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  Game Idea 1 I wouldn't count myself as much of a gamer. During quarantine I did try out games I haven't in years like Rocket League and WWE. When starting off my research for game ideas i came across tips on 10 Strategies for Excellent Video Game Ideas . In this it talks about picking a genre in which you would like your game to be from. It got me thinking to when I was younger and how I loved puzzle games. I was obsessed I could easily spend hours putting pieces together and it was a way to also help with my anxiety. It kept me busy enough that I was focused on the task at hand it would distract me from my anxiety. My ideas with this are simple enough photos where you must put all the appropriate pieces together to have this stunning photo afterwards. I have in mind that there are different levels you start off on Level 1 with an easy puzzle that you've to put together and as the levels go on the puzzles get harder. Some levels could take loner time wise than others and ...

                                                               Photo Credit:  unity logo I eventually completed my first set of unity tutorials. It took some time between internet going in the house and laptop takes years to finally get back to me from being fixed but we move on. I actually enjoyed these tutorials to my own surprise. At first I was quite intimidated by the idea of using Unity and sometimes I can be quite thick. I can't stress enough how much the tutorials helped honestly they walk you through the whole process. In the intro videos to Unity it is advised to watch the videos through and then do it yourself after as apposed to pausing every two minutes and having to rewind because you forgot a step. I did have to take slight breaks between tutorials just because my attention span is as good as a goldfishes but ...

What comes to mind when you think ‘What is a game’.  One of the first articles I read was “ What is a Game Anyway?”goes in dept about what the meaning of a game is. Everyone will have a different response to what a game is. People have different experiences with gaming. Some finding them easier to grasp then others. Some could find for instance GTA an easy game having to drive around and interact with others while completing tasks and others can find it difficult and lose interest quite easily.  Another article I read was “The organic Nature of Game Ideation:Game ideas Arise from Solitude and Mature by Bouncing”. One quote from an interview in this article stood out to me “ Game design is an organic process, where one moves according to the situation using related insights and task-specific skills, drawing from their specific experiences in order to end up with quality products”.   I found this interesting because i feel it shows no one game designer is the same or would ...