Game Development with MindMeister G Suite A Success Story - Focus

Game Development with MindMeister G Suite A Success Story - Focus With the huge number of games now available on the market, there’s a lot of work that goes into coming up with a unique game design. We heard from the independent game developer, Garrett Williams, about how he uses MindMeister and G Suite to generate his designs and plan out his game development. Building a Game with Mind Maps We’ve spoken a few times on this blog before about the proven role of mind mapping in sparking creativity, but it’s always great to hear from users about how they’re putting this creativity into action. We spoke with Garrett Williams, owner of  Tons of Hun Studios,  about how he’s doing just that. Thanks for joining us Garrett! Could you start by giving us an overview of your work as a game developer? Sure, in short, I’m an indie game developer. That means that I’m the sole developer and owner of my company, Tons of Hun Studios. I do all of the aspects of game development on my own, from the art and design work to the programming and the sound effects. This gives me the creative freedom to design and build my own games entirely from scratch, which I love.   Whats your favorite type of game to play and design? My favorite games to play and develop are creative games. Right now, I’d say my top game is Overwatch. The complex design of the characters, gameplay, maps, and storyline make it a lot more than just a game, its another world. I aim to make games that are creative in similar ways. I either put the gameplay mechanics in a different environment or put a new spin on the genre. One of my favorite games I’ve made is Teddy Bears Vs. Bed Buds. I’m a big fan of tower defense games, so I wanted to make one that was slightly different. I decided on a game that’s set on top of a bed, where you build stuffed animals to attack the enemy bed bugs from getting to the sleeping child. What are the stages you go through to design a game? Well, the first step is getting my concept for the game. I was laying in my bed (fortunately without the bed bugs) when I came up with the Teddy Bears Vs. Bed Bugs concept. Once I’ve come up with a concept, the next step is the organization and planning of development stage. I write down all the ideas I have in a mind map and choose the best concepts, which fit together nicely, from there. This stage of only choosing the best parts is a stage that lots of developers find difficult. In game design, we have something called “Scope Creep”, where you essentially keep adding layer upon layer to your game and never end up finishing. This is the first stage where I find using a mind map particularly useful. Within MindMeister, I can have all of my ideas in one place, so I can see what links together most sensibly and cut down on the rest. The aim is to limit your ideas to only the stuff that’s essential for release. Afterall, you can always add stuff later within further updates. I begin my mind map with the following template: Your browser is not able to display frames. Please visit Game Development Template on MindMeister. To use the template mind map, simply sign into MindMeister (or sign up free) and maximize the map via the ‘map actions’ icon. Once maximized, click again on the ‘map actions’ icon and choose to clone the map. From there, edit or embellish the topics to make the map suitable for your project. How do you remain focused during the planning stage? Before I found MindMeister, I’d put all of my ideas on paper or into online documents. This worked okay but as I’m a very visual person, so I found this unorganized and difficult to follow. I decided to look for something that would allow me to not only track all of my ideas but organize them in an appealing way. That’s where I found MindMeister. Mind maps are a great way for me to visualize all of my ideas and organize them into categories, like gameplay, artwork, and sound. I can organize these even further into subcategories, such as UI, 3D Models, and background music. MindMeister gives me the freedom to organize it as I like, while providing the necessary features to express my ideas. Below you can see how a plan, in this case, an upcoming game on bees, begins to develop. MindMeister has made the whole planning process of my games a lot easier and more fun. No one really wants to spend hours planning their game, when they could be making it. However, because MindMeister is so intuitive and its features are so visual, planning a game is now more exciting. After I’ve finished my mind map, I get a much better idea of what my game will actually be like and it remains as a resource to return to during the development stage. Get started with mind mapping. Discover MindMeister Its free! Discover MindMeister Do any particular features or integrations help? For storage and collaboration, I love using G Suite, particularly Google Drive, so the integration with MindMeister is great. Not only is it easy for me to store files, such as concept art, references or documents, but I also have access to them from mobile and desktop platforms. It’s very convenient to be able to access these directly from the mind map. It also leaves me rest-assured that my work is auto-saved via the MindMeister servers, as well as on Google Drive, so I won’t lose anything. I hope to start collaborating