|Introduction
My goal for the board game project is to create a simple, yet effective an attractive board game that balances engagement and learning for a professional adult audience. In order to do this, I needed to become more familiar and comfortable with graphic design software, in order to create my own unique work for this game. I have some experience with a few programs in the Adobe Creative Suite, but is has been over a decade since I’ve used any of them, so I needed a serious refresher.
|Intro to Adobe Creative Cloud
The last time that I used Photoshop, it required the purchase of a CD-ROM to install it on the computer, and there was no ongoing subscription required. In order to even get access to the programs, I needed to learn how to use the Adobe Creative Cloud, so I could access the programs I needed. I discovered a very in-depth series of online trainings for the Creative Cloud and other Adobe programs offered by a training company called Noble Desktop (www.nobledesktop.com), and I started with the “Intro to Adobe Creative Cloud.”
One big takeaway from this, aside from learning how to work with all the programs and choosing the right programs, was an introduction to Adobe Fonts. I was excited to learn about this, to help customize the look of my game. After finishing this training, I decided to foucus on InDesign and Illustrator, as it appeared they would both be needed for my project. I did also spend some time with one of their Photoshop trainings, but less so compared with these others.
|InDesign Tutorial
I decided to use InDesign to create the layout for my physical board portion of my learning game. Since I will need to print the board after I design it, I determined this would be the best way to create this piece of my final project. The training called this program the “meeting place” of many other Adobe programs. I anticipate using a combination of Illustrator and Photoshop to create my graphics, and InDesign to layout the actual game board.
|Illustrator Tutorial
I could possibly use Illustrator versus InDesign to create my final game board, if I were going to use all vector-based graphics for the design. At this phase of the production, I’m imagining incorporating some pixel-based imagery (photos I’ve captured from campus) as a part of the design, so I will likely need to combine Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
This training spent a good amount of time covering the creation of icon-type vector images. I would like to use this method to create the characters that will be on the tokens each player uses on the board. My plan is to create icon-versions of some campus icons (no pun intended), such as Frog Baby or Beneficence. This was completely new territory for me, so this training was the most beneficial.
|References
Design. code. create. Noble Desktop | Design & Coding Classes and Certificate Programs. (n.d.). Retrieved April 2, 2022, from https://www.nobledesktop.com/
Noble Desktop [NobleDesktopNewYork]. (2021, February 8). Illustrator Tutorial: An Intro to Illustrator [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl8iR43C_XQ
Noble Desktop [NobleDesktopNewYork]. (2021, January 11). Intro to Adobe Creative Cloud [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljFCQPlHtio
Noble Desktop [NobleDesktopNewYork]. (2021, February 8). InDesign Tutorial: Intro to InDesign [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eknErFg-XQ
Noble Desktop [NobleDesktopNewYork]. (2021, February 8). Photoshop Tutorial: Intro to Photoshop [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGYCzEt WwOw
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