory will use.ThisweekIwill be tryingtocomplete my
problemsolvingandplanning/pre-production,Ihave prettymuchfinishedthe problemsolving
howeverandwhenitcomesdowntothe planningandpre-productionIhave todo a lot still,so
everythingthathappensthisweekwill helpme tofurthermyprojecthoweveritdoeshave the
potential toalsoslowme downandhalt myproductionfora little while.Istill have tocreate the
storymake a storyboard,make some deadlines,music;rusheslogandthendosome layoutsforthe
production.The biggestthreattomy projectismyself because more oftenthannotI will getmyself
boggeddownwiththe paperworkand thenstart the productionlate whichwill inevitablysetback
my productionschedulebutbeyondthatIthinkskill wouldbe abigproblemasI am not greatat
creatingnewcharactersbut settingsIcan do fairlywell charactersare justawkwardthoughwith
havingto drawfacesexpressionsandhandsitis notgreat.Yeah alsothe Corona Viruscouldbecome
an issue.
Week8
The corona virushas become a massive issue nothealthwise butinthe waythat I can’task constant
questionsaboutmyworkbutbeyondthatit justmeansthat I have beengivenmore time to
complete myworkwhichisgoodfor me.To start thisextratime I startedby workingonthe storyfor
the videogame itis quite expansiveandIstill have tofill ina few plotholesbutitislookinggood
afterall of that thoughI still needtodosome workon the problemsolvingandaddingsome more
detail tothat and I still have tocompletelyoverhaul myplanningandpre-productionandasfor my

4. storyI still needtocreate a story boardfor it.I also have to make mystory intoa game concept and
thenafterthat I have to storyboard it andthencreate a timetable toworktoso that thenmy
productioncango through smoothly. Asforwhatcouldhave gone betterlastweek notmuchexcept
for I thinkthatI reallyshouldhave done alotmore than whatI did as I wasslackingoff thinkingthat
Ihaddone almosteverythinginthe leaduptothe production.
Week9
ThisweekIhave completedthatstoryall I needtodo for itnow isthe story boardingsome back
storiesforsome of the more significantcharactersinthe storyandcreate a timetable forit.Alsothis
weekIhave almostfinishedall of the problemsolvingissuesthatIhad and sonow all I have to do
for that isto redosome of my experimentsandthentake screenshotsof differentstagesof the
productionof the experimentsandasforall of the designelementsof myresearchIhave
completelydonethe unityexperimentwhichendedupbeingextremelypoorasall Icoulddo is
effectivelywhatIwastoldto do by the tutorialsandI couldn’tfigure outhow exactlyitwouldwork
so I endeduptakinga bunchof screenshotsinstead,asforthe otherdesignexperimentsIstill have
to completelyredothemandtheminawide varietyof differentways.
Week10
Last weekIwas confinedtothe flatandwork so I gotrelativelylittledone butIhave finishedall of
the correctionsforthe problemsolvingpartof the projectand alsoI had finishedupthe mainpart of
my story,still needingtowrite upbackstoriesgame developmentsand timetables.Unfortunately
thoughI have beensetback byabout a weeksworthof workbecause mylaptopcrashedinthe first
thirdof the corona viruslockdownand soI couldn’tdo anyproperwork until Igot home forthe
weekend.