with a team in the future and I think Google Drive will be perfect for that too, allowing the easy sharing and co-editing of files. Although I haven’t used it extensively, I also think MeisterTask is a great tool for game development teams. Being able to take your MindMeister project and in just a few clicks, share all of the tasks at hand with your team, is very convenient. This way everyone is on the same page and can see the real progress of the game. I really like the ability to add images to my ideas. Even mind maps are still a bunch of text, and having the ability to embed pictures, like concept artwork and inspiration, into the ideas, makes it much easier to look at and get a good overview of development, at a glance. It also makes it easier to find things, as I can quickly locate my ideas on environments, characters, and UI design. In addition, all of this can be done either via my desktop or via my mobile device. Below, for example, is how the above mind map looks on my Android device: Once the game is all planned out, how do you go about building it? After your game is planned out, it’s time to build it! If you’re making a game that is completely new with no existing similar concept, it’s best to prototype the idea first, to check that it’s actually fun. Prototyping is essentially testing the most basic version of your game, to test whether the concept is good. It’s not worth pursuing a game idea when the most basic gameplay isn’t actually fun. When prototyping, you make a game that represents your core idea. If I was prototyping Mario, for example, I would make a game with a character that can move and jump, and could kill enemies if it landed on them. I wouldn’t even include art or music in the prototyping stage, because you may find that certain mechanics aren’t functional, which means you may never use those assets. Once the prototype is coded, its time to test and evaluate the validity of the idea.   Normally, I get all of the coding and mechanics done first as I like to see my game work as early as possible. I work with the Unity game engine, coding in C#. I find that Unity has a lot of useful features to make implementing mechanics easier (especially 2D). C# is a solid language that not only works well with Unity but has other capabilities, like Desktop Application development.  After I program the gameplay and have tested to see whether it’s fun to play, I move onto the artwork, the design, and the polish. Since I consider myself a programmer by trade, this part usually takes me a while, but I still enjoy it. After all of this is done, I play and test the game a lot, trying to find and eliminate any bugs. Finally, at this point, I’m ready to release my game!   Once your games are ready, how do you get the word out about them?   As of right now, all my games are available to play for free on web game sites like Kongregate and Game Jolt. I make a little bit of money each time an ad plays before the game loads. However, promotion is arguably the most difficult part of development. You can make a great game, but if you don’t market it right, no one will know. On these websites, typically you get a boost at release from the new games category, but it normally declines from that point. That’s why I find it’s important to market your game on social media, like Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and by blogging.   See also: Solving Your 5 Biggest Business Challenges with G Suite, MindMeister and MeisterTask (White Paper) Do you have any exciting projects coming up that we should look out for? Some of the pictures youve seen above are of the mind map for my next game, currently named “Project: Bee Tycoon”. Its similar to web games like Corporation Inc. and Theme Hotel, except themed around bees. I’m still at the very early stages of development, but if you want more info, be sure to follow my Twitter and Instagram. A big thanks to Garrett for sharing his workflow with us. You can check out more of his work via his blog, Tons of Hun Studios. Design your project with mind maps Discover MindMeister Its free! Discover MindMeister Game Development with MindMeister G Suite A Success Story - Focus With the huge number of games now available on the market, there’s a lot of work that goes into coming up with a unique game design. We heard from the independent game developer, Garrett Williams, about how he uses MindMeister and G Suite to generate his designs and plan out his game development. Building a Game with Mind Maps We’ve spoken a few times on this blog before about the proven role of mind mapping in sparking creativity, but it’s always great to hear from users about how they’re putting this creativity into action. We spoke with Garrett Williams, owner of  Tons of Hun Studios,  about how he’s doing just that. Thanks for joining us Garrett! Could you start by giving us an overview of your work as a game developer? Sure, in short, I’m an indie game developer. That means that I’m the sole developer and owner of my company, Tons of Hun Studios. I do all of the aspects of game development on my own, from the art and design work to the programming and the sound effects. This gives me the creative freedom to design and build my own games entirely from scratch, which I love.   