During the months I have had off from uni I've had time to reflect on the year and re evaluate my goals and aspirations.
However they have more or less stayed
very consistent over the summer, I am still confident that I would like to
pursue a 3D role, focusing, if possible in environment design. The
reasoning behind this lies in the months I've had off, namely the games I had
chance to play, titles like Fallout: New Vegas:
Assassins creed 3:
and the
Bureau: XCOM declassified:
really stood out to me the beautiful environments
really make or break the player’s immersion in a game and make the overall
experience more or less enjoyable as a result.
On top of this another contributing
factor towards this decision is the way that environments are made in relation
to other elements like characters. I came to this through the last project from
the first year, being the UDK level creation, I really enjoyed the way that
environments can be split up into many upon many of smaller projects that
decorate the surroundings, I populated the level with different
foliage and topology changes as well as a water piece to make the environment
more entertaining to explore. As oppose to one daunting task of a whole
character creation.
Now I understand the fact that I cannot
simply pick one area I like and then disregard everything else,
given the
current standing of the industry I need to be capable of
anything that is required, however I also know that so long I can provide these
skills I can specialize in a certain area which I would like to be environment
design.
My ambitions for this year are to be much
more productive with the time allotted for projects, use the time not just to
complete the work on time, but to complete, then re complete it with the
knowledge I have gained to produce a higher standard each time. This will be a
big shock from last year, however I am determined to get into this mind set and
stick with it.
I would also like to spend a LOT more
time in the labs as I realized I need to remove myself from distractions in
order to achieve my set out goals and I believe if I can do this now it will
set a very positive work ethic and ground work for the future.
One final note would be that I am looking
forward to furthering my skills, especially in 3D and gaining some freedom
although daunting it seems in being required to look at your work and reflect
upon it and improve before handing it in, but I’m sure if I apply the above I
can overcome and succeed in this too.
Well, there are the ideas and ambitions
for this year, now i need to put my money where my mouth is..
External References:
Assassin's Creed 3 The Frontier Map IGN:
Fallout: New Vegas screenshots:
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified developer blog:
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