For our next project, we are choosing a Kickstarter project and creating a website for it. The criteria for choosing the project is that it needs to have content, but a website that is lacking, or that the project has no website at all. We were to pick three to narrow our choice from. Here are the three projects I am interested in and my reasoning for choosing them:
Age of Awakening, an apocalyptic fantasy role-playing game
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thearmoredduck/age-of-awakening-an-apocalyptic-fantasy-role-playi/description
The first project I was interested in was this table top game called Age of Awakening. I found this project to be interesting because I sometimes play table top games and am always looking for ones that actually capture my interest. I knew that I wanted to have personal interest in whichever project I would end up choosing as a way to motivate myself. This project doesn't appear to have a website at all, and is a newly added project with not a lot of funding yet. However, they appear to have a strong concept in terms of the project itself that I think could easily lend itself to a nice, one page website.
Tiny Tech Academy
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/426599241/tiny-tech-academy?ref=newest
This project caught my eye mainly due to its unique concept of a children's TV show meant to teach kids about technology, web safety, and basic computer science through a cast of minority super heroes. The character designs are interesting and the concept itself isn't like anything I have ever seen. However, this project doesn't have a website to back up such an excellent idea. The project page links to the show's future "distributor" website, but I couldn't find anything about the potential show itself. I think that making a web page which really focuses on the unique idea for this TV show and its potential impact on kids could tie in really well with the concept of the show overall - since it is dedicated to web safety, tech, and programming.
Dynacorp - We come in peace.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roxflame/dynacorp-we-come-in-peace?ref=recommended
Dynacorp is a 2D side-scrolling platformer game with nonlinear game play. As mentioned previously, I want to pick a project that I am actually interested in, and since I want to be a game designer some day, indie games such as this one often catch my eye since they differ so much from a AAA title. This project does have a website, but it is super lacking in detail compared to what they show on the actual Kickstarter page. I am really drawn in by the character designs and game art that they show on the project page, yet they neglect almost all of it on the website. This project seems to have a bright and colorful look overall and I think it could be fun to translate that into a website design.
As of right now, I am most interested in doing a website design for Dynacorp, however that could change in the coming days when I discuss my options more in class.
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