Paperman is my idea for a flash game whose style is informed by claymation/stop-motion/pixelation photography. The user will control a paper cut-out and attack evil office supplies. One neat aspect of the game is some of the behind-the-scenes work will be visible during game-play. For example, check out the proof-of-concept below that shows a crank-turned background (NOTICE: This game has been altered from its original format. It has been formatted to fit this blog.)!
 As part of the Dynamic Persuasion course, we regularly peruse the internet hoping to find some gem of an internet advertisement. On this particular excursion, I’ve happened upon three different marketing techniques. While I’m sure there are “correct” names for them, I’ll call the sites’ strategies names that make sense to me: “Send-A-Friend”, “Illustrative”, and “Real-World.” Read the rest of this entry »
 I’ve been on somewhat of a block hiatus for the last week and a half. The reason for that being I’ve been trying to keep up with everything I had going on (and doing a passable job at it). Recognizing the feeling from my last three quarters, I acted upon in early, and have withdrawn from 7 of my previously 20 credit hours, leaving me with a comfortable 13.
I regularly try to do too much. This quarter has to be different because it’s senior year and I’ve realized I have next to nothing put together for my online portfolio. After turning in mediocre work for a couple classes, I realized it’s probably better to do a couple things really well than a lot of things poorly.
Here’s my new schedule for this quarter. It’s still pretty full, but much more airy than it was. I’ll be capitalizing on the extra time in two ways. First, I’ll be able to work on projects when I would otherwise have been in class. Second, I won’t have the overhead of the homework from those two classes. All in all, I gained about 12 extra hours a week that I can fully devote to other coursework.
It’s been a long time coming, but jp-design.net has (finally!) been extended to include this blog! Here you can expect to find postings related to my coursework at RIT, personal and freelance projects, and whatever else I find suitable to include.