As our Takeover comes to a close, Project J2K would like to extend our gratitude for keeping up with our posts and constantly engaging with us through the week!
We are grateful to be given the opportunity by @amphibistudios to share with you our knowledge of multiple topics that represent our skillset.
Here are some of our thoughts about this week.
Joey:
During the days leading up to this week, I was extremely worried about the workload that I had coming up this week.
When I went to list out my tasks for the week, I realized that, in total, I had like 6 things to complete. I had to update my portfolio, do my action figure for 3DP Assignment 2, research and prepare a presentation for my Effective Negotiation Assignment 3. Last but not least, I had to prepare more assets for CPD playtesting, and create a video resume. Everything in addition to managing this Takeover. All in 1 week!!! 🙁 In summary, I think I did like 80-90% of the Takeover content. So my week was honestly very busy. I even stayed up for like 4 days out of the 7 and got like 3 hours of sleep a day at most. Every day, I was exhausted out of my mind. So, I really appreciate all of the positive comments and support from the community. 🙂
Personally, I like working from home. Although, I’d be easily distracted by a whole bunch of random thing. I would be able to chiong and finish my work if deadlines were near. Additionally, I had a sudden drive to complete my work. Covid-19 really put a damper on this semester, I really wanted to be working in the studio. Our teamwork would have been much better if we could work together in person.
We would also be more onz and on par with all the work given to us.
I have been struggling with time management and finding any enjoyment in working now. My daily routine has been the same for 3 months and any ‘break’ we have is still work. So basically we worked without stopping every day and I am tired.
Kiki:
Initially, my expectations coming into this semester before covid19 was that I wouldn’t have to wake up earlier to travel to school. This in turn would allow me to be able to get more rest. However, halfway through I realized that home-based learning is not for me. Reason being that my working environment is way too comfortable.
Despite feeling overwhelmed by the amount of work, the hardest thing for this semester was the lack of motivation. Year 3 has been a tough year and we are almost halfway through it. Hopefully, with all the pressure, I would be able to find the motivation to push through and deliver everything on time.
It was even harder to get back on track after the 2 weeks term break. We only managed to pull through this thanks to joey’s efforts on our takeover posts.
Moving forward, I would be focusing more on the coding aspects of our game and implementing the UI designs.
Kerwin:
Before COVID-19, I thought I would struggle massively trying to keep up with school. This is because I felt I wouldn’t be able to focus during lessons at home since there are countless distractions present around my environment.
Initially, I started off poorly during the first few weeks. However, as weeks passed, I managed to get a grip and steadily improved my work ethic. For instance, I was able to submit my work on time. So far, I find it can either be a boon or bane. Although personally, I find it to be more positive than negative. Due to this, I was able to cut down on travel time which normally accounts for at least 2 whole hours traveling to school and back home. Additionally, I get more time to rest and rise from bed later than usual. This provides me more energy to last throughout the day and be productive.
However, the most significant impact negatively would be the delayed response times. This hindered my ability to work multiple times as I’m unable to communicate directly with my peers and tutors. Now that we’re in the second part of the semester after a break, I’ve been finding it difficult to get back into my stride once again. though it will gradually improve again as it did back in the first part of the semester.
Throughout the semester, I severely lacked the motivation to sit for lessons and complete my tutorials at all. However, I managed to find some things to relieve me of my stress and severe lack of motivation. The biggest joy for me was listening to music. No matter what I’m doing, whether it be during lessons, working on assignments, or during my free time. It managed to alleviate some of my stress. Especially during the last few weeks of the 3.1 where it was so hectic.
Coming into this week, I expected it to be tough due to assignments and the Studio Takeover. I was extremely distracted over the week because of other personal commitments. Additionally, I was hesitant about how our group would fare for the Studio Takeover. I would like to give a special mention to Joey for working especially hard throughout this week. His efforts can be seen through the quality of the posts that we’ve put out. However, now that we’re at the end of the week, I’m pleasantly surprised by the huge amount of support provided by everyone. This is because I didn’t expect much of a response. Hence, I’m grateful to all of them for making our lives just a bit easier throughout the week.
Whats our plan moving forward?
Project J2K will return to working on our game, Champion of Hygeia for our Final Year Project. If you still want to follow us and show your support for our game, you can still find us @projectj2k on Instagram!
But before you click off this post, why not revisit our tutorials one more time?
Introduction | Sound Design Part 1
Making a Melody | Sound Design Part 2
Characters | Concept Art Part 2
Environments | Concept Art Part 3
Pen Tool | Digital Illustration Part 1
Gradient Mesh | Digital Illustration Part 2
Until next time,
This has been Project J2K, Signing out.
ZX!
