In light of reading an interesting extract written by Jesse Schell called 'In
the Beginning, There Is the Designer' I am now making a statement. I am a game
designer. Schell expresses that to be a Game Designer, or a good one at least
you require a lot of skills. You require almost every skill you could ever
imagine to a certain degree but above all you NEED to be able to 'listen'.
Schell explains why listening more deeply than on the surface is a key skill to develop in order to satisfy your target audience which as a designer in any field; will always be your goal. I don't think I could agree more with what exactly was written in the extract. The Five Kinds of Listening was something I feel was the key point made throughout the article alongside self confidence. Listening to your team, audience, game, client and most importantly yourself will probably be a challenge for me so it's something I see myself working a lot on from this point onwards.
Self confidence was spoken about but I feel that more stress was put on the point of loving your work and the rest will follow naturally. If you truly love doing something you can spend an endless amount of time working on it and at the end of it all just sit back and feel good about what you've created.
Schell explains why listening more deeply than on the surface is a key skill to develop in order to satisfy your target audience which as a designer in any field; will always be your goal. I don't think I could agree more with what exactly was written in the extract. The Five Kinds of Listening was something I feel was the key point made throughout the article alongside self confidence. Listening to your team, audience, game, client and most importantly yourself will probably be a challenge for me so it's something I see myself working a lot on from this point onwards.
Self confidence was spoken about but I feel that more stress was put on the point of loving your work and the rest will follow naturally. If you truly love doing something you can spend an endless amount of time working on it and at the end of it all just sit back and feel good about what you've created.
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Glad to see that you are at last blogging. This is fine as a quick summary of Schell. Would really like to see your thoughts on the other articles that we have now covered.
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Hi Michael,
ReplyDeleteWhile it's encouraging that you have set up your blog and have posted an entry, it's still looking a bit sparse: if you look back over your notes from the last few weeks you'll see that several of the sessions have a related blog task (for example, in week two, the blog task asked you to identify games that correspond with Caillois' games categories; the blog task associated with the library resources session asked you compile a short bibliography).
Don't let the blog tasks pile up. Try to set aside fifteen or twenty minutes after each session to complete the associated blog task.
Do, please, go back over your notes and ensure that your blog is complete. Remember that the blog forms part of the module assessment so it is important that the blog is complete and up-to-date.