Week 8 Comments and Feedback

This blog post is a look at the comments I have received and general feedback.

Feedback In: I think the quality of the comments and feedback I have gotten from the class has been great. The majority of the comments left under my posts have been constructive in criticism and in suggestions for my ideas and opinions of my game ideas too. I find these kinds of comments to be the best form as they can help get external points of view that I might not have thought of.

Feedback Out: I feel the comments I have left for others have been of high quality. I always aim to give some form of constructive criticism as it is the type of criticism I like to receive. Just telling someone "oh that looks good" or "I don't like it" is not going to help them progress their project or their skills. Saying "I like X, Y and Z but you could improve on Z in this way" is the most useful criticism.

Blog Comments: I feel the blog comments are a good idea, and it is nice receiving people's opinions that way and it is an easy way to get an idea of where people's own projects are at compared to yours. Having said that I don't like having to do them every week and feel that they could be done once every two weeks.
I do feel that the likes of the Introduction post help to get to know people better, and what their interests are and what they would like to progress on to in the future. I also like how the blog serves as a way to showcase my work to my classmates as well as my thoughts on the learning material, and what my interests are within the course.

Looking Forward: Looking forward I think that I need to try and comment on more people's blogs to possibly have a positive opinion or point of view on what they're doing. I like my blog and the layout and colour of it for people viewing it.

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