Month: January 2024

The video game I interacted with was Fortnite. This game is set as a battle royale chosen between a single or multi-player layout that can either be played on a desktop or console. In this instance, I played the game using a Nintendo Switch where I was able to play portability to place my experience so that I could play anywhere. I selected a solo game where I had to play to be the last one standing. When the game began, the lobby consisted of other players while I waited with them to get on a bus that was going to skydrop all of us onto areas on the Fortnite map. When I landed in the chosen area it was up to me as a player to collect as much loot to survive and defend myself until the very end of my game. I had to keep in mind that someone could get me out of the game by killing me, so I remained vigilant to build up my ranking. 

The purpose for collecting loot is because the whole game is about the last one standing the loot can be weapons like guns and explosives as well as heal to protect from other players. They color cordite the types of weapons you use from grey being the most common, green being uncommon, blue being rare, purple being epic, and gold being legendary depending on what you find it’ll either keep you at and high risk of loose or winning. To make it easier for the users they include a chest around the locations where you find loot (which is all over the map) a glowing symbol with a magical sound will pop up and guide you to where the chess could be. They also used features such as hearing footsteps to know when other players are nearby so that it prepares the user to fight them off. I have a limitation of 5 items of loot you have on deck, this caused me to be intentional about what I need to collect to win/survive. It doesn’t just stop there, every minute there’s a storm that gets closer. Your character has to be in the circle that represents a safe zone away from the storm that can also eliminate you from the game.

I enjoyed seeing the colorful visuals of the game as they tied the experience for the player together. The rush was exciting especially because I wanted to win so badly and by collecting loot. I understood I could receive rare pieces of weapons or equipment that could boost my ranking in the game. Therefore, I was able to look forward to possibly finding those rare gems. This game resorts to you having to use critical thinking skills to keep yourself from being eliminated from the game which kept me on my toes which I enjoyed keeping up with. What I did not enjoy about the game was how the game does not support loading all sorts of character skins as it would typically support specific consoles such as PS4, Xbox, or PCs. As a result, there would be instances in the game where I had to kill someone regarding a bounty/challenge and I could not do so because I did not know what the character looked like since on the Nintendo Switch all the skins were set to default.  

Tools that I currently have are organization skills It’s a key tool to have in general with anything to organize your things and your thoughts. Another tool that I have is my iPad it helped me express more in my arts and crafts since everything is digital I can make as many drawings as I can and it has helped me grow as an artist. Lastly, My friends and peers have helped me grow as a designer and inspired me to be more creative and think outside the box! Tools I have that I need more development is time management even though I can stay organized time does get in the way of things and finding a way to keep up with my time management skills will help me improve a lot! A tool that I don’t have but need to learn is how to drive I’ve always tried to avoid getting my license due to anxiety but getting my license will make so many things easier for me to get around and explore a lot as well. Another tool that I don’t have but need to learn is to edit videos even though I’m a designer on the side I love to make videos but I want to perfect my skill as an editor and having that as a tool would be key to becoming a good editor and open a new branch to use as a graphic designer as well.    

I would like the image to look like a person getting their teeth checked by the dentist and there’s a whole crowd surrounding them with flashing lights and dancing. 

*sketch* description of what I think it looks like… 

When I first wrote my prompt it didn’t exceed my expectations. As I kept refining my image description I noticed the more detailed you are the better the image will be. In the first image, I wrote “Person getting a check-up appointment at the dentist and there is a rave happening in the room.” It didn’t incorporate the rave part so for the second image I wrote “Person getting a check-up appointment at the dentist and there’s a dance party in the background.” it still didn’t execute what I envisioned. For the third image revision I wanted to be as detailed as possible to portray what I wanted so I wrote, “Dance party at the dentist with flashing lights and a disco ball.” The faces were not generated fully and one of the kids heads is a disco ball which made me chuckle.

IMAGE #1

Person getting a check-up appointment at the dentist and there is a rave happening in the room

IMAGE #2

Person getting a check-up appointment at the dentist and there’s a dance party in the background.

IMAGE#3

Dance party at the dentist with flashing lights and a disco ball

The software I use is PIXLR the cons are you have to be as detailed as possible or it won’t execute the image you want to portray. The pros are it’s free by just signing up!