The document provides information for a project charter for designing a sidekick robot character for a game using 3D modeling software. It includes: 1) A skills audit where the student summarizes their strengths in research, illustration, and 3D modeling software but weaknesses in time management and Photoshop skills. 2) Answers to assignment structure questions confirming their understanding of the project goals, scenarios, and skills being assessed regarding modeling a robot sidekick in Lightwave for a police officer character in the game Second Life. 3) Identification of the main technical constraint being designing a robot suitable for the game and staying within their modeling abilities.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTec Level 3
Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Games Design
Unit 66 – 3D Modelling
HA5 – Sidekick Task 1 – Project Charter
Use these prompts to create a written charter for your project.
Skills Audit – Review your strengths and weaknesses and confidence in the following areas:
Project Management
My project management skills are ok. This is because I commonly make mistakes in giving adequate time for
myself to do a project in: I give myself too much, or I give myself too little time to do the project in.
Research and Ideas Generation
I have very good skills in research and idea generation, because of this I am confident that I will be able to
carry out good research and create good concepts for characters.
Drawing Techniques
My drawing techniques are not the best, but not the worst. This means that all my hand drawn pictures will be
good to a certain degree but not something that you wouldn’t want to remember. After I do my first draft of a
design, I would improve it to make it more suitable for the concept of what the character does for its job. I will
also make the character more visually pleasing and more difficult to draw (but kept within my own skill range).
Adobe Photoshop
I have very little confidence with Adobe Photoshop. This is because I don’t understand how to use it other
than how to crop, save and create contact sheets. The main reason for my lack of confidence is because the
software is overly complex and I cannot understand what all the many buttons do.
Adobe Illustrator
I have very strong skills for Adobe Illustrator, I am very confident with this software and I know I can produce
some very complex pieces of work with it. This is because I have done in before.
NewTek LightWave - Modeller
I am very confident with LightWave Modeller because I have learnt how to work it and a lot of the more
complex tools for it. I have learnt how to conduct: Primitive Modelling, Extrusion Modelling, Surfacing, Box
Modelling and Reference Modelling; all of which I used LightWave to do.
Assignment Structure – Ask yourself the following questions:
Are you clear about the timescale available?
I am fully aware of the Timescale I have to make the character in.
Do you understand what elements of the unit are being assessed?
I am aware that my skills to be tested are those in: LightWave modeller, time management and my creativity.
Do you understand the scenario and the reasons for carrying out the assignment?
I am aware that the Robot being made is to accompany my character through the Linden Second Life game
universe.
Have you visited the Second Life community and the SL Market Place? What are your impressions?
I have visited the Linden Second Life Community. The game appears to be a game where you can re-create
yourself in the games community, live a second life (which took a while to figure out). After thinking of what
my character could do I thought of a police man, so I would need a sidekick who can help the police in all sorts
of problems
What is your goal for this assignment?
My goal is to produce a robot that can defend my character and itself from attack.
Constraints – What is going to cause you problems in this project (technical, time, legal and ethical issues etc.) and what will you

2. do to solve these problems?
The main constraint is going to be designing something that is suitable for the game