Design Research Methodology - Assignment 1

30/8/2022-20/9/2022 (week1-week 4)

Ng Jia Xien (0355062)

Design Research Methodology- Assignment 1 (Research Proposal)

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Assignment 1

Instruction 

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Task:

Week1 

Introduction to the module

Design research proposal briefing

Week2

Recorded online lectures on academic writing & research

Introduction to research to enable academic writing

Proposal tutorial

Week 3

Recorded online lecture on formulating research questions and connecting to form the research objective

Research Questions and objectives tutorial

Week 4

Proposal deadline

Online workshop on information literacy

Taylor’s library information literacy class

• Design research methodology rationale 1

One of the keys to the success of a game lies in the character design, it can be said that the character design is the soul of a game, throughout the plot of the game. In addition, it’s also the focus of the great attention of players. Besides, a successful game character design can lead to the success of its game, but also can derive other economic productivity. Such as peripheral goods, comics, animation, books, etc. The economic effect brought by the game character cannot be underestimated, and even has a huge impact on the whole game industry. In this research, I will try to explore the economic productivity of game characters and will discuss the core of game design and the conditions of its success based on the successful cases of game character design.

 

• Design research methodology rationale 2

With the rapid development of the game industry, more and more games have been launched internationally, and games have become a way to present a country in the international spot. And a successful game must be without successful game art, beautiful game art and the great character design are the conditions of a successful game. Many creators bring elements of their own country's culture and traditions into their products, creating a sense of intimacy for local players while allowing international players to experience and recognize the local culture. In this research, I will try to investigate the games that have successfully brought local culture into the game art and character design, to understand their characteristics and learn from the best works.

• Design research methodology proposal 3

• Design research methodology proposal 4

• Design research methodology proposal final
  

Reflection

Week 1- This was my first time doing research, and I spent several days thinking about the topic of my research. I wanted to do research on game character design, but I hadn't played any games and it was a real challenge for me.

Week 2- After deciding on my research topic, I found that there were some problems for me because of the lack of academic studies that I could refer to, which took a lot of time for this research.

Week 3- Be clear on the reason for choosing the topic, and look up the examples provided by the lecturer in google classroom.  In addition, do separate the proposal into design research proposal drafts one and two. 

Week 4- Writing a design research proposal was harder than I thought it would be, and there were many factors to consider. At first, I just decided on a topic that interested me without doing any research, but now I find that I spend more time revising my topic. Although I am just working on the proposal, it does require a lot of research and it is impossible to imagine when we are asked to do a research paper.