I’ll be using this to document the development process of this unit from a technical standpoint. As My idea change a few times, this is a bit later than I was originally planning to create this, so I decided to compile it into a singular, longer post. Due to my…

Since there was a bank holiday, I’m compiling these two weeks into a single post for this unit, seeing as the readings provided for the period were also on one singular week’s slides. Mobile AR — creating augmented experiences This one was an interesting read — it focused a lot…

This week in the Audiences & Experiences unit, we were given three primary resources to read from. If I’m entirely honest, this week I wanted to spend more time working on my game design document, so I did rush these readings a bit more than I normally would have. …

This week on the audiences & Experiences unit, we were given a few written sources to read from. Race, Gender, and Sexuality in video Games Our first reading for this week was chapters six and eleven of Gender, and sexuality in video games. Chapter six — Much of this covers some…

This week on the Real & Virtual worlds unit, we were tasked with reading a short extract from a book written by our course leader, Camille, as well as listening to episode #607 of the voices of VR podcast, alongside the normal mentions of project work. New Directions in Mobile…

This week on the Audiences & Experiences unit, we had a more interesting set of tasks. Voices of VR (#502) First off, we were given two more Voices of VR podcast episodes to listen to (#502 and #869). The first of these this week (#502) was an interview with Jessica…

This week on the Real & Virtual worlds unit, for readings, we were given another episode from the Voices of VR podcast to listen to (#611) as well as three written sources. Storytelling for Virtual Reality : Methods and Principles for Crafting Immersive Narratives The first source for this week…

This week’s readings were spread over two weeks due to a bank holiday, which was an interesting change of pace. For this week (Week starting May 3rd 2021), we were assigned to read from one sources, and three more episodes of the Voices of VR Podcast (#905, #883, #566). The…

This week on the Audiences & Experiences unit, we were tasked with watching a video from the Feminist Frequency on YouTube, as well as reading up on a few sources. Tropes Vs Women in Video Games The feminist frequency videos primarily focused on the concept of the damsel in distress…