LESSONS LEARNED

The process of making the games in class, shined light onto many important lessons.

First of all, I realized that it is very important to do research on a topic before diving into it. When the class was first assigned the task of coming up with an art-game, I was VERY intimidated. But after researching different artistic games, it became more clear as to what we were expected to create. After researching Exquisite Corpse, it was easy to come up with “spin-offs” or ways to manipulate the game to make it different (yet fit the requirements assigned to the game).

 I also learned that it is important to take things one step at a time and to have faith that by going through certain steps, you will achieve your goal. As I stated before, it was a very intimidating topic to brainstorm on, but after following the steps that Leslie had assigned us we came to our achieved goal. Each of us ended up coming up with a game of our own and then we also came up with combinations of our games with other classmates. I think we were all surprised to see how many different variations of art-games we had come up with since the beginning of the assignment.

 I think it was also very important to have our teacher involved every step of the way. Instead of like most teachers- where they assign a project and then receive the students end results a week or so later, Leslie was just as involved and dedicated to the assignment as we were. She felt more like a guide than a teacher and she invested a great amount of time into helping create our games. By dedicating her time I feel she kept the moral of the group and didn’t allow us to get overwhelmed with the projects.

         Overall I think the process of making the game was a great oversight on how to involve steps and processes in making a successful project.  I feel our end outcome wasn’t so much about the game itself that we created, but about how we came to achieve that goal.