Well it’s finally Easter holiday time and I have actually been enjoying myself (though I know my coursework is giving me evils as I have abandoned it for now!). It’s also good to see the sun for once and not have the cold winter everyday although I still get confused by these cold mornings.
It’s actually quite funny when you’re sitting indoors and as soon as the sun comes out everyone rushes outside and most of the time just lies on the grass! (No idea why it’s just the thing to do). This Friday was not exception and when the sun came out the students decided to party so I saw barbecues on the balcony and games of Frisbee and football etc on the grass. Strangely I have managed to avoid all the nice weather though by either working or staying indoors and preferring just to slouch around.
I did say I have been ignoring my coursework but I am working on the games development course I study mainly because it’s enjoyable and working in a team means I need to keep up with everyone else and not to let them down. I started off the game by being a modeller but nearing the end it seems I have designed the interfaces, wrote a brief story for the game and also started work on making assets for the game (basically the collectables for the game) as well as modelling enemy characters.
Interface for the narrative of my game
This Tuesday just gone I also had a training session to go to develop my skills in my job and this session was based around teamwork. So we had exercises such as thinking what are the benefits of team work both to the company and to people individually. We also had to do a drawing to illustrate the point that a team is only as strong as their weakest link and they sadly nominated me! One of the most fun exercises was going outside to spell Greenwich using our bodies to form the letters which at first sounds really easy but they decided to up the stakes and said we cannot speak a single word or use sign language. So it was not much of a surprise that we all just stood there gawping at each other hoping someone would tell us what to do (apparently we were one of the slowest teams). In the end one person decided to start arranging us into the letters of GREENWICH; which goes to show the importance of a team leader. I formed part of the E and we eventually got there but I am yet to see the pictures!
Sort of the idea I was trying to get across!
The idea that one weak link in the team can pull the team apart.
Obviously my drawing was not as good as this!!!
