Promotional Design Project - Stage 03

WATERSAVERS STAGE III

Report prepared by Hans Eijdenberg for Box Hill TAFE Centre for Media Design & Arts
Report requested: 26 April 2007
Report due: 17 May 2007


The game's basic concept and story board appeared to be well received by the audience, and generally speaking there seems to be no need to change the concept outline. There is no doubt that the game's story board will need to be tweaked during the final research, writing and illustration stages.

I will be looking at integrating the "can you guess" and "did you know” segments, as I feel that here may be overlap in content in those sections. Once I've completed the writing I'll be in position to review that situation.

Also, I will need to address final delivery of the game - internet or DVD?  I'm confident that the game can happily be part of web based system, however content delivery will depend on the final game structure and other factors that are presently not known to me.    

Combined with being a novice to computer game development, possessing a limited knowledge of Flash software, and not having a degree in cognitive physiology and/or copy writing, I feel that my development methodology will be unorthodox, and at times I will be putting the cart before the horse.

This approach has already reflected in my original presentation, which exceeds the demands of the brief. However, without prior knowledge of correct development strategies, I felt that I could not present a concept  without putting in the extra yards. 


For my next steps propose to commence a skeleton version of the game in Flash, whilst simultaneously developing and refining the written content and illustrations.  This will establish a tone for the graphic user interface, navigation, and help with solving interactivity issues. 


This process will not only involve the client with the development and approval processes of the game, but their involvement during this time will give the client ownership of the game, and save major surprises and/or revisions at the completion stages.

I look forward to commence the next steps of this exiting project.