Entry 0: Introduction

Why I am doing this:
          I find that the act of explaining something to someone else is the most effective way for me to organize my thoughts and almost always leads to further introspection, understanding and insight.*
          A side effect of this process is that people can read it and ask questions or tell me what they think! I understand that most of these journals are going to be longer than most people are willing to read, so I will try to provide a short, clearly identified synopsis of ideas before each paragraph/section.
Even then, this is mostly for my own benefit so don't feel bad for not reading it.

*I've just spent like 10 minutes thinking about what makes this system work so well for me, highlighting one of it's flaws.


What this is about:
          The majority of my grade in my Computer Game Design class is our semester long project that culminates in a 30 page full fledged 'game design document' about a game of our own creation. I have been thinking about this quite a lot, and I have decided to write a series of journals to organize things mentally, keep track of how my ideas change, and to provide something people may find interesting.

Note:
While some aspects of this project will be rather impenetrable for people who aren't gamers, a lot of it will be about the themes and characters that I am planning on working with. Many of these ideas are universal, so I will try to indicate which parts of these journals might interest you.