matthewtaylor104Jan 29, 20212 min readDigital Reflective Journal #5 (McGuffin project outcome)This week I spent most of my time finalising my project, with the one workshop being geared towards laying it out in Indesign. As it was...
matthewtaylor104Jan 29, 20211 min readMcGuffin Final Outcome PDFHere is the final outcome for the McGuffin project in PDF form
matthewtaylor104Jan 25, 20211 min readMcGuffin Feedback Session #2For my feedback session it was suggested that I try and make more concept art about the world as up until this point all of it had been...
matthewtaylor104Jan 25, 20212 min readDigital Reflective Journal #3At the start of the week we did a pier feedback session about where we were in the project and how we could take our ideas further. For...
matthewtaylor104Jan 19, 20212 min readJournal Task #1 - McGuffin vs Des ex MachinaA McGuffin is a narrative device in which an inanimate object is the direct cause of the plot starting off. For what makes a good...
matthewtaylor104Jan 18, 20211 min readMcGuffin Feedback Summery #1 For the group feedback session I didn't receive much feedback as my project was already fairly developed. I was however able to give the...
matthewtaylor104Jan 17, 20211 min readMaya Workshop Test RenderThis is a quick render of the modals i made after the first Maya workshop
matthewtaylor104Jan 17, 20212 min readDigital Reflective Journal #2This week i started to develop concepts for my McGuffin project and used artist research to develop them. I started out with two strong...
matthewtaylor104Jan 17, 20212 min readDarkest Dungeon ResearchDarkest Dungeon is an RPG developed by Red Hook Studios and published Merge Games. The game plays like a turn-based dungeon crawler as...
matthewtaylor104Jan 14, 20212 min readMonster Hunter: World – Use of McGuffin’s in player narrative‘Monster Hunter: World’ is an action RPG developed by Capcom in which you travel to a new land to explore and hunt monsters. In terms of...
matthewtaylor104Jan 13, 20212 min readFable 2's use of a McGuffinIn Fable 2 the McGuffin is used within the story in the form of a magical music box. At the start of the game the player plays as the...
matthewtaylor104Jan 11, 20212 min readDigital Reflective journal #1This week was mainly comprised of various workshops to help us improve our skills before starting the main project. As a result there...
matthewtaylor104Jan 11, 20211 min readDrawing Session 1Here are the results from the drawing session. I tried to push myself to do it digital as my digital painting skills are very weak
matthewtaylor104Jan 7, 20212 min readGrounded: the making of Last of Us (Research)I found this documentary to be an interesting insight into the development proses of a new 'triple A' intellectual property. There was a...
matthewtaylor104Jan 7, 20212 min readDreams ResearchDreams, a game created by Media Molecule, is largely based on the creative essence of their last successful series called ‘Little Big...
matthewtaylor104Jan 7, 20212 min readEverything ResearchEverything is a game created by David O’Reilly that explores themes of existence and significance in relation to peoples understanding of...
