Reflecting back on this week has been rather stressful due to the situation of the Corona virus which has affected the games production and what is to become of our game due to causing a lot of issues with developing our game. As the main issue we had was working from home which has caused a lot of issues within my group and how its affected our work flow. As not all of our group have the software and computers they need to carry on with the work. On the first day we had a team meeting over discord to discuss how we could resolve the issue and what we can do about this situation as we were in the dark about what the university is going to do about the Corona virus in how its going to affect our work and this unit. With the team meeting we discussed how everyone in the group is getting on with this set back and what we can do whilst we wait for news from our tutors on the unit and our games. On top of this we made sure everyone is alright and what we could do next.
We then talked about how we can solve these issues on how we can help each other if others are unable to work due to not having the right equipment. Luckily nearly everyone is able to carry on working on their tasks/targets. However roxi was hindered by her laptop due to how under powered it is making it difficult for her to carry on with her concept art. Which will put us behind on concept art for the library and other buildings which we need for references for making them into assets but the asset artists including myself can carry on with other assets without the concept art. With this issue she has managed to sort it by borrowing her house mates laptop for work when ever she can get it. Which is proving difficult for her to get her hands on the laptop luckily us asset artists in the group can make a lot of assets with the concept art for references. With this sorted we talked about how we could use our time until we get more information on the situation. With the talks we decided to carry on with making our game as theres a choice to carry on or work on your own project. As some of my friends from the other groups have dropped their gamer and working on their own projects. With this in mind we have decided to carry on with our game for now as we are all happy with carrying on with our game due to us being all on board with our game and its idea.
Later on in the day we got an email from the uni about how they are going to deal with this and how its going to affect this unit. This email gave a rough outline as what is going to happen and the rest is going to be discussed in more detail over Microsoft team with Aaron on Thursday. This was a bit of a wait but we still decided to carry on with the game until we have the team meeting with Aaron to discuss the changes that are going to happen. On Thursday we had the team meeting with Aaron which we discussed what we have been up to with our game, our target and what we should be doing with the game. Which Aaron was happy with us to continue with our game due to how far we have gotten with the game. After that Aaron then gave use an update on the unit with the submission guide update, how the university will be operating after the Easter Holidays and just not to worry to much over the work and to look after ourselves. With this meeting sorted with Aaron we had team meeting to discuss what we should do next. With this we discussed what we have done and what we could do over the Easter holidays. Which we worked out that over Easter we can carry on with the work but also take a breather and relax. As we are all getting stressed out with the situation of the lock down and adjusting to this new routine. By taking a break we can hopefully come back to the game with a fresh mind set on what we can do and sort out the game.
With my work I have done for this week I carried on with making the assets from the list, working on the UV maps and uploading them to the google drive. For this week I have been focusing more on the UV maps by finishing them off or improving on some of them as I have been looking up tutorials and experimenting with them in my spare time. I do feel like I could have done more assets but I have been stressed out with the change of work flow and trying to deal with this situation with my anxiety and depression. So I have been trying to calm myself down and relaxing with doing some of my hobbies. Overall this week has had its ups and down with how the unit has changed to adjust to the situation and the new workflow. The only downside for me is that I haven’t been producing as much work as to the last couple of weeks. Which I think is down to whats going on in the world with Covid 19 and how everything is on lock down. However with the lack of practical work of making assets I have been catching up with my writing work such as my reflection/Journal and looking into my Job planning. Overall this week has been productive even with the lock down as a inconvenience. I am hoping over the Easter Holidays I can improve my work flow to produce more work as one of my worries is falling behind on work as I don’t want to let down my team.
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