1) The document describes the production process for a game project over 4 weeks. In the first two weeks, the author created layouts and designs for a top-down map of an old city, including speech bubbles and different house styles. 2) Main challenges included ideas requiring more time than available and decisions made halfway through without enough time left. The large scale top-down map of York took significant time to design and ensure alignment of pieces. 3) Additional issues involved being pulled away from the project work to complete other tasks, as well as difficulties showing the full map design given it was composed of 25 separate pieces.

1. ProductionLog
I startedby creatingpartsof a top downmap of what an oldcitywouldkindof looklike withthe
thatch roofingandsome roofswithtilingthatisstill somethingIdon’tquite understandbecause for
some oddreasontheyuse more thatch roofingthanthe Romans because the Romansusedmore
tilingsoforsome odd reasontheymustdestroyedthe buildingsorsomethingandjustcouldn’tfix
thembut enoughof thatwithin the firsttwoweeksof productionIhad finishedall the layoutsfor
the top downmap andI had createda kindof speechbox withboxestoshow facesof charactersto
showwhois speakingatthat time andI had alsocreatedsome housesfromdifferenterassuchas
SaxonhousesorVictorianhouses andinthe third weekImade a start on the start screenand
decidedtocreate some partsof the towerdefence partof the game suchas the layoutandI had
alsocreatedsome of the towersandtheirattacks andI had alsocreateda pathfor the enemiesto
walkdownhoweverIdidn’thave enoughtime colourormake anyof the enemiessotheninthe last
weekIcolouredthe topdownmap and alsothe housesIhad made to indicate whichkindof erait is
and whoisin control of York at the time I hadalso startedto finishupmydesignfor the title
sequence andIalsodidsome tidyingupof the topdownmap as some of the shadingandlighting
wasn’tworkingaswell asI had hopeditwould.
The main problemsthatIhad was thatsome of my ideasrequiredmore timethanIactuallyhadto
create the piece andso I made some more basic designstowardsthe endwhichdon’treallyfitin
withthe restof the pieces.AnotherissueIhadwas that I hadonlycome up withsome ideaswhenI
got half waythroughthe productionandthe same goesfor thingsthatI actuallydidn’twantinthe
game.Afterthatmy last issue wasthingsliningupinthe top downview of York because some of the
lineswere justslightlyoff towhattheywere onthe lastone.Yet anotherissue wasthe wayinwhich
I made the top downmap whichmakesitverydifficulttoshow because Iwouldeitherhave tocome
up withsome sortof animationorjustexporteachpiece of the map individuallyandputittogether
inpost.
As forthe firstissue I askedtohave some extratime on topof the workand it still effectivelywasn’t
enoughbecause the whole entire time Iwantedtobe workingonmyprojectI wascoercedinto
workingonsomethingelse thatwasn’tasimportantbutsome people justdon’tunderstandthatand
so I wasstuck working onotherthingsratherthan my college projectIshouldhave beenworkingon.
I couldhave easilyfixedthiseitherbyignoringthose peopleandtryingtocontinue onwithmywork
or justtryingto finishupthe worktheyaskedme to do quicklysothenI couldgo aheadand just
continue onwithmywork as soonas possible.
The secondissue Idon’treallyhave anythingtosay aboutmainlybecause there wasn’tthatmuch
that I changedlike thishowevermyfirstthoughtwasto dothe mapas an eye heightkind of map
and notdo too much howeverinusual fashionIdecidedtodotoo muchfor a small project anddida
top downviewof the mapwhichcouldhave potentiallybeenquiteeasyhoweverImade the map
too bigmakingita five byfive mapdoing25 different mapbasessothattook me agesespeciallyif
youconsiderthe fact at howI triedto make themall line upwitheachotherthat wouldbe whyit
tookso long.I couldhave fixedthisbyjusteitherkeepingtothe original planorby makingthe map
justa bitsmallersoitwouldn’ttake upso muchtime givingme time todeal withthe othergameplay
loopsof the game.

2. The third issue Ihad wasthe linesthatI had made not lininguptowell withthe otherswhichwasn’t
too muchof an issue initself becauseI don’tthinkthatmanyof themare like thatnow I have
finishedwiththe projectmostof themhave beenfixed. Thiscouldhave beenfixedbymakingthe
map justa bit smallersothenIcouldfitall the linesof the maponto one designsothenitwouldn’t
have beensocomplicated.
As forthe final issue Istill haven’treallythoughtof agood wayof showingof the amountof work
that I had done butI have no ideaabouthow I shouldshow off mywork still because of the wayI
made the map thishas made it incrediblycomplicatedtoshow off myworkas technicallyitis25
differentmapswhichIhave to showoff as one map so I made a videotoshow all 25 differentmaps
ina rowto showoff how theywouldsticktogetherwhichdidn’treallydothe jobsothe nexttime I
try to make somethingIwill justmake one maptoeasilyshow itoff.
Yet anotherissue Ihadwas the fact at how I usedveryfew differenttoolswhichincludedthe pencil
tool the rubbertool and the paintbrush tool I alsouseda little bit of a blurtechniquesbutIdidn’t
use it muchbut I usedall of these toolsmakingthe size largerorsmallerandchangedthe designof
the paintbrush butbeyondthatthe thingthat took me so longwastryingto get everyline justright
to line upwiththe nextpiece of the mapand it tookagesto try and getall the piecesof the puzzle
to fittogether.