Whats your favorite type of game to play and design? My favorite games to play and develop are creative games. Right now, I’d say my top game is Overwatch. The complex design of the characters, gameplay, maps, and storyline make it a lot more than just a game, its another world. I aim to make games that are creative in similar ways. I either put the gameplay mechanics in a different environment or put a new spin on the genre. One of my favorite games I’ve made is Teddy Bears Vs. Bed Buds. I’m a big fan of tower defense games, so I wanted to make one that was slightly different. I decided on a game that’s set on top of a bed, where you build stuffed animals to attack the enemy bed bugs from getting to the sleeping child. What are the stages you go through to design a game? Well, the first step is getting my concept for the game. I was laying in my bed (fortunately without the bed bugs) when I came up with the Teddy Bears Vs. Bed Bugs concept. Once I’ve come up with a concept, the next step is the organization and planning of development stage. I write down all the ideas I have in a mind map and choose the best concepts, which fit together nicely, from there. This stage of only choosing the best parts is a stage that lots of developers find difficult. In game design, we have something called “Scope Creep”, where you essentially keep adding layer upon layer to your game and never end up finishing. This is the first stage where I find using a mind map particularly useful. Within MindMeister, I can have all of my ideas in one place, so I can see what links together most sensibly and cut down on the rest. The aim is to limit your ideas to only the stuff that’s essential for release. Afterall, you can always add stuff later within further updates. I begin my mind map with the following template: Your browser is not able to display frames. Please visit Game Development Template on MindMeister. To use the template mind map, simply sign into MindMeister (or sign up free) and maximize the map via the ‘map actions’ icon. Once maximized, click again on the ‘map actions’ icon and choose to clone the map. From there, edit or embellish the topics to make the map suitable for your project. How do you remain focused during the planning stage? Before I found MindMeister, I’d put all of my ideas on paper or into online documents. This worked okay but as I’m a very visual person, so I found this unorganized and difficult to follow. I decided to look for something that would allow me to not only track all of my ideas but organize them in an appealing way. That’s where I found MindMeister. Mind maps are a great way for me to visualize all of my ideas and organize them into categories, like gameplay, artwork, and sound. I can organize these even further into subcategories, such as UI, 3D Models, and background music. MindMeister gives me the freedom to organize it as I like, while providing the necessary features to express my ideas. Below you can see how a plan, in this case, an upcoming game on bees, begins to develop. MindMeister has made the whole planning process of my games a lot easier and more fun. No one really wants to spend hours planning their game, when they could be making it. However, because MindMeister is so intuitive and its features are so visual, planning a game is now more exciting. After I’ve finished my mind map, I get a much better idea of what my game will actually be like and it remains as a resource to return to during the development stage. Get started with mind mapping. Discover MindMeister Its free! Discover MindMeister Do any particular features or integrations help? For storage and collaboration, I love using G Suite, particularly Google Drive, so the integration with MindMeister is great. Not only is it easy for me to store files, such as concept art, references or documents, but I also have access to them from mobile and desktop platforms. It’s very convenient to be able to access these directly from the mind map. It also leaves me rest-assured that my work is auto-saved via the MindMeister servers, as well as on Google Drive, so I won’t lose anything. I hope to start collaborating with a team in the future and I think Google Drive will be perfect for that too, allowing the easy sharing and co-editing of files. Although I haven’t used it extensively, I also think MeisterTask is a great tool for game development teams. Being able to take your MindMeister project and in just a few clicks, share all of the tasks at hand with your team, is very convenient. This way everyone is on the same page and can see the real progress of the game. I really like the ability to add images to my ideas. Even mind maps are still a bunch of text, and having the ability to embed pictures, like concept artwork and inspiration, into the ideas, makes it much easier to look at and get a good overview of development, at a glance. It also makes it easier to find things, as I can quickly locate my ideas on environments, characters, and UI design. In addition, all of this can be done either via my desktop or via my mobile device. Below, for example, is how the above mind map looks on my Android device: Once the game is all planned out, how do you go about building it? After your game is planned out, it’s time to build it! If you’re making a game that is completely new with no existing similar concept, it’s best to prototype the idea first, to check that it’s actually fun. Prototyping is essentially testing the most basic version of your game, to test whether the concept is good. It’s not worth pursuing a game idea when the most basic gameplay isn’t actually fun. When prototyping, you make a game that represents your core idea. If I was prototyping Mario, for example, I would make a game with a character that can move and jump, and could kill enemies if it landed on them. I wouldn’t even include art or music in the prototyping stage, because you may find that certain mechanics aren’t functional, which means you may never use those assets. Once the prototype is coded, its time to test and evaluate the validity of the idea.   