Design Journal #1

I am taking this class for two main reasons. The first of course is that I am looking to complete the Game Design Certificate, this is my third class on that certificate out of the five. Secondly, though, I am hoping to go into a future of game design or any related work at a large video game company like Nintendo or another like that. I am hoping that this class provides with the tools and experience to at least begin figuring out how to be efficient at designing games, either digital or analog. I'm not naturally super creative, so my biggest goal in this class to begin learning how to improve at being creative and convince myself that I can be creative even when I don't think I can do it. I really only play video games, though I used to play board games and card games when I was younger. Surely Go Fish as a 7 year old counts! Recently over the summer, however, I have been playing games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Terraria and Monopoly Plus with my buddies. I am overall a huge Pokemon fan and always come back to those games often! My first one was Pokemon Diamond in 2006 and I haven't missed a game since, even picked up the older ones too. I believe that wraps up everything I want to say in this first Design Journal, excited to get further into this class!