Journal Entry 3

Date: 17. 3. 2025

Activity:

• Watched a video about one-page design
• Created a one-page level design (Project A)
• Learned Affinity Designer to complete this project

Notes:
I liked the video, but I am not sure if this is the most efficient way to do things. I read somewhere that these nice designs can make other people hesitant to propose changes, and therefore "ugly" designs are better and faster in this way. But as a documentation, it works really well.

It would be nice if there was a link (maybe I didn’t notice it) to the designs shown in the video because the stream resolution is really low.

For my design, I started with a template. There, I made spaces for different topics for the level. Then, I iterated over them, improving them one by one.

First, I made the Legend, so I needed to go through the 2D Game Kit files to find what it had to offer. I also borrowed some iconography from the game Portal 2.

Then, I started the game to look at key values for the Player and Enemies. This was the next thing I worked on.

Lastly, I designed the level. With everything at hand, it was surprisingly not that long of a process. After that, I explained the idea behind it and also added dialogues as a form of a tutorial.

I initially wanted to use Canva for the design but found it not so great for this purpose. So, I took the opportunity and started learning Affinity Designer.

As mentioned in the last journal entry, I went on a uni ski trip. When I started working on this project, I underestimated the time required, so when the ski trip came, I did not have a version ready that I would like to present. That’s why I am uploading it now.

Invested hours:

• Watching the video: 1 h
• Making the document: 7 h
• Learning about Affinity Designer: 2 h

Outcome:

• One-page level design
• Basic usage of Affinity Designer