Normally, I get all of the coding and mechanics done first as I like to see my game work as early as possible. I work with the Unity game engine, coding in C#. I find that Unity has a lot of useful features to make implementing mechanics easier (especially 2D). C# is a solid language that not only works well with Unity but has other capabilities, like Desktop Application development.  After I program the gameplay and have tested to see whether it’s fun to play, I move onto the artwork, the design, and the polish. Since I consider myself a programmer by trade, this part usually takes me a while, but I still enjoy it. After all of this is done, I play and test the game a lot, trying to find and eliminate any bugs. Finally, at this point, I’m ready to release my game!   Once your games are ready, how do you get the word out about them?   As of right now, all my games are available to play for free on web game sites like Kongregate and Game Jolt. I make a little bit of money each time an ad plays before the game loads. However, promotion is arguably the most difficult part of development. You can make a great game, but if you don’t market it right, no one will know. On these websites, typically you get a boost at release from the new games category, but it normally declines from that point. That’s why I find it’s important to market your game on social media, like Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and by blogging.   See also: Solving Your 5 Biggest Business Challenges with G Suite, MindMeister and MeisterTask (White Paper) Do you have any exciting projects coming up that we should look out for? Some of the pictures youve seen above are of the mind map for my next game, currently named “Project: Bee Tycoon”. Its similar to web games like Corporation Inc. and Theme Hotel, except themed around bees. I’m still at the very early stages of development, but if you want more info, be sure to follow my Twitter and Instagram. A big thanks to Garrett for sharing his workflow with us. You can check out more of his work via his blog, Tons of Hun Studios. Design your project with mind maps Discover MindMeister Its free! Discover MindMeister

Oprah Winfreys Story - Free Essay Example

Overcoming struggles and obstacles makes a person stronger and persevere and Oprah Winfrey is a perfect example of this. Oprah Winfrey once said, Be thankful for what you have; youll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you dont have, you will never, ever have enough (BrainyQuote). Oprah Winfrey is an important person to know because she is a motivational speaker and she is an influenialist that helps motivate people and inspire them to do better. Oprah Winfreys background, hardships and awards have helped shaped her into who she is and how she influences people. Before Oprah Winfrey was famous, she had a very difficult childhood that helped her become who she is today. Her story started on January 29, 1954 in Mississippi. When Oprah was about 6 years old, she went to live with her mom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She then went to live with her father when she was in her mid-teens and she saw a positive outcome. When Oprah was young, she was sexually assaulted by some of her relatives. Throughout Oprahs life she has had struggles from, her extremely rough childhood: the sexual abuse that her relatives caused, her rise to stardom and TV stardom. Her childhood had troubled her and was very rough, but it was able to shape her into the person that she is today. Throughout Oprahs life, she has struggled with weight gain and weight loss. Everytime Oprahs weight was too high, her self confidence was really low. Oprah would set a goal and try really hard to achieve that goal but one time she was hiking and hurt her ankle, making it to where she couldnt work out for a long period of time. During the time she couldnt work out, her weight increased drastically, which decreased her self-esteem. She eventually joined onto Weight Watchers as their spokeswoman. Oprah was on the program for 17 months when she saw a drastic change in her weights. She would count her points instead of counting the calories of the food that she ate. Oprah was 62 when she was a size 12 and had lost 42.5 pounds. Oprah had a lot of cravings during her diets but she was able to overcome those cravings in order to stay on her diets. In one of her interviews, Oprah said, I was really, really skinny, she recalls. I was eating every single thing I wanted, and I was still dropping weight (Green). She was later diagnosed with hyperthyroidism which was why she was able to eat all that she wanted while still losing weight. When she found out about her hyperthyroidism, she started taking medicine which made her start gaining weight