This week we looked some game designs from our ninjas. We ended with four:

1. Duty to Defend – A tank-based flag-defence game played in first-person.
2. Monster POV – Play as a monster defending a dungeon against hero characters. Isometric viewpoint.
3. Red Panda’s Shopping – An exploration and collection game with puzzle elements.
4. Gardening Simulator – Grow and harvest plants in a top-down game to earn money and unlock new seeds and areas

A vote was held and the winner was Monster POV!

We’ve asked ninjas this week to find some visual references for the look-and-feel of the game (given that it’ll be low-poly) and also to consider some lore or story that would enhance the game and inform the creation process.

We downloaded and installed the latest Blender from here: https://www.blender.org/download/

We looked at some of the most basic Blender commands. I handed out copies of the Blender Infographic which can also be found here: https://www.giudansky.com/illustration/infographics/blender-map

Next week we will look at building some environmental building blocks using Blender. To suit our selected game, these will be dungeon elements.