Samuel

I should admit from the outset that I was recently made a Student Moderator for my contributions to the forums. Which I was pleased to receive because I don’t really help students for T2G as such. I help them because usually I’ve been through the exact same things myself.

Although my recent TMA’s have slowed down this is due to the fact I feel that I’m not knowing the material enough. So I’m taking time to relearn everything thoroughly and make sure I know the material. Also I’m supplementing my learning with some projects I’m working on through meeting people on the T2G forums.

Ballocks! – Made by Overdrive 24/7 Group Ballocks is a breakout style game with a twist. I learnt an incredible amount quickly from this and even wrote a little piece on what I learnt from this so other students didn’t make the same mistakes we did. Overdrive are now looking to start work on our next project, a currently unnamed platformer with a Gothic theme.

Overdrive 24/7 – http://od247.co.uk Ballocks Release – http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/93104 Learning Our Lessons – “Ballocks!” – http://forum.train2game.com/showthread.php?t=754

Soul Wars – Made By Gobbo Games Soul Wars is a free fantasy based MMORPG, I am currently a Senior Designer/Developer on Soul Wars. My design work has included designing systems for the inventory, persistant storage, levelling, experience, guilds, guild areas (outposts) and I’m currently working on skills and crafting systems. I also post weekly blogs letting people following Soul Wars know what the development team are up to and stuff the Soul Wars community can get involved in.

Soul Wars – http://soulwars.org My Soul Wars Blog – http://soulwars.org/blog/6

16-BIT-GAMES – A group I made. With more people appearing on the forums saying they want to join a group but not really having the time to take part in one, I designed a group which allowed more people to join and dedicate whatever time they have to a project. This slowly starting to take off and our first project looks like it will be a tower defence game. A GDD is being produced as I write this. 16-BIT-GAMES – http://16bitgames.od247.co.uk

Timothy

Since starting the designer course last month I’ve been very active in the community both asking my own questions and answering those of others where I can. My most pressing concern other than the course itself is a project of mine which has been in and out of production many times for
several years but has never been approached seriously and professionally.
Since I feel I am now in the best possible place to recommence this project I have been on the lookout for new team members and am slowly but surely putting together a small team who I hope to work with to give the project a new lease of life.
Hopefully by the time this is read I will have both a basic website and a T2G group up and running and work can really begin on the project, in the meantime however I have been spending my time trying to assist others with their projects on the forums here at T2G.
Original concepts and storyboarding are two of my strengths as a designer and via the public forums, private messaging and messenger conversations I’ve been doing my best to share my thoughts and experiences with other budding designers who find themselves at a similarly early stage of design as myself in their own projects.
It’s very exciting to be part of so many fresh projects and one or two very promising ideas. Initially I was simply passing time waiting to begin my own project but now I feel quite involved in one or two of these projects and hope I have been able to help in some way with their development. I certainly feel that I have and will endeavour to continue in such a role for the duration of my time here.