Scares Imminent. . .

Hello everyone. . .again. So I've tweaked a few things and the game's a lot scarier now. First of all I changed the lighting somewhat. Instead of a flat white, (which didn't look bad by any means) I have adopted and incredibly pale blue. Down to power of colour and blue implying a subconscious 'cold' feeling, I also made and matched a background fog with the same colour. The atmosphere is a lot more unsettling just from the colour change. I have also finished modelling one of my 'enemies'. . .my good old friend "Slender Man". He he is to help keep you awake at night.

I've also been working on some more assets to pad the place out. . .as I know from my readings, 'Spacial presence' is the cognitive map players build up when exploring a game. Points of reference will help them make their way around and also help to serve the immersive feel of the game. Here are some screenshots of the reception area.

I will continue to build on this, and the scary encounters. More blogs of progress to come!

Last Haul. . .

I finally have a video upload of some of the progress of the Arcadian. Things are really coming together now with the notes, models, atmosphere etc. 

A few people who have seen the video commented that they would not like to play the game as they scare easily and are frightened by it. I suppose it is fair to say at this point that whilst the video simply involves walking, picking up a note and opening a door, that the atmosphere is evident players will feel apprehensive. The game elements will finish off the game and that is my next move. As soon as I have the game next to finished, I will upload it and link it straight to this blog. Until then, I'm off to work on it some more, here's the video! Enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIyyqQhYrg

Regrets. . .

So I've only just noticed how long it's actually been since my last blog. . .

I guess it turns out I have trouble juggling modules. In a strange turn around in the group project module I put all my time and effort into making THAT work, knowing I was ahead of schedule in the dissertation project. But now that I'm on top of the group project work, I am now behind with the dissertation work. 

I'm working on fixing that and will aim to put up new screenshots and maybe even a video by the weekend, just thought this post should report the slowed progress of the project so far.