and dropped her self esteem drastically. Oprah was able to become a shareholder of Weight Watchers which helped her regain control over her weight When she regained control over her weight, she became more positive towards eating food and she had a better outlook about her weight. Oprah Winfrey has won a lot of awards but one specific award she won is The Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity Honors. This award is given to people who have created programs that promote acceptance, understanding and equality. She was a recipient of this award. The award recognized Ms. Winfreys efforts to carry on the work, message and legacy of Elie Wiesel through her commitment to humanitarian service (Elie). Elie Wiesel was a World War 2 veteran and won the nobel peace prize but passed away so his wife took over the foundation. His wife gave Oprah the award because she was good friends with her husband. Another reason why Oprah got this award was because she gives a voice to the voiceless and her dedication. Another award that Oprah Winfrey received is the Cecil B DeMille Award. She was nominated for the award because people believed that she was an amazing actress. The article says, Holding titles such as Chairman, CEO and Founder, Oprah is one of the most influential women of our time, and this honor is well deserved especially in this 75th anniversary year of the Golden Globe Awardsâ„ ¢(Oprah). Oprah Winfrey was very thankful for achieving this award. The award was given to her by Morgan Freeman and Oprah felt very honored to win that award. Oprah Winfrey is the person that she is now because of her background, the obstacles she overcame and the awards that she has won. Oprah moved from home to home and had to deal with sexual assault from her family members. She also dealt with a lot of hardships but one specific one that she dealt with was her weight and how she always felt insecure with her weight. Oprah also won several awards but two specific ones are the Cecil B DeMille Award and The Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity Honors. Oprah dealt with a lot of different obstacles, struggles with her background and won several awards and all of those things shaped her into the person that she is today.

The Use of Deception in William Shakespeares Twelfth...

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The Fall of the House of Usher Comparison to Mental and Physical Illness - Free Essay Example

Sample details Pages: 4 Words: 1330 Downloads: 4 Date added: 2019/08/07 Category Literature Essay Level High school Tags: The Fall of The House of Usher Essay Did you like this example? The Fall of the House of Usher is a story about a sick man whose fears demonstrate themselves through his mystical, sentient family home. The story explores mental and physical illness and how it affects people closest to those who are sick. In The Fall of the House of Usher, the narrator tells a story where he visits an old childhood friend who is suffering from a severe mental illness. Don’t waste time! Our writers will create an original "The Fall of the House of Usher: Comparison to Mental and Physical Illness" essay for you Create order Automatically, there is a sense of melancholy and misery in the narrators description of the house. The story begins on a soundless day in autumn; the setting is described 457as a discouraging, dark, and a vacant home which floods the narrator with an unsettling feeling of utter depression and unredeemed dreariness. The house has more power over the narrator than it should which allows the reader to question the narrators mental health, one can argue the narrator is insane. The narrator feels as though everything surrounding the house is mysterious and enigmatic, which brings upon an evil power destructive to human beings (Weisheng 289). Setting is used to convey messages, ideas, and images; Edgar Allan Poe can communicate truth about the characters mental health through the setting. Poes goal was to create a gloomy mood for the story which brought upon supernatural spook. The home had been engulfed by a fungus and had an atmosphere which had smelled of decayed trees; the decay surrounding the home has infected the air, which may have caused illness to those living in the home. With dark and uninviting walls; the home suffered from crumbling conditions. The eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn (Poe 3). This is the narrator describing the exterior of the Usher home, focusing on the flaws; a debilitated condition of an old mansion. The mental illnesses Roderick is suffering from such as anxiety and depression, directly describes the characteristics of the House of Usher; dull, sluggish crumbling and debilitating. The fissure in the wall of the home is equivalen t to the fissure in Rodericks mind. Every state of mind and body demonstrates itself as a characteristic of the homes exterior. The house is neglected, similar to the health of Roderick and his sister Madeline. The house itself becomes the figurative example of the characters; the house is a projection of the characters distressed personalities. As the mind and body of Roderick and Madeline starts to deteriorate, the Usher home begins to decay. The Fall of the House of Usher has many themes, one of them being insanity. Each character seems to be engulfed in their own state of mind, creating illusions and turning them into reality. The home seems to play with the characters minds, but Madeline and Roderick trap themselves in the house filled with their own fear. The narrator acknowledges that simple, natural objects can have complete power over us, Roderick has been dominated by all things in his home. He is in a constant battle with these things and his mind; in this battle he is a loser (Weisheng 291) Roderick is enchanted and terrified by the inscrutable things around him, he suffers from despair, and mental breakdowns, showing little signs of agency (Weisheng 299) Unpleasant ideas and obsessive thoughts can control our minds and are difficult to get rid of. Involuntary images and visual memories are prominent in many types of psychopathology. Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, other anxiety disorders, depression, and psychosis frequently report repeated visual intrusions corresponding to a small number of real or imaginary events, usually extremely vivid, detailed, and with highly distressing content. (Brewin, et al 210) This is similar to someone who is fighting depression, they are unable to look past the distorted images of life that their sickness gives them. When suffering from a mental illness, trying to see life in a brighter and more positive perspective can sometimes be an impossible task. Roderick has fallen into a severe mental depression. He suffers from various nervous disorders; he is a hypochondriac and hypersensitive to most stimuli. Roderick is mentally disturbed by something and becomes agitated and restless (Weisheng 293) Usher describes his illness as a family evil, he believes his depression has been transferred through generations of bad genetics. Rodericks hypochondria and mental instability lead him to believe he is physically ill without any medical diagnoses from a doctor. Madelines sickness is also compared to utter depression, she suffers from apathy; gradually wasting away and becomes bed ridden until her imaginary death. Isolation also plays a great role in this short story; isolation is a symptom of depression and anxiety. Roderick and his sister Madeline self-isolate and are completely removed from normality. The extreme separation brings the family members closer together, to a supernatural point that is incomprehensible to any outsider. The twins feed off one another, creating nothing but negative energy in the home which causes them to be physically and mentally ill. I had learned, too, the very remarkable fact, that the stem of the Usher race, all time-honored as it was, had put forth, at no period, any enduring branch; in other words, that the entire family lay in the direct line of descent, and had always, with very trifling and very temporary variation, so lain (Poe 2). Roderick and Madeline are the last of the Usher family. They both are suffering from odd illnesses which could be a direct cause of the intermarriage in the family; a possible genetic cause of their illness. Rodericks mental problems come from his family history, it is believed that he is haunted by memories of a remote and repressed past, he now suffers from a traumatic mind because of his unresolved past (Weisheng 293). The twins relationship is mysterious, bizarre and almost incestuous; the bond that they share as brother and sister is powerful. It is believed that twins are one person split into two, unable to survive without one another; their bond exceeds even death. Without Madeline, Rodericks physical and mental condition begin to deteriorate even more, he suffers from a severe distress of the soul. Poe describes windows as being long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within (3). The house held a sense of imprisonment and confinement as described in this quote, windows were out of reach; escaping the home was almost impossible. The narrators role as an outsider was very evident, it was clear that he did not belong in this home. Madeline and Roderick wished to remain entirely secluded from the exterior world. Poe describes the siblings as, A striking similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my attention; and Usher, divining, perhaps, my thoughts, murmured out some few words from which I learned that the deceased and himself had been twins, and that sympathies of a scarcely intelligible nature had always existed between them (8). While the siblings are hereditarily close as twins, they are closer than most fraternal twins because the entire Usher race has become inbred; the Usher family is genetically incestual. It is evident that the physical features of the House of Usher symbolize Roderick and Madelines mental health. Poe did a great job depicting the severe mental illness of Roderick and Madeline through the setting, allowing the reader to better understand the characters. The short story is mysterious, there is a power to control while the characters suffer from despair, and melancholy. The twins relationship is so strong that it eventually leads to death. The House of Usher had complete power over the characters, leading them to their mental and physical illnesses. As the twins start to become lifeless and their mind and body begin to deteriorate, the Usher home is no more, as it crumbles down. The home left nothing but misery and an unsettling fear.

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