Sophie K.
How I've Managed Managing
As we've started working through team based assignments, I've gotten very excited about leading the team. I'm sure there will be many...
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This is where I will share my thoughts and opinions. it might not look like much now but there's more to come. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools.
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Sophie K.
Becoming a Producer/Artist
This year in Advanced Game Art and Design we have been tasked with a rather large project that requires us to split off into groups of...
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Exploring the Pre-production Process
Going through a realistic rendition of what creating a game would be like in the industry has been a very illuminating experience. I knew...
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Brainstorming Game Ideas
Today we were tasked with coming up with a new idea for a game based on a fantasy universe. I had a lot more fun with this than I...
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Analyzing the Mechanics in Deep Vents
In the game, Deep Vents players take turns building oceanic environments one tile at a time. During the game, they trade in a currency...
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Experiencing a State of Flow in Games as Simple as Slime Rancher
Flow is a player's state of mind when the game perfectly balances skill and the challenges at hand, and the player's only focus is on the...
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Tackling Unit One
During Unit One, we prioritized learning about the game industry and how it's evolved. While we had done units similar to this one in...
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Experiencing the Job Market in the Industry
While I had looked at the job options in the industry before, I had never thought about actually getting one of the jobs I had dreamed of...
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More On the Industry (I know this is getting repetitive)
I am aware that I have used this as a blog topic multiple times but this time, there has been an interesting development. Through work...
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Thinking Ahead (Round Two)
In my last blog post, I talked about thinking about my future job options. Recently I had to take yet another career test administered by...
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Thinking Ahead
When coming up with the idea for this post I started thinking about what this class meant for my future. Of course, I can not really give...
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Investigating the Industry
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been getting more and more curious about the gaming industry itself. We have learned a little bit...
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