Capstone Project Draft Proposal

Name of student: Jared Date: Oct 12 2021

Teacher: Mr Mane Block: C

The Capstone strand I have chosen is Video Games

Proposed title for my Project Proposal: (write the proposed title for your Capstone Project in one clear
sentence): Nightfall

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What is your inquiry question that interests you for further research? It should be a question that
connects with a purpose, passion or personalized area of interest for you. This is a question that you cannot
just google an answer for. Please see examples from your Capstone booklet.

My inquiry question is:

How long does it take to make a game? (You will need to be more specific with your Inquiry question, and
this question is too simplistic.)

Rationale/context: Detail your reasons for choosing this inquiry question. Explain WHY you are choosing to
investigate this topic as a major area of focus. How does this area of inquiry connect to your passion(s),
purpose? Why is it of personal interest to you?

1. Now why did I choose this question well games can take years to make depending on how big of a team you
have and how much you are adding to this game a call of duty title releases yearly by 3 studios with big teams
but each team has around 2-3 years to make the game but if you look at a studio like santa monica who made
the god of war games they can take 4-6 years to make. The main area im exploring is level design as that is the
most important thing in every game it’s the main thing you explore and immersive yourself in, its what players
will remember the most. How does it connect to my passion well Ive always love video game and ever since I
was young I wanted to make one and the main thing that has interested me is the world/levels these games
have exploring the nevada wastland in fallout new vegas or the forests of skyrim has made many memories
for me.

Background: What background knowledge/connections/prior learning do you have in this area of inquiry?
 I have very little experience

Career connections: What is your intended career area at this point in time? What connections does this
inquiry question have to your life, academic and/ or career goals?

Right now at this moment its just a hobby that I want to learn and get into before getting into a career

Interdisciplinary and core competencies connections: What subject areas and core competencies will
be connected with your project? Outline and explain the connections.
You need to connect your project to 12 of the curricular competencies outlines on the back 2 pages of
your draft proposal handout.

Coding and Game Design

Capstone Presentation medium: select one or more project mediums you wish to use to present your
project. Outline and give details about how you will present your project once completed. You may use a
combination of mediums.
o Electronic portfolio: Prezi or PPT
o Physical portfolio
o Website
o imovie presentation
o YouTube channel
Youtube channel

Description of my Capstone project. Specific Project Details of the Capstone Project: what will you
research, create, study, produce, solve, investigate? What product will be produced at the end of this
project for evaluation. Write a one-page description outlining your proposal.

What will I be creating? I am creating a video game. What Type of game? I am creating a stealth game in
the unreal engine and will be researching and studying ai, game design and gameplay elements (Combat
and movement) Im not sure how im going to begin but by the end I am sure I can deliver a stable product
that people will be impressed by. What programs will you be using? How will you create and deliver a game
within our 2 - 3 month window? Are you planning to learn from someone, or on your own? I don’t know
much about video games or game design, but I do know they take tons of research, time and money to
create. Will this be a viable plan?

Resources/ Technology/Skills: Make an assessment of the resources, technology and skills you will
need to be able to complete this project. What is your plan to be able to access/learn all of the resources
necessary to achieve completion of this project? Detail your plans.

I will be using my computer at home as it has the required parts to make a game (A graphics card) and I will be
making this in a game engine there are many for example Unity, Unreal Engine, Crytic, godot but for this I will be
using the Unreal Engine to develop my game, I will be using youtube to use tutorials on how to do certain things
in the game engine. **This sections answers some of my previous questions from the Project description
section**

Project limitations: What are some project limitations and potential obstacles that you foresee that might
affect progress with your Capstone Project?

Mainly time because I do work and have other classes, but I do have a study block to get those assigments
done but the time it takes to make a game will be the main problem if I was making a song or youtube video I
would have more than enough time This is very true!

Other considerations: List and detail any other related information/ considerations about your project
that you feel should be included in your project proposal.

References: Provide references: research, videos, etc. that offer some preliminary research you have
done for your project that shows you are able to access the key information that you will need to be able
to complete this project/work. Your list should be written using correct APA formatting.
I have none to show at this time, but I will be posting the videos and other things I did along the way to make the
game on my website