Creative Journal Entry 5

In depth look at sketch 1

i drew this with only a sort of weather effect in mind for the raindrops but i still cant see how it would workout in the scenery they would be reduced in size with so as not to distract the player. This drawing i like the least as it feels like it has no purpose  and cant really be re purposed so i  intend to leave this idea if i cant improve or come up with another use.

I may just make  a water power up that would turn your character into water but not much can be built on this idea.

Creative Journal Entry 4

In depth look at sketch 2

 

This idea of a piggy bank object was supposed to be for containing coins. I thought at first this was an okay idea but i didn't realize its original purpose which was to contain coins was wrong. If you die the piggy bank would store them away but you don't lose coins after you die in Mario, which would make it useless since you don't lose coins.  I had to rethink its use if it was included, it would have to be just an object in the background  or it could be made into a re skin of the blocks that contain coins.

Creative Journal Entry 3

In depth  look at sketch 3

 this Sketch idea is the would i would like the most to work on.

                        

i intend it to look similar with the the thistle with is color and similar in appearance with slight changes giving it a more jungle plant look around the shape but i might change it but keep its basic form as a basis. I  had thought about making it include more in the game but then i considered if it was too much which it was power should only really do one thing so instead of thinking what i could add to it  i just thought what i could do to improve it all i could really think of improving is its appearance make it look more like a thistle.



i am always attempting to improve it but keep drawing blanks on several things such as color and shape i do want to find a color which will  suit it better.

Creative journal entry 2

Creative Journal entry 2

I choose Mario because i played it when i was a kid and found it to be an enjoyable experience on the game boy advanced  as i got older i began to notice how everything was designed which made it appealing. as the game developed i grew interested in its simple and colorful design and i clearly wasn't the only one given how popular the game series became, which is why i chose it for the brief.

my development process for sketch 3 was just to think what would give you an extra tool for a ranged grapple mechanic which allow the player to finish level faster,m get the drop on enemy's and finish them off i went through a few ideas thinking about what could be used in the game but finding something that was already used in a Mario game was difficult.

 History of Mario

Mario's appearance has largely remained the same throughout the years  with the exclusion of his changing appearance with power ups he  s always blue and red with overalls and a hat. After looking into how he got started i found the website www.themushroomkingdom.net/mario_history.shtml i found that the Mario games origins were simple as in the company Nintendo need a smash hit game immediately following the failure of their game radar scope and their need to pay  the land lord his rent so they could keep their warehouse and the land just happend to be named Mario which led to them naming their character Mario   and with this they had found their new successful  game series which still continues to this day.

Creative Journal entry 1

Introduction

My inspiration for a design object is from super Mario 3d the double cherry which creates a clone of Mario with this in mind i created 3 sketches in my sketch book,

After think on the ideas i decided that sketch idea 3 was the best out of the option with that in consideration i added what colors i thought were appropriate and would suit it best.

Sketch idea 1 was a sort of piggy bank to collect coins this could be to steal from the character you play as or for your character to break so that you get the coins within it.

Sketch idea 2 was just raindrops that would likely be used in the background environment for simulating weather could also be enemy that would fall out the sky.

Sketch idea 3 would be a plant power resembling a thistle but with vines  emerging from it, the power up could give you the ability to shootout vines that would be able to grapple onto ledges or enemy's making them unable to move.


I did consider other inspirational  power ups but the double cherry power up from super Mario 3D seemed  like the best one  to take inspiration from the sketch i wished to focus on is sketch number 3 it took me a bit to decided if i wanted it to resemble a thistle once i decided that was what i wanted it to be.














these are examples of other power up from super Mario 3D

Double Cherry from super Mario 3D