Project Ideas

For the first steps of this project, I decided to make a mind-map with the project theme of "Legend" in the middle. I put down anything that came to mind when I thought of the word legend, things it could relate to and ideas that came to mind. I wrote down anything and everything that came to mind so I have lots to choose from.

The main idea I came up with was "Magical girls saving the world". This relates to the theme "Legend" as Magical Girls could be seen as some sort of legend, mythical being.

The Elder Scrolls series is something big that came up when writing things down for inspiration, so that could be something to research. More specifically, the lore with Sithis and Anuiel. I hope this can influence my own story.

I feel like I've gone a bit backwards with this though. I feel like I should of chosen what I'm actually going to make (Game, Interactive Character Portfolios, ect) instead of jumping straight into lore and ideas. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's made it a bit harder to identify area's of research which I could relate to this project.

I think the reason for this is that I got excited with the amount of ideas rushing through my head and wanted to write them all down before I forgot them, but I went a bit far and started coming up with ideas for a whole game.

I stopped myself when I realised that this probably isn't the way to go with this project, and that I should do some research to help me develop my ideas rather than just forcing ideas out. This way I can show what has influenced me, what has helped me, and I think overall it will be a more successful project.

^Me going overboard with refining ideas.

What's Next?

-Research Elder Scrolls lore to help with the development of my idea & story

-Research Magical Girls & magical girl anime to help with the development of me idea & story

-Decide what I'm going to actually make. 2D platformer? Interactive Character Portfolio?