Initial Plans
Joshua Meredith
Initial Reaction
• As soon as I got told this was the next project I
already had the idea I wanted to do. This is
just artwork in frame form so it is a skill I know
well and have done before. In my opinion this
project is very easy for me and can get done
quicker than every other product ive done
Mind Map
Pokemon style game:
Similar to pokemon red but my
own design
Grayscale to limit colours and
give me more time
Show the battle scene
Minimal animation
Easy to do
Wouldn’t take a lot of time
Not too easy but not too
difficult and ive also played
pokemon before quite alot
Street fighter style game:
Similar to street fighter but my
own designs
Also grayscale to limit colours
and give me more time
Show the fighting scene
A lot of animation
Not easy to do
Would take a lot of time that I
don’t think I have
Already done before
Too complex
Duck hunt style game:
Similar to duck hunt but my
own designs
Grayscale aswell to limit
colours and give me more
time
Show the gameplay as
theres very minimal
Very minimal animation
Cant show controls of
playing the game
Very easy to do
Wouldn’t take time at all
Too simple
Mind Map
Pokemon style game
Two characters
Both characters facing eachother to give clear indication of which character is
yours
Grayscale color scheme so its very simple to do and makes the game have an old
and retro feel to it
Both characters will be original and not based of off any other pokemon
Will do the battle scene
Dragon type vs flying type to show dragon moves and flying type moves
Moves may be used from original game
Same sort of animation to pokemon
Very simple task and shouldn’t take a long time to do
Will last 3 turns
My characters gets hurt aswell
Shows xp gain at the end aswell of the character
Mood Board
Mood Board Analysis
Is there any repetition in the images you have collected?
Repeated colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood
• Most images are grayscale as that’s the colour scheme I'm
going for when making this. All these photos show the same
type of screen as that’s what my product is going to look like
How will your mood board influence your final product?
• My moodboard shows a very good indication as to how the
final product will look
Schedule
WEEK OVERALL PLAN SPECIFIC TASKS
1 Production Experiments,
Initial Response, Product
Research
 experiments was coming up with
designs and testing my ability in making
pixel art and testing animations and
how it works, my initial response was
talking about how I thought on the
product and how I felt with it. Research
was me finding other games that fit
with the product I was making
2 Product Research, Proposal,
Planning
 continuing to do research talking about
games that are similar to my product
and why. The proposal is me giving all
the details on. My planning will be
making sketches of the characters and
them move looks
3 Production  this will be making all the sketches
become the final artwork. Giving the 2
characters full body art and starting on
making the commands on screen
4 Production  finalising the product and putting all
together with all the animations in
place
5 Evaluation  give an overall evaluation on how my
product went and my thoughts on the
making of the product
Bibliography
• Name at least 7 sources that you plan to use in this project. These should include audience
research, books, videos/films/video games, magazines and newspaper articles etc.
1. The Pokémon team (1996) Pokémon Red
2. The Pokémon Team (2000) Pokémon Crystal
3. The Pokémon Team (2004) Pokémon Emerald
4. The Pokémon Team (2006) Pokémon Pearl
5. The Pokémon Team (2010) Pokémon White
6. The Pokémon Team (2013) Pokémon X
7. The Pokémon Team (2016) Pokémon Moon
8. The Pokémon Team (2019) Pokémon Sword

2. initial plans (video game)

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Initial Reaction • Assoon as I got told this was the next project I already had the idea I wanted to do. This is just artwork in frame form so it is a skill I know well and have done before. In my opinion this project is very easy for me and can get done quicker than every other product ive done
  • 3.
    Mind Map Pokemon stylegame: Similar to pokemon red but my own design Grayscale to limit colours and give me more time Show the battle scene Minimal animation Easy to do Wouldn’t take a lot of time Not too easy but not too difficult and ive also played pokemon before quite alot Street fighter style game: Similar to street fighter but my own designs Also grayscale to limit colours and give me more time Show the fighting scene A lot of animation Not easy to do Would take a lot of time that I don’t think I have Already done before Too complex Duck hunt style game: Similar to duck hunt but my own designs Grayscale aswell to limit colours and give me more time Show the gameplay as theres very minimal Very minimal animation Cant show controls of playing the game Very easy to do Wouldn’t take time at all Too simple
  • 4.
    Mind Map Pokemon stylegame Two characters Both characters facing eachother to give clear indication of which character is yours Grayscale color scheme so its very simple to do and makes the game have an old and retro feel to it Both characters will be original and not based of off any other pokemon Will do the battle scene Dragon type vs flying type to show dragon moves and flying type moves Moves may be used from original game Same sort of animation to pokemon Very simple task and shouldn’t take a long time to do Will last 3 turns My characters gets hurt aswell Shows xp gain at the end aswell of the character
  • 5.
  • 6.
    Mood Board Analysis Isthere any repetition in the images you have collected? Repeated colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood • Most images are grayscale as that’s the colour scheme I'm going for when making this. All these photos show the same type of screen as that’s what my product is going to look like How will your mood board influence your final product? • My moodboard shows a very good indication as to how the final product will look
  • 7.
    Schedule WEEK OVERALL PLANSPECIFIC TASKS 1 Production Experiments, Initial Response, Product Research  experiments was coming up with designs and testing my ability in making pixel art and testing animations and how it works, my initial response was talking about how I thought on the product and how I felt with it. Research was me finding other games that fit with the product I was making 2 Product Research, Proposal, Planning  continuing to do research talking about games that are similar to my product and why. The proposal is me giving all the details on. My planning will be making sketches of the characters and them move looks 3 Production  this will be making all the sketches become the final artwork. Giving the 2 characters full body art and starting on making the commands on screen 4 Production  finalising the product and putting all together with all the animations in place 5 Evaluation  give an overall evaluation on how my product went and my thoughts on the making of the product
  • 8.
    Bibliography • Name atleast 7 sources that you plan to use in this project. These should include audience research, books, videos/films/video games, magazines and newspaper articles etc. 1. The Pokémon team (1996) Pokémon Red 2. The Pokémon Team (2000) Pokémon Crystal 3. The Pokémon Team (2004) Pokémon Emerald 4. The Pokémon Team (2006) Pokémon Pearl 5. The Pokémon Team (2010) Pokémon White 6. The Pokémon Team (2013) Pokémon X 7. The Pokémon Team (2016) Pokémon Moon 8. The Pokémon Team (2019) Pokémon Sword

Editor's Notes

  • #3 Log your initial thoughts regarding the set brief- What could you make? What are you good at? Your opinions? Can be a list of bullet points of reactions- does not have to be full prose. Can be hand written/drawn and scanned in.
  • #4 Bubbl.us or hand drawn-scanned using college printers exploring 3 potential ideas
  • #5 Bubbl.us or hand drawn-scanned using college printers exploring your final idea
  • #6 Collection of images related to your product/inspirational/visually interesting At least 15 needed