Studio Brief 4: Evaluation

Studio Brief 4 was a project which I enjoyed doing but did not like the final outcome.
Working in a pair was really fun and helped us to split the work equally, allowing us to delegate tasks and manage our time more effectively. Continuously using another input was great as the concept we came up with together was really interesting and by basing the game in more than one person's experiences, the freshers next year will have more of an idea of what to expect. considering both of us had different experiences and have struggled with money and mental health, we were able to give better advice and also provide more entertaining anecdotes about our first year, increasing the comedy in the game and entertaining the players. When it came to producing the work, as we chose to screen print, having 2 people set up a production line, with us both doing tasks to produce our outcomes, it made the process quicker and much more efficient.

The concept of the game was one of my favourite concepts from this year. Being able to put in my personal experiences really made it feel as if I was rounding off the year and looking back on everything that happened put a smile on my face. However, the actual design of the game was not my favourite design. The project seemed rushed to me due to the small timescale on top of the other work to complete (for example contributing towards the exhibition). If the timescale for the project was extended I think we would have been able to produce a more successful, professional looking design. Screen printing the outcomes rather than digitally printing them added the personal touch to the project and gave the appearance more texture and dimension. My personal favourite part of the outcome was the envelopes we used as packaging rather than the box. This made the game less bulky, enabling us to send out the games if needed and making them easy to distribute by hand too. The hand written note on the front also added to the personal feeling of the project. 

If we were to improve this project further I would have spent more time on the design of the board to make it look more professional. I also would have digitally printed the cards on top of screen printed card to make the cards look less messy, and I would have used the same process for the information leaflet as it is digitally printed due to it being a last minute addition from the crit feedback and is a different colour to the paint used in screen printing. This would have given a more consistent look across all outcomes.