Prompt 3 - When I first started playing with the game I began by just exploring all of the tools available to use. First I played around with each of the brush buttons and just drew randomly around the screen to get a feeling for what each brush could do. While doing this I noticed that for certain brushes and for certain parts of the screen different brushes did unique things. After finding this out, I went back through all of the brush buttons to draw all over the screen to try and see if I missed anything the first time around. After playing around with the brush buttons I started exploring the keyboard instructions. While doing this I also tried to ‘break’ the game. I began by pressing the up and down arrows over and over again to see just how far the program would allow me to change the brush size. I found that there was no limit to how large the brush size could be made, and it was able to cover most of the screen if I made it large enough. Though I was able to make the brush as large as I wanted, I found that the brush had a limit to how small it could be made. After exploring each of the tools I then started experimenting with what tool combinations could be made. While doing this I found that I could make new brushes by changing the brush style and then changing the size into whatever brush shape I wanted to draw with. The game supported my play by having a lot of different options and some less obvious features for the brushes that made me want to explore each of the different options and how they could be used.
One thing I ended up really wanting to do but could not figure out how to do it exactly was changing the paintbrush back to the starting one. I am not sure if I am misunderstanding the instructions or if it is simply not something that was designed to be possible in this version of the game. Considering that the other controls were written down quite clearly it seems that returning to the original first brush present in the game is not a feature that was made to be possible. I also wanted to return to the original black color of the first brush but noticed that this also did not seem to be a design feature present in this iteration. The tools do seem to be limited by the given stated instructions. I do not think that adding the ability to change back to the original brush shape and the original brush color without restarting the game completely would be too difficult to add to painterly at this point. As far as the feeling I got from this; I just think it would be easier to draw and mess around with the full range of brushes. It feels a bit frustrating to be shown and given a tool and color to use only to lose it if you decide that you want to look at another. It is possible this was intentional to make the player think hard about thier choices and have to plan out what you want to do this the first tool because you will potentally lose it
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Prompt 3 - When I first started playing with the game I began by just exploring all of the tools available to use. First I played around with each of the brush buttons and just drew randomly around the screen to get a feeling for what each brush could do. While doing this I noticed that for certain brushes and for certain parts of the screen different brushes did unique things. After finding this out, I went back through all of the brush buttons to draw all over the screen to try and see if I missed anything the first time around. After playing around with the brush buttons I started exploring the keyboard instructions. While doing this I also tried to ‘break’ the game. I began by pressing the up and down arrows over and over again to see just how far the program would allow me to change the brush size. I found that there was no limit to how large the brush size could be made, and it was able to cover most of the screen if I made it large enough. Though I was able to make the brush as large as I wanted, I found that the brush had a limit to how small it could be made. After exploring each of the tools I then started experimenting with what tool combinations could be made. While doing this I found that I could make new brushes by changing the brush style and then changing the size into whatever brush shape I wanted to draw with. The game supported my play by having a lot of different options and some less obvious features for the brushes that made me want to explore each of the different options and how they could be used.
One thing I ended up really wanting to do but could not figure out how to do it exactly was changing the paintbrush back to the starting one. I am not sure if I am misunderstanding the instructions or if it is simply not something that was designed to be possible in this version of the game. Considering that the other controls were written down quite clearly it seems that returning to the original first brush present in the game is not a feature that was made to be possible. I also wanted to return to the original black color of the first brush but noticed that this also did not seem to be a design feature present in this iteration. The tools do seem to be limited by the given stated instructions. I do not think that adding the ability to change back to the original brush shape and the original brush color without restarting the game completely would be too difficult to add to painterly at this point. As far as the feeling I got from this; I just think it would be easier to draw and mess around with the full range of brushes. It feels a bit frustrating to be shown and given a tool and color to use only to lose it if you decide that you want to look at another. It is possible this was intentional to make the player think hard about thier choices and have to plan out what you want to do this the first tool because you will potentally lose it