Week 13: Progress

I finally applied the limestone texture to the building, it looks really appealing to the eye but like what John said it would be really hard to create a realistic looking building without losing the campaigns and be able to identify them. The church with the textures could be potentially used in the future of this project once it has been developed further both technically and ascetically.

Below are some images that show the new limestone texture that was applied to the building.

Week 12: Progess

I decided to go ahead with applying the church with limestone textures and see how that would look for the project. My initial role in the group was to create a textured building for the project and I decided it was the right idea to stick to it.
I did some research on how limestone at the time would look and found a few images that would really suit the church. I then looked for the right limestone texture that I would them apply to the building.
Whilst doing this I had to keep in mind that the campaigns still need to be seen and identified easy so I need to choose a texture that was going to allow us to see the parts of the building at the same time keep the church looking good and also load quickly in the project.

Some examples of Gothic Churches made of limestone:

The limestone texture that I have chosen to use on the building:

References:

http://onedayindetroit.com/system/photos/158/medium/547px-Christ_Church,_Detroit_MI.jpg?1334287086

http://www.specialdays.com.au/img/att/10/img-10656-1394673935-1.jpg

http://www.civicartsproject.com/wp-content/uploads/Downtown_Detroit_Michigan_CAPAJP0281.jpg

https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/1520

Week 11: Progress

This week John James came in and I was able to show him the textures that I have been working on for the building and clarify further what kind of materials exactly the building was made out of. After speaking to John he really liked the textures that I had done for the building but wasn't really interested in having them in there for the project as it would take up too much space in the file and make the game load a lot slower and it was harder to tell each of the campaigns in the building.

This week I removed the textures from the building and left it in the original state the building was given to us how the client wanted it.
I also had a think about whether or not I should consider creating a building with limestone textures as that was the material John Said they would have used to build the building at that time, and present this to John when he comes in next as a potential possibility for the project as it progresses further in the future.

Below are images of the building back to its original state after removing the textures.

Week 11: Reflection

Remuneration                                                       
                                                         The Last Suprematist Sculpture

Huxtable, Anders Philip

Nicholson, Joshua Daniel


Remuneration is pretty much your entitled to be paid when you do work either as an employee or a sole trader meaning working for yourself.
The presentation was very informative and well presented. There were a few things that i picked up that are important to know for when I go to find work in the near future. If your working for yourself you have the opportunity to work when you want and as you please where as if your employed by someone you would be working on wages and have certain expectations and deadlines that need to be met. If working for yourself meaning as a sole trader there can be a lot of factors that you base the charge that you've given your client on some can include location, time taken to complete the work, job position etc, but of course there can be a lot of stresses when working for yourself. An split payments are generally the best way to be paid as from what I've learn't no employer of client is going to pay the full 100% payment upfront.



                                           Understanding of conflict in relation to my group

In relation to remuneration within my group , most of these rules do not apply to us as we are currently students. If this was a paid job given to us by John James though the way that the group would probably charge him is by calculating how much time we need to do the work by the price for each person that does something how much they take an hour. John James comes to check progress on the work being completed, nearly every three to four weeks so it would be ideal that he split our payment in that way as well. Before the group agrees to any work it is improtant that a contract if made between John and ourselves is read thoroughly so that our rights are covered.

Week 10: Reflection

Conflict

Aerial Ropeway in a World Heritage Environment

Chew, Bao Wen
Taylor, Shaun Kelvin        
Yolola, Jesharelah Alayan             
Gonzales, Roschelle Anne
Corre, Eugelyn Lor Flores
Bautista, Reina Pineda

Conflict occurs within groups when there is certain disagreements and indifferences between individuals in a group. During this groups presentation I learnt that there are different types of things that conflicts can occur from whether it be based on gender, background or even leadership. An example when conflict can arise, that would relate to our project would be when one team member relies on another to get the job done and it may not happen can cause tension.

The group presented a great presentation and explained to us different types of conflict really well and certain ways to resolve them. Because the group hasn't encountered many issues throughout the project they created and entertaining video that showed certain scenarios of conflict and how they can avoid or solve them.  

The Last Suprematist Sculpture

Kalgovas, Benjamin

Yan, Daming

Good presentation by this group overall, the main thing that I took from this group is that conflict can arise from a persons behaviour. The groups main categories resolutions for responding to conflict are accommodating, avoiding, compromising and collaborating. The presentation was very brief, the presentation slides were simple which made it easier to understand what each slide is about rather than having slides packed with information making it difficult for us to read. The group encountered a few errors occurring whilst they were trying to do certain things this was a little frustrating for them as I understood for them at times, but by sitting down as a group together they were able to find out what was going wrong and resolve their issues and get the work done reducing any conflicts within the group.

Understanding of conflict in relation to my group

Overall my group has not encountered any conflict. The types of conflict that we thought may occur within our group were that people were not going to do the work that was assigned to them or not cooperate well with the rest of the team members due to certain differences but so far throughout the project nothing has come up. If issues did arise there are certain ways that we can resolve them or prevent them from happening they include set time frames to get work done, keep reminding each other when certain types of work is due and set task evenly or based on a persons strengths and skills.

Week 8: Progress

During this week I began applying the textures to the building. A common issue that kept occurring throughout the application was the texture tiles were too small, this was fixed by changing the x and y parameters of the tile to look better on the building. Another issue was the parts of the building were joined together during the import in order to fix this Theodore had to separate the pieces of the building and then reimport it to the unity game engine.

Below are some screenshots that i have taken of  with the textures applied to the building, there are still a few things that need to be fixed and tweaked in terms of the application, this should be done before the final submission.

The way the texture looked once the original tile size was applied.

I was very please with the choice I made for the brick on the walls, I believe it has a very similar resemblance to the brick on the actual building.

The texture that was added to the roof can been seen fairly clearly here suits really well the brick on the walls. 

I went with a rustic metal for the window shutters and the gutters around the building as it a fairly old church which has been around for many years.

The rafters and beams of the building are made out of wood and used to hold the roof up over time wood changes colour and begins to deteriorate based depending on the weather so this texture worked out really well for the church shows signs of the churches old age.

Week 8: Reflection

Intellectual Property


I was not able to make it to class to watch the presentations for the week, due to some personal reasons, so I decided to do my own research on the topic and reflect on how that relates to our project.

Understanding of intellectual property in relation to my group

The best way to describe intellectual property is that it is rights to ideas that have been developed by a certain individual’s mind. This can come in many forms either through a brand, patents, trademarks or even something as simple as quotes.
The idea of our project came from our client John James, the intellectual property is for him. To be able to complete the project each of the team members, has been coming up with many ideas and visions in order for the project to come to life so intellectual property is being shared; but at the same time each group member is being acknowledged for their work and ideas that are going towards the project.