Pon islands - The animation
Animated storytelling

In module 5, I participated in the creation of an animation for a group game development project. This animation is used for the world building of the game Pon Island. It shows how the island was separated by a magical storm. The animation evokes emotions such as calm, tension and distress through a combination of hand-drawn assets, sound design and cinematic effects. I did the first sketch for the storyboard and updated it with the feedback that was given, later I put together the hand-drawn assets to create the animation.

Designing and conceptualising an engaging game idea

Blender: Creating and animating low-poly game assets

Unity: Programming and building the game

Notion page of the animation

Blender

During the second module, we had an introductory course on Blender and Unity, where I learned the basics of both programs. Throughout this course, I expanded my knowledge by following tutorials and experimenting with them on my own.

For M5, I also animated a walking and jumping flour sack and created and animated walking mechanical creature by following a tutorial, which helped me refine my skills in movement timing and conveying emotion through animation. Additionally, I learned more on how to work with UV maps and apply textures effectively.

Building on these foundational skills, I gained more experience in M5 by creating and animating low-poly assets for various projects, including our gamePon Islands. I modelled and animated a variety of game elements, bringing them to life for the world we were building. In this process, I worked on optimising the mesh, UV mapping, and textures to ensure the assets were efficient and visually appealing.

Space is Only Noise if You Can See

In module 4 I took part in the making of a art instalation. This immersive installation explores the impact of modern noise and isolation through visual and auditory experiences. It guided the participants through three stages that build emotions like guilt, anxiety, and self-reflection, using live visual and audio feedback to create an evolving and overwhelming sensory environment.
Notion page of the full project

The Owl

The project for module 2, Smart Environments, addresses the issue of indoor air quality in crowded and poorly ventilated spaces. High CO2 levels can have harmful effects on health and the current CO2 meters are not as effective in changing human behavoir as hoped. So in this project we redesigned the CO2 meters currently in classrooms. It was a challenging project that gave me the opportunity to do a lot of different things:

Creating a webserver on a ESP8266

Using ENS160+AHT2x sensor to mesure the airquatiy

Visualising the airqualty using the data from the sensor

Soldering the hardware

Programming & Physical Computing

For my final PPC project I created an interactive interface that combines Processing and Arduino IDE. The interface has four animated buttons: rain, stars, fire, and health. Each button corresponds to an animation in Processing and on the LED matrix, accompanied by sound matching the theme. The interface supports three languages: Dutch, English, and Russian, making it accessible to a wider audience. The health button shows current environmental data on a 16x16 LED matrix. It indicates CO2 levels, temperature, humidity, and air quality index. Users can monitor and analyze environmental parameters using a web server.

Converting a webserver to the ESP32 platform

Creating the hardware

Using ENS160+AHT2x sensor to mesure the airquatiy

Visualising ariqualty using a LED matrix and a self made diffuser.

Connecting Processing with USB to the ESP32 platfrom

Video Editing

For my Professional Development Module 2 project, I improved my video editing skills by collaborating on a podcast. This challenged me to learn quickly in a group environment. I experimented with different video editing software to produce a polished seventeen minute video from about an hour of raw footage.

Editing in CapCut

Editing in Premiere Pro

Designing a logo