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Project 3 Reflection Project 3 was a 3 part assignment. The first part was to annotate a game review article. This part wasn't too hard, finding the right kind of article took me the longest but once I did I was happy with the one I chose as I felt the author had a similar writing style to myself. This kind of made it easier for me to annotate his writing.

The second part was creating a Wordle from my Minecraft blog - the majority of my words were focused around building and materials, the words 'like' and 'love' also appeared so I guess this shows that I do enjoy playing Minecraft or at least enjoy the experiences from it.

The final part was to write the opening scene to our own video game. While this was the part I probably enjoyed the most it was also the hardest for me. I found it hard to look at the writing from a gaming point of view, I knew how I wanted my game to look and what the basis of the story was - I just found it difficult to think about how a 'gamer' would react and respond and what the 'missions' or 'objectives' of the game should be. My process was to write ideas down by hand first and then organise them as to how I wanted them to flow. I had the sceanario in my head which was cool, I then just needed it on paper so I could move it and edit it. I then typed it on the computer and expanded my ideas and concepts - this was also where I had to add in how the gamer would be able to interact with the game.

My advice as always is don't stress! For me I always find it easier to write some things down by hand first - I feel like this helps to sort of de-clutter my brain so it can focus better. It's also I great way for me to organize thoughts, if I try to do it in my head I get distracted a lot easier than if I'm looking at things on paper.