Tag: gaming

Research Outline

So, I need to do some research because quite honestly, I know nothing about fishing in real life. All my fish knowledge comes from games and I don’t know how true half of it is.

Below I will outline some fishing based research questions to give myself a starting point.

What types of fishing are there?
Is there special equipment for catching fish?
What types of fish are there?
Which fish are the most common?
Where are different types of fish found?
What fish survive in which climates and why?
Why do fish exist?
How many fish are there?
Are there any good/sacred fishing spots around the world? Why are they sacred?

I also have some technical questions I need to research

Is multiplayer feasible? How does one go about this?
Take a look at Unreal engine

And a few other design questions I’m asking:

2D or 3D?
Top down? First person? Third person?
Realistic or Unrealistic? (Honestly probably unrealistic, I like a good bit of fantasy and artistic looking games)

Also, Have another fish pic. This one is cute.

White Axolotl by Silce-Wolf on DeviantArt — Cute Acolotl Fish Pic. Find this piece on Deviantart: Slice-Wolf.

Tags design, fishing, fishing game, game, game design, games, games design, gaming, Research, RPG game

Notes

So the whole reason I’m creating an RPG fishing game is because I spent most of my life doing the fishing part of whatever game I was playing, be that; Zelda Twilight Princess, Terraria, Animal Crossing, Wii Play, Minecraft, Stardew Valley etc.

I spent hours, literally hours fishing in Twilight Princess. Why? Because it was relaxing, I felt like I was achieving something when I caught a cool fish, I liked exploring in the boat, finding new fishing spots hidden on the map, and I liked being able to swim in the water and see the fish because they were pretty and interesting. I also loved the expression on Links little face when he caught a big fish and was like *UWU* smiles, it was so cute and wholesome.

More recently I had these same feelings while fishing in stardew valley. Although the whole game is relaxing, the fishing element pleased me the most and I got really excited when I caught something cool.

Related image — *Fishing in Stardew Valley.*

Across all these games I’ve enjoyed seeing different mechanics for fishing, especially finding something cool just by chance from fishing in some random spot at a random time of day. Its just the idea of having no clue what you’re gonna fish up that day.

I never really cared about what the fish were used for (with the exception of terraria because their ‘fish based’ weapons are cool) and I think this is what really made the fishing relaxing for me. There was no reason to fish, I just wanted to.

Thinking more about this, the whole experience I get while fishing in games is a sense of unfound mystery and wonder. I also often get this feeling while out on photography walks when I find weird coloured mushrooms or strange plants.

Essential experience: The feeling of wonder through chance of finding something interesting.

Tags design, fishing, fishing game, game, game design, games, gaming, RPG, RPG game

Notes

2020 Goals

So as a new years resolution I would finally like to start making my very own game, without prompt from education or anyone else.

I want to make my RPG fishing game.

It’s an idea that has been sat around in my little “ideas” sketchbook for so long, and it keeps popping back into my head everytime I think about anything.

Well what exactly does “make this game” imply I hear you ask?

Here is a rough goals list:

Create an essential experience for this RPG fishing game.
Research fishing IN DEPTH, I wanna know every fishing method the world has to offer.
Depict core mechanics and gameplay loop.
Write an interesting story.
Create an intresting and explorable world.
Make a fun, cute, and “want to play” main character.

Hopefully by the end of 2020 I aim to have a few working prototypes of the game as well as a demo for people to play.

I would also like to keep this blog updated at least once a week in order to see some progress. I think sharing my creations is the best way to motivate myself to make something at the moment.

So here’s a late “To 2020” post!

Hopefully you find my fishing game blog fun, amusing and somewhat insane.

Here is a pic of a fish to start off this wonderful journey:

A high res picture of a orange goldfish swimming stock photo — *Fish pic – shooketh fish*.

Tags cute, design, fishing, fishing game, game, game design, games, games design, gaming, RPG, RPG game