K-Pop, a word I had heard many times while studying my media degree but until about a week ago I didn’t really know what it meant. I understood that it was a a type of music from Korea but that was about it. This lead me to the perfect topic for my independent autoethnography for… Continue reading Independent Autoethnography: K-Pop Music Videos
To start off with “Autoethnography is an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and systematically analyse personal experience in order to understand cultural experience.” (Ellis, C. 2011) Autoethnography is both a process and a product. As a process it is a mixture of autobiography (about past experiences) and ethnography (studies of culture’s… Continue reading Autoethnography explained
This week in BCM320 we live tweeted during the viewing of Gojira, 1954, which is the original Godzilla. Click here to view tweets. Having never had to live tweet or watch a black and white movie with subtitles, this was a very unique experience. I found myself thinking more about the effect of the movie… Continue reading Live tweeting experience
Game making is something that I have never done before and never thought I would do, so it was great to see the steps that go into creating a game and then follow those steps myself. The major thing I learnt was about the creation of game rules. I never thought that the rule creation… Continue reading Game Making Reflection
This week I have further protyped the Carnival Ducks game (see bellow images) and play tested it with other students, as well as play tested their games. I have also further refined the game rules. Updated Game Rules Roll up, roll up, it’s time to play a game of Carnival Ducks! For only 2 gold… Continue reading Carnival Ducks: Game rules, prototyping and play testing
There are many consumer behaviour concepts that allow companies to grow in the market but one in particular that gets used a lot but maybe not identified all the time is the manipulation of consumers. Manipulation of consumers is the use of knowledge regarding consumer perception and learning and how it can be used to… Continue reading CB concept focus: Manipulation of consumers
Qantas is a leading airline company and is not only known for that but also having a strong presence in the marketing world. Whether it be persuading people to travel more or showing their Australian origins, Qantas definitely knows and understands their market well and how to use that to inevitably increase sales and revenue.… Continue reading Consumer Behaviour: Qantas
See below for progress of the kids’ game I am prototyping, Carnival Ducks. Game introduction: Roll up, roll up, it’s time to play a game of Carnival Ducks! For only 2 gold coins a turn you must catch a little duck using your flimsy fishing rod and then turn the duck over to see whether… Continue reading Carnival Ducks: Prototyping 2
Carnival Ducks (working name) is a game based off of the the common game played at fairs where kids have to fish for ducks to get a prize. This kids game involves gaining gold coins to inevitably win the teddy trophy. There is a little pool filled with mini rubber ducks with magnets that are… Continue reading Prototype Game: Carnival Ducks
For my next Game Making project I have to prototype an individual game idea. I had decided to begin with that I wanted to do a kids based game as I wanted the challenge of catering to a specific market. So I brain stormed off of that to help me get started. The first idea… Continue reading Individual game ideas
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