{"id":26,"date":"2023-01-27T07:32:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T07:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/?p=26"},"modified":"2023-01-27T07:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T07:32:45","slug":"creative-expressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/2023\/01\/27\/creative-expressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Expressions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I begin my project responsibilities, I find myself in the uncomfortable position of having to make art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terrible, isn’t it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One could make an argument that building the foundation of a piece of software, no matter how simple, is a sort of art form. You must decide on a vision for the piece and execute it. This, I am told, is what people call “creativity.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, what I am getting at is a strange mental fork-in-the-road I am experiencing. The project I am working on is a game, which is meant to be entertaining. The code I am working on currently is meant to be functional. I have, in my mind, been separating the two ideas. I am either working on functional code, which feels like building a bridge, or adding to the game story, which feels like writing a book. It is dawning on me that thinking of both of these things as different entities might be a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do all tracks lead to Artsville?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think the block comes from the amount of confines I am working with. For example, if I am creating a new class to represent story item objects, I have to adhere to the pretty strict standards for how to create, represent, and use a class and its associated functions. Not much room for action and adventure there, is there? On the other hand, if I am crafting a sort of short form description of the immediate player environment, so long as I stay within the reasonable bounds of the overall narrative, the world is my oyster!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My world, as it were.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think it is fair to say that both ventures, coding and writing, require some creative thought. Perhaps I will get some value out of trying to be more free and creative with my coding (within reason) and likewise I will get some value out of being more controlled and strict with myself with my writing. Only time, and hopefully this project, will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I begin my project responsibilities, I find myself in the uncomfortable position of having to make art. One could make an argument that building the foundation of a piece of software, no matter how simple, is a sort of art form. You must decide on a vision for the piece and execute it. This, … Continue reading Creative Expressions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thebeginningoftheend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}