My first project idea includes the help of friend and fellow classmate, Phil. We are both also in a Topics of IMM class about the life and lessons of Fred Rogers. In that class, we’ve started a project together that I would like to see go farther than what it will probably end up as. The idea is a children’s\u00a0app\/game that’s purpose will be to help kids get over some of their\u00a0irrational fears. With a mix of 2D illustrations, animation, and 3D environments we’d create a game where the objective would be to shine a flashlight on these creepy creatures that would appear in the dark corners and closets of the space. The room would be a palette\u00a0of dark purples, and spooky silhouettes with red glowing eyes would pop out of openings and from behind objects. The child would then aim the light at these creatures to reveal the cute, adorable, and friendly being that is actually there. Hopefully, this would help kids see that maybe the closet, vegetables, spiders, and other irrational fears aren’t\u00a0anything to be afraid of. It’d be cool to have a codex of sorts for the creatures you find to give more information on the beings and why they aren’t that spooky after all.<\/p>\n
This other idea involves an entire set of skills that I haven’t dived into yet but would love the chance to. My idea is to create a quest, from scratch, for one of my favourite games, i.e. Fallout or Elder Scrolls; in other words, a mod alla Fallout: New Vegas’ Autumn Leaves by BaronVonChateau. This would involve a few hour long quest involving a unique narrative, voiced NPCs, new guns, animations, armor, textures, and environments. This project intrigues\u00a0me so much because the skeleton of these games, the Creation Kit, gives me many opportunities to work on things that I want to follow in my career instead of all the technical mumbo-jumbo of coding and such. And the thought\u00a0of dipping my toes back into narrative writing, a place I used to excel in, excites me greatly. Even more so, voicing those characters would be even more fun. I never stop hearing that I should pursue a path in voice acting, and it is a passion of mine. I know it isn’t the most original and never before\u00a0done thing in the world, but the modification of games is immensely interesting\u00a0to me. And the skills that I would develop during the course of this project\u00a0would be invaluable to me.<\/p>\n
My third idea, I guess, is to learn to work with my hands. I’ve always been inspired by the likes of Adam Savage and the props he creates. So my idea would be to create props, be it weapons, armor, objects, from my favorite pieces of media. For example, creating a suit of foam core ODST armor from Halo. Or maybe Deckard’s\u00a0pistol from Blade Runner. Possibly the sword Sting from the LotR and Hobbit series. All of these things can be made to look like the real deal, but at the same time be made of foam. Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, may look like solid Uru metal but is really just foam. It would be such a pleasure to bring these objects to life in full form outside of the tv screen. Maybe by the time I’m done, I’ll have a full cosplay ready for the next convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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