Anas Azmi Week 3 Update

Things I did last week:

• Helped suggest changing the game's camera perspective from first-person to third-person
• Suggested Kingdom Hearts-like camera perspective and/or HUD (we ended up going HUD-less though)
• Suggested grim background music to go along with cartoony sound effects suggested by Brian
• Brought up ideas to bring innovation to the game, none of which were agreed upon (although we did look into Is This a Zombie?, the anime series I watched last week)
• Made concept art for the player zombie (thus helping the team make the pitch presentation for today's class)
• Started watching Highschool of the Dead

Things I'm planning to do this week:

• Present the pitch (specifically the art aspect)
• Get input from the class
• (If needed) change our game for something better
• (If our game went through without problems) Start making models if everyone agrees with the concept art
• Start making the art prototype
• Get as many art that I need to do as I can
• Continue watching Highschool of the Dead
• Watch Warm Bodies & Shaun of the Dead

I've been talking about making models since the first week, but I figured that making models without a clear direction is pretty hard, and I also have to think about the possibility of the game getting scrapped, since we're still in the pitching stage.

I mentioned watching Highschool of the Dead (shortened to HOTD) because, first and foremost, I'm an anime fan (it should've been obvious after reading last week's post though). Secondly, it's because HOTD depicts realistic zombies and a zombie apocalypse setting. I think this is the only anime series with that setting, but I may have been mistaken. The only problem I have with this particular series is the fact that it's Not Safe For Work because it has nudity.

Also, I plan on watching Warm Bodies due to the fact that it's a different take on the zombie genre, and also due to the existence of comedy elements in the movie, something we're aiming to achieve in Survival Zombie. Since much of the focus in the movie is on the zombie main character, who knows, we might get some inspiration from it.

In addition, I also plan on watching Shaun of the Dead because it's a parody of the zombie genre, and also because we got some inspiration (particularly the looks Tedward/Zedward, the protagonist, has) from it. We might even get some gag inspirations from it, thanks to it being a parody.