Multimedia Dev Blog

 Time Management Time is never on my side I always leave things to the last minute. This is terrible for college assignments which never seem to stop coming so I get overwhelmed and panic and end up procrastinating to calm down. Thus wasting more time and not getting anything done. As much as I have the good intentions of starting an assignment and finishing it within a reasonable time, that never happens. I would love to just be able to write all these blogs with ease but it's really difficult. What works for me at the moment is leaving things to the last minute so I'm put under pressure to get it done before Moodle closes the quiz. I'm aware that I can give myself extra time with this or not even do it at all but that's not the right thing to do. If I give myself the extra time then I'll waste it by procrastinating so there is no winning here for me in this situation. I am terrible at time management but I sometimes get things done. Whether they are of good standa...

 My Assignments I'm really interested in what I can create in Unity3D. I've never had any experience with game development or seen the process so this will be all new to me. I'm also looking forward to the extra credit Wikipedia Trials. It seems like it would be interesting and fun. Ori and the Blind Forest a video game made with Unity3D Image Source

 Growth Mindset I find that with certain things I have a fixed mindset like I said in my previous post where I give up on learning new songs on the piano. I have a better mindset with skateboarding, I fail but try again and again until I get it right. This is a simple way to look at this as my motivation is obviously stronger with different things for different reasons.  I like the image below because it's something my sister would often say to me when I was feeling down.  Image source: twitter

Introduction Post Hello! I'm Lauren Hetherington a 2nd year student studying Creative Digital Media in TUD. I am 20 years old and I enjoy skateboarding and playing piano.  I have only been properly learning to skate since the start of September. I've fallen more times than I can remember in those 4 weeks but they're worth it and a sign of progression in my eyes. Not only have I learned to skate but I've made some good friends too. The skate park is now a second home to me and I am so thankful for the good people in that humble community.  I've played piano since I was 7, first starting on a keyboard then a few years later moved on to a piano. I have a love/hate relationship with piano after being practically forced to do lessons every week for over 10 years but I have a special place in my heart for certain songs. Every now and then I go to learn a new song but ultimately just learn the first few bars and then give up. I hate that I do that so with skateboarding I...

  Animal Crossing: New Horizons, My Favourite Game Animal Crossing: New Horizons Promo Image Source : www.nintendo.com My favourite game is Animal Crossing! Ive had a few of the older games and remember playing them late at night when I was younger. When the new game Animal Crossing : New Horizons came out I was really excited to see a better version of the previous games with new objectives. Animal Crossing: New Horizons Screenshot Source : www.nintendo.com   One new feature I haven't seen yet is the shooting stars pictured above. Since Animal Crossing is played with real time I never really got the chance to see the stars at night time as I would always be busy.    Animal Crossing: New Horizons Screenshot Source : www.nintendo.com A second new feature I enjoyed was how easy it was to invite friends to your island or head to other friends islands. Along with this the customization of your little character has improved so much since older versions of the game. Ani...