Our project is more or less underway now which is a crazy thing to think about in the grand scheme of things. Joining this class late it was a bit hectic as the day I joined I had to select my project and had limited choices due to the late entry. I am happy with my choice though as the broad nature of our project “Lets launch a game” has allowed us to make something that we are genuinely passionate and interested in. Our concept of Outbreak Island is a survival/adventure game where an experimental disease has ravaged a research island and you as a scientist must discover what happened and escape. The introductory assignments to help flesh out our plan and design have been extremely helpful for the most part. I personally believe the problem statement was very pointless for our project however. This was due to the open ended nature of our project being more or less that we can make whatever kind of game we wanted and for that assignment in particular we did not necessarily have a “problem” we are trying to solve or develop for. Ending on our Team Design Document I think we have put together an excellent plan moving forward and am excited to get into the nitty gritty and actually start building a game. In my own life I am excited that we are officially into the winter season. Hoping to get some snow down in Southern California soon so I can get some skiing in.
Who am I?
My name is Colin Chillingworth and I am from Southern California. I spent the last two years living in Utah before deciding to move back home. I have always been an avid gamer, favorites including Counter-Strike, Minecraft, Legend of Zelda, among many others. I started my college journey at Irvine Valley College, spending three years there during the COVID pandemic. I played on their Men’s Volleyball team all the years I was there. I took a gap semester before deciding I wanted to go back to school and ended up choosing Oregon State. It has been about a year and half now and I am excited to be nearing the end of my journey. On this blog I will be cataloging my progress on my final capstone project I will be working on with my fellow teammates. Our project focus is pretty broad at the moment, “Lets Launch a Game”. I am very excited to see what style and direction we take our game in.