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Diana Thomson on Emerging Technology: Mobile Game Strategy & Outcomes
In Emerging Technologies I was most intrigued by the idea that “somebody actually thought of that idea..” . It was a bit mind blowing at times to conceptualize the creativity and unlimited imagination of these people. This same intrigue occurs with the creativity and thought process surrounding mobile game design and development.
During this class, the most exciting part for me was creating a game using the Corona Platform. During this process I began researching what sort of features make a successful game and learned that the most successful games include the following features:
What does emerging technology mean to Eugene Or?
To me, emerging technologies is anything that is new or up and coming in the digital industry. These are advances in development which eventually lead to innovations in the way we interact with the environment around us. Whether it is real-world or digital, communication, videos, photos, ebooks, mobile devices, etc. are affected within this emerging technology space. To immerse into these experiences, open source platforms such as Corona SDK allow us as creative individuals to see what others have done, copy it, build on top of, or create brand new experiences that push the limits of interaction design.
That being said, innovation does not exist without challenges. Prior to the INTE 213 class with Dave Olsson, I had never built anything for a mobile device besides designing and developing web apps to be responsive. For my project, I decided to try to replicate an “Angry Birds” like game by building on top of what Beebe Games (Jonathan Beebe and wife Biffy) created, Ghosts Vs. Monsters. These seasoned Corona SDK developers were able to roll out the game within 36 hours (crazy right?); we had less than 2 weeks along with very little or no knowledge whatsoever in LUA scripting. Being a designer first and developer second, I was only able to swap out the characters and replace them with my own creations.
Space Buggy Mobile Game – Gameplay Video
This game is for a part of the Emerging Technologies class assignment.
Given time for the assignment was 1 week and the purpose was to get familiar with the Lua framework Corona SDK mobile development environment and mobile game basics.
Game graphics and the code base of the game are designed and tweaked by Jesse Chan, Llorin Keashly and Jon Tastemel.
Great Minds
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been spending some hours with my good friend illustrator:
This is a self directed project for one of my classes. Basically: portraits of people I find interesting and/or inspiring. They’ll be comin’ with quotes, too. The learning goals here are pretty straightforward:
- Learn how to use illustrator to describe complex forms using fairly simple lines and values
- Increase the speed at which I can output more complex vector works
- And of course, I’m trying to make them look like their real life counterparts
Final Video Project
Woooo!! I finally finished it. Lots of trial and error, lots of mistakes, lots of learning. Not exactly how I saw it turning out in my mind but I am happy with it. I hope I can find some time to have another go at this in the new year.
A tribute to Marco Pierre White, the godfather of modern cooking.
Quick Tips for the Modern Gentleman
Didn’t get the right lighting in time for the shoot so I tried making it look as “old timey” as I could.
Photography – Model Shoot
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Here are several photos from my final round of photos for my photography project. I previously took photos at Lonsdale Quay (see post) and Gastown (see post). I found that there was quite a variety of subject matter to take photos of, including the Studio Art sculptures throughout the campus.
HDR in Capilano
This is a crispy one, it has high luminance and saturation.
This one has more soft lighting and tone-mapping.
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