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Game Jam 2022 Report

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                                                    Game Jam 2022 A Pleasant Surprise   During year 2 semester 2 of Creative Digital Media, The Game jam 2022 took place. At the beginning of the year when we were being told about the game jam, initially I was thinking I would go with the second option as game development is not a strong point for me. After talking with peers and I had a little more knowledge on what a game jam actually is, I was a little more open minded. The game jam took place during the last weekend of February this year. As it was approaching and I still hadn’t made up my mind whether to take part or not, a friend in the course convinced me it would be the better option. So I signed up.   I was quite apprehensive about teaming up with students from other courses to develop a game as I didn’t have great confidence in game development. I didn’t want to let the team down. I got paired with Aaron Lynch from my course and two 4 th  yeah students from another TUD course w
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Reading 8 - Doing

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 Reading 8 - week 20(8) Doing For this reading task I wrote more!  I watched some educational videos about essay introductions and conclusions, and drafted an introduction a couple of times before I was happy with it, and did the same with the conclusion. Although I feel like I will need to change some of the conclusion after writing some body text. Thus far I am happy with my progress.  link
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Reading 6 - Doing

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 Reading 6 week 18(6) Doing During this reading task I started to write based on the themes for each paragraph I fabricated during last weeks readings. I don't generally struggle writing in academic style so it is not too challenging.  Having all of my links and research planned so much is really helping the process speed up. I think this is the most planning I have done for a piece of writing ever 😆. Everything is going well and falling into place.  link
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Reading 5 - Doing

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  Reading 5 - week 17(5) Doing During this reading task I began to make connections between my research and sources using a thematic process to identify main themes that will form the basis of each paragraph. My themes so far after this reading task are,  1.      Twitch  2.      Negatives of Twitch/game streaming 3.      Advantages of Twitch/ game streaming Advantages of online game streaming 4.      Advantage1, Accessibility  5.      Advantage2, Career opportunities 6.      Advantage3, Social Benefits  I am going to be working off this new structure going forward. I will have an introduction and conclusion also within my chapter. link     https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1cf1z2/what_is_the_appeal_of_watching_streaming_of/         https://hawkemedia.com/insights/how-streaming-became-a-career/ https://www.entrepreneurshiplife.com/how-game-streaming-turned-into-a-lucrative-career/ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjFo
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Reading 4 - Analysis

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  Reading 4 - week 16(4) Analysis For reading task 4, I took my research to the next stage. I am starting to delve into what information I want in my chapter.  I began with going back to my ‘search strategy’ spiderweb, looking at keywords and articles I had noted. I have read and learned about the online game streaming platform ‘Twitch’, as I feel like since being the first streaming platform it will be very relevant for my research.  A part of my search strategy I wrote out synonyms for the key words in my topic title. As I am researching all about the benefits of game streaming, I didn’t forget about  another benefit of game streaming …. Profit! In the article I read about Twitch, there was sufficive information about the start-up and success of Twitch. I have also linked another useful article I found about industries which benefit from game streaming.  link https://technosports.co.in/2022/02/28/popularity-online-streaming-gaming/     https://www.businessinsider.com/the-story-of-vid
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Reading 3 - Doing

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  Reading 3 week 15(3) Doing For reading two, I decided to look at potential negative effects of game streaming before I solely focus on researching the benefits of game streaming. Through researching the potential damages of game streaming( as it is a relatively new form of online connection) I hope to be able to compare and contrast the negatives and positives of game streaming thoroughly. I read an article on sciencedirect.com about ‘ exploring the connection between playing video games and watching video game streaming: Relationships with potential problematic uses .’  Here I was able to read about potential damaging effects of game streaming and habits between streamers and viewers. It was quite intriguing to read and has given me a basic knowledge of my topic ‘game streaming’, before I start to plan my chapter.  link
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Reading 2- Planning

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  Reading 2 week 14 Planning The first reading task is all about planning. I have followed the steps of the “creating a search strategy” part of the reading. My ideas are clear and organized and I have created a solid search path for myself. My subtopic for the chapter is  ‘the benefits of game streaming’.  Personally I don’t know a whole lot about gaming in general, so game streaming is something completely alien to me. So I started off at the beginning. ‘what is gaming’ ‘what is streaming’ ‘game streaming platforms’. I researched each of these questions to build my knowledge from the bottom up.   link what is gaming what is streaming game streaming platforms
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