This document outlines Josh Bailey's initial plans for a video game project. It includes his initial reaction, which was excitement but also realization that video game development is frustrating and time-consuming. He plans to be more efficient this time by thoroughly planning pre-production to ensure he has enough time. The document also includes mind maps, mood boards and analysis to inspire design elements. A schedule is provided with weekly tasks over 5 weeks, including production, evaluation and using sources for research like Final Fantasy VII, Pokemon, Earthbound and Undertale.

1. Initial Plans
Josh Bailey

2. Initial Reaction
• My initial reaction to this project was excitement; I believed
working on a video game would be fun and a change of pace
from previous projects however after producing my
experiments I know now how frustrating and time consuming
it is. Fortunately I have learned from my mistakes and now
know the best ways to continue my work more efficiently than
before.
• Therefore, i wanted to plan my pre production thoroughly and
make sure that i had enough time to create what i wanted to
and write up all my work as good as it can be.

3. Mind Map

4. Mind Map

5. Mood Board

6. Mood Board Analysis
Is there any repetition in the images you have collected? Repeated
colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood
• Repetition of the arcade like intro menu is there to give me
inspiration to come up with my opening menu; this is the first thing
the player sees when loading up a game and needs to be iconic and
memorable
• I have also found and used multiple images of items from games this
will help me decide on which sort of items I want to see in my own
game
How will your mood board influence your final product?
• With the help of my mood board I gain countless ideas I could put
my own twist on and incorporate into my game. Elements such as
the protagonist, the enemies, UI, NPCs and gameplay will all be
unique and made by me

7. Schedule
WEEK OVERALL PLAN SPECIFIC TASKS
1 Production Experiments,
Initial Response, Product
Research
 Producing a small demonstration of a
game for the experiment. To learn and
get used to the techniques and skills
needed on these projects.
2 Product Research, Proposal,
Planning
 Put together a plan of how to execute my
idea as creative and uniquely as possible
3 Production  Begin production by making the
background layers for all my screens, this
helps me lead right into making my
protagonists and antagonists
4 Production  Put finer detailing into all my sprites and
finish up all designing and animating to
the import the sound
5 Evaluation  Look back on all aspects of my project and
look at what went wrong or what went
right with it all.

8. Bibliography
• Name at least 7 sources that you plan to use in this project. These should include audience
research, books, videos/films/video games, magazines and newspaper articles etc.Square
Enix. (1997) Final Fantasy VII
1. Nintendo (1996) Pokemon Red/Blue
2. Nintendo (1994) Earthbound
3. Toby Fox (2015) Undertale
4. Ubisoft (2014) South Park: The Stick of Truth
5. Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (2016) XCOM 2