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Georgi Tsaklev

Programmer struggling with art

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Twelve

Posted on August, 2021

Assignment Submission In the middle of week 12 was the the deadline for submission of the pitch presentation and documentation. This was the culmination of all work the team has put together in both…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Eleven

Posted on August, 2021

Leadership Being a team leader is of course a lot of work. Most of my time has been spent discussing with the team what needs to be done to ensure everybody understands it and we are making consistent…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Ten

Posted on August, 2021

Assignment Preparation As the deadline for the group assignment gets closer, I created a list of tasks that need to be done before the submission. The team reviewed them and agreed. Once the plan was…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Nine

Posted on August, 2021

Losing a team member This week our UX Designer Mary decided to take a break from the course and continue in the future. This came as a surprise for the team. Regardless, we support her in her decision…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Eight

Posted on July, 2021

In Week 8 the team raised some long-hidden concerns. Being part of the team Early this week, our UX designer Mary raised some major concerns she had. She felt left out and felt that the team was…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Seven

Posted on July, 2021

This week we finally solved our 3D assets bottleneck. Blend of skills Our supervisor Giovanni prompted me to think about utilising more Asset Store (Unity Technologies, 2021) assets to reduce some of…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Six

Posted on July, 2021

Halfway through the course, it is time for a mock pitch. "Will pitch for money" Pitching is something every professional has to do in one way or another in their profession. I like to look at it in a…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Five

Posted on July, 2021

Week 5 is when all the materials came together (and had a party). Shaders This week my tasks have all been around the shaders for the different materials players will be able to change the environment…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Four

Posted on June, 2021

Week 4 for The Cake is a Lie team was single-handedly the busiest week so far! Creating the first-person hands One of the reasons we chose to go for a first-person game is to reduce the complexity of…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Three

Posted on June, 2021

Week 3 was when team The Cake is a Lie really took the batter and started cooking! Teamwork FTW This week the team really joined together and collaborated. We got the whole team on a call and spent…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log Two

Posted on June, 2021

The second week has been rather uneventful for The Cake is a Lie team. However, we did progress with our ideation. Ideation We continued with our ideation from week 1 and expanded on the idea we had…

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The Cake is a Lie - Dev Log One

Posted on June, 2021

Welcome to my Development Log. The second course in my Indie Game Development masters degree called Co-Creative Design & Development Practice has started and it is time to dig into it. Forming the…

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