Matthew Mensher: February 2014

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Project 5 Deliverable

PROJECT 5-Participation (part 1 peer comments) (part 2 paragraph response)

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 5:41 AM (on John Aromando)

Very cool assortment of pictures and well organized. Make sure not to leave out any colors from your swatches; in the second one you are missing all of the reds, oranges, and yellows.

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 5:48 AM (on Brian Eisenberg)

Very cool landscape pictures. Make sure you don't leave out colors; you are missing the red and yellows in the second board, and the yellows in the third as well. Don't just get one of each color as well but the ranges of shades/hues. The character image could probably be a little better chosen because it is really just a sketch with the apparel to the side.

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 5:52 AM (on Fishman, Matthew B)

Make sure not to leave out colors and hues; looks like your missing the yellow in the first, the bright green in the second, and all of the green in the third. Otherwise, nice job.

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 5:55 AM (on Olivia Gutierrez  )

Nice boards; only thing I could say is make sure you get all the ranges of a color, and the green is missing from the first board.

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 5:59 AM (on Khan, Daniyal N)

Pictures are cool, looks like your missing a solid amount of colors on the first 2 boards.

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 6:01 AM (on LeClair, Evan D.)

Very well done, plenty of colors swatches and intricate landscapes.

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 6:03 AM (on Ralph Perricelli)

Looks good to me, plenty of swatches, neatly layed out and organized too.

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 6:07 AM (on Joseph Verducci)

Looks good to me, plenty of swatches. Possibly flaws are that all the scenes/levels look very similar. And there isn't one picture that really focuses on the "playable character" of the game. Well, if there is its hard to distinguish if its a dinosaur or one of the people.

Matthew Mensher February 27, 2014 at 6:09 AM (on Alex Weitzner)

Very neat landscapes and boards. You are missing an image of the "playable character though". And as Professor said in class, make sure you get all the shades of a color and not just one of each.

Response to Peer Advice

Based upon the feedback I have received on my mood boards there are just a couple things I would change. It appears I have done well at grabbing a vast amount of shades of colors and displaying them nicely in swatches. To get a better feel of the levels I should add a few more pictures per board and add swatches accordingly. I could probably find a more suitable island picture as well.

Lesson 5 Hollow Cube & Bonus Challenge

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Lesson 21 Trees

Project 5 Concept Development

Week 4 participation (response to comments)

After reviewing my peer comments on my game pitch I noticed I could make changes in the use of "white space". I should spread out my text and images so there is more white space between sections and less all at the bottom. I would try to replace the image at the bottom to be something more relevant and increase the size of the overview heading.

Project 5 - Research

Monday, February 24, 2014

Lesson 10 Bonus Challenge

Sunday, February 23, 2014

PROJECT 4-Deliverable (Mood Boards)

Thursday, February 20, 2014

PROJECT 4-Participation (my comments)

Matthew Mensher February 20, 2014 at 1:55 PM (on John Aromando’s)

Good use of color and contrast. I like how the images make your eyes move through the page, first on the right of the text, then on the left. I think the second image has been distorted, the font should be changed so that the paragraphs are not in all caps, and the font should not be center justified.

Matthew Mensher February 20, 2014 at 2:08 PM (on Brian Eisenberg’s)

Wow, this is very visually appealing. I like the way the pictures and text make your eyes move back and forth. The font color over the black makes good contrast. Changes: bold the sub-headings, and the first picture is a little too small compared to the others. And I don't know if using Runescape's color scheme and border is beneficial or not because it is in fact theirs.

Matthew Mensher February 20, 2014 at 2:14 PM (on Fishman, Matthew B)

Good use of backdrops behind the sub-headings. I don't like the red color or the all caps in the "games like it" section. The size and shape of the picture make it so it could be arranged differently, as in I feel like a wider picture would make more sense where you have it placed. Maybe capitalize "pitch document".

Matthew Mensher February 20, 2014 at 2:18 PM (on Khan, Daniyal N.)

Very interesting design, but I think there's a little too much going on to distract from the information. The "T" logo looks cool, does it stand for "tag" even though the title is "Laser Hide And Seek"? The hide and seek title has poor contrast as well. Cool font and use of images though.

Matthew Mensher February 20, 2014 at 2:22 PM (on LeClair, Evan D)

Very good use or color, contrast, and borders. Changes: remove bold from main text, add space between the overview text and the border, and the right column text looks too narrow.

Matthew Mensher February 20, 2014 at 2:27 PM on (Ralph Perricelli )

Something just looks off with the gradient color scheme. Maybe you could round the edges around the white space to mesh into the border better. The second column has no sub heading. Maybe bold the picture caption.

Matthew Mensher February 20, 2014 at 2:31 PM (on Joseph Verducci)

The black and white theme does provide for good contrast but a little color probably wouldn't hurt. It looks like a lot of large paragraphs of plain text that might turn away a reader. It is very sequential as well; your eyes see the picture quickly but for the most part it just moves straight down the page. Maybe not have every sub heading centered in the page.

Matthew Mensher February 20, 2014 at 2:36 PM (on Alexander Weitzner)

Good use of white space and 2 column view. I like the borders around each sub section. Alternating color between heading and text is nice as well. I feel like the title should grab more attention, maybe underline it, make it larger, and/or pick a different font. Add your name, and that picture looks like flag football without the football lol.

The other students did not have a week 3 deliverable done.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

WK3 Deliverable: Game pitch revised

Lesson 10 THE CYLINDER

Weekly project 3 participation

After receiving my one comment on my game pitch document I have decided on some revisions I would like to incorporate. I would like to make the headers a font different than the main text that stands out nicely. I will add color to the title and headings, and add a small picture that will not distract from the information.

PROJECT 4-Concept Development

The game will be a turn based strategy game where players follow a skill path of their liking while traveling through a series of volcanic islands.

PROJECT 4 - Research

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

WK3-Visual Research for Concept Development

WK3- Participation- Pier Coments

Matthew MensherFebruary 12, 2014 at 5:27 PM (On Austin’s)

The pitch looks nicely laid out but could probably use a few things. I would suggest adding color to either the background or to the headings. I also think the title should be centered and have your name under it like the example.

Matthew MensherFebruary 12, 2014 at 5:30 PM (On Alex’s)

Your pitch looks like an exact copy of the example other than the text itself so its hard to give suggestions. Maybe you could provide links to the similar games. You could color the title or possibly make your own original theme.

Matthew Mensher February 12, 2014 at 5:35 PM (On Evan’s)

Good use of an image. Your pitch being 2 pages could be possibly harmful; you may want to condense because these are supposed to be short and concise. You could add color, sub headings, your name, and center the title. Even mention that it is a pitch.