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Zack Scanlon
Jan 21, 20211 min read
comparative study of developers approach to developing games with diversity/inclusion
In Horizon zero dawn you plays as Aloy who is an outcast from a society in the future for being suspected of not being born of a human...
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Zack Scanlon
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Demographics, Pitching and X Statements with Stephen Hey
Player types Not a gamer, gamer- people who don't consider themselves gamers but still play Improvers people- who like puzzle and trivia...
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Zack Scanlon
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Data types.
A data type is a set of values. In C# two main data types are value and reference types. Value types are created on the stack Structs We...
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Zack Scanlon
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Matrices
Matrices are used in most scientific fields but the most pertinent example is that they are used to manipulate 3D models and actually put...
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Zack Scanlon
Jan 11, 20211 min read
Screw driver model.
For this modelling exercise we were told to choose an item that we will be modelling and then texturing so i chose this screw driver...
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Zack Scanlon
Jan 11, 20211 min read
Why You Need Maths To Make Games with Byron Atkinson
There's a difference between academic and practical mathematics Have to have a good understanding because you may need to detect...
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Zack Scanlon
Jan 11, 20212 min read
Vectors
Intro to vector and scalars. At first glance at vectors they looked intimidating to me but after watching the intro to Vector and Scalars...
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Zack Scanlon
Jan 6, 20211 min read
My Game Design Document.
For my game design document i wanted to make a horror, co-op and real time strategy game so i used the concept of the Necronomicon from...
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Zack Scanlon
Dec 7, 20201 min read
Basic composition
In this lesson we looked at basic composition and rules to follow when using these basic composition methods. We learnt about: Rule of...
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Zack Scanlon
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Colour theory
Red- Higher frequencies Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet- Shorter frequencies Additive- Additive colour systems start without light...
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Zack Scanlon
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Modelling a lens cap.
The first step was taking my photo reference in to photoshop and doing a topology draw over of the lens cap from both a front and back...
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Zack Scanlon
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Radians
For radians we started by learning what a radian actually is, the description to radians that i was introduced to is that "The Radian...
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Zack Scanlon
Nov 30, 20202 min read
3D illustration
This project started with gathering some ideas about what i wanted to make, my base idea was to have a batarang of the left, a holocron...
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Zack Scanlon
Nov 24, 20202 min read
Modelling a stamp
Topology draw over I started by taking pictures of the object that i would like to model and then took it into photoshop and did a...
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Zack Scanlon
Nov 23, 20202 min read
Animating in unity
In unity i imported my floor sprite and put a 2d box collider on it so that it has collision properties i then made the object a prefab...
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Zack Scanlon
Nov 20, 20201 min read
First live drawing.
Today i done my first ever piece of live drawing in the live room in my college. The first exercise we done 1 minute sketch's to quickly...
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Zack Scanlon
Nov 19, 20201 min read
Colour analysis.
In the centre of the image the moon uses a darker blue boarder to surround the lighter cyan and for the sun it uses a orange to the inner...
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Zack Scanlon
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Arrays
Array: a group of liked type variables that are referred to by a common name. and each data item is called an element of the array. data...
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Zack Scanlon
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Example of game design document.
Starting random word: Turtle. we started with things that could be done with turtles and eventually made a link to sports that involve...
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Zack Scanlon
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Trigonometry 02
starting with looking at trigonometric ratios soh cah toa is the way that you are able to find out the length of each sides when you only...
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