Proposal/Pitch

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Candidate Name	Sam Green
Pathway	Game Development
Project Title	Final Major Project
Section 1:  Rationale (approx. 150 words)
I feel as if I have learnt a lot more about the games industry, before I started college, I didn’t know much at all about it. However, now I know things such as, how much each job in the industry pays and what qualifications are required for each job. Not only did I learn about the jobs and information, I also learnt how to use certain software’s used in the industry such as, Unity, Unreal Engine 4, Photoshop and 3Ds Max. I now feel like I have a decent understanding on how to use these software’s. I mainly want to focus on 3D modelling/the art side of games design because it appeals to me the most.
Section 2: Project Concept (approx. 200 words)
For my final major project, I decided to make a 3D environment. I decided to go with the sci-fi genre for my environment as I have quite a few ambitious ideas or the project. For this project, I plan to research certain games with similar genres, and I will investigate how the environments are structured in the games I will research. I also plan to create surveys for my peers, relating to the things I have researched, giving me an idea on what appeals to the masses and what doesn’t. For this project (3D environment) I plan on using three software’s. These software’s are, 3Ds Max (For modelling assets), Photoshop (For creating/editing textures for the assets) and Unreal Engine 4 (which will be used for putting the assets into the environments. Before I actually start creating my project, I plan on looking into the design section of the project such as, planning out what assets I am going to create before actually making them, and creating a map design helping me plan out how to blockout my project (what the map for the environment should be like). Since I was planning on focusing on making a sci-fi environment, I wanted to make it based on something like a space ship or possibly an alien planet. I would want to make both of these environments looks and feel abandoned, and I would want them to tell a story through the environment.
Section 3: Evaluation (approx. 150 words)
To evaluate my final major project, I plan on creating a weekly reflection at the end of each week. Doing this allows me to reflect on everything I had done during the specific week I have finished. I will investigate what I have created/done in the week and talk about what went well and what I can improve for the upcoming weeks of my final major project. Something else I plan on doing to help me with my final major project is, planning out my time for the project, giving myself deadlines using trello helping me manage to get things done in time.
Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)
https://samgreengamesdesign.wordpress.com/  Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/samgreen6346 Tutorials I used for my project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRsQpRfDlk