#first assignment

Chapter 1: New Blood

First assignment. (1/2)

New recruit? (2/2)

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Assignment 1 : “Hello, my question is...”

Process and Review

At first, I wrote down my question of ‘design.’

What do I want to ask something about design?

I came up with elements and the process of design.

For me, the design should be aesthetic, unique and surprising to the viewers.

How do we design something? Things we’ve designed are always based on our experiences, both consciously and subconsciously. Also, It can be done by progressive processes.

But I wanted to explore more about design itself. How can I attract people by my design? Every day, new objects appear and disappear. If I make something, I want to make it fun. Also, I hope the things that I will design to give some pleasure to the viewers. Then, people would love to buy the

So I chose this question. “How can we make design fun?”

I wanted to play with some different materials to represent this phrase.

I just went around the Woolworth to find the materials. I thought a snack must be a pleasure to all. So, I bought some popcorn and m&m chocolate. I thought the shape of pop-corn and colour of m&m chocolate would be fun to craft the question. But, It was too simple to articulate this question. I wanted to create a question with deeper meanings in the material itself. On my way home from uni, I found the one balloon stuck in the fence on the Bowen street. It was not expected scene in the most unlikely place, made me smile.

Also, a balloon is a material that can be transformed easily. It is an unlimited and colourful material. It always gives pleasure.

When I made this question in the room, I felt it was not enough to deliver the playful mood of the material. (Also, Shayna told it seemed like depressed and dull ) So I went out to make this question in the same place I saw the ballon on the fence!

With using different colours, I wanted to make this question more funny and lively. Also, I tried to form a relationship between the fence and the balloons.

But I think, I would like it more if I made an experimental typeface with a balloon.

They do things pretty differently from what I’m accustomed to. For example... they operate on young kids pretty often. Like, I saw several cribs. I don’t even know how to work a crib! How do you position a baby?!

Everyone has been really nice so far, and it’s so weird not having to wear my own scrubs! They hire a lot of travelers, which is either a good or bad thing... they said they lost a lot of staff due to political reasons? I’m not sure.

Either way, I’m hoping to absorb as much as I can this week and go in with a confident, ready to learn attitude. This can only make me a better nurse, right?

One of the first dialogue options in the game is with Salma Togan where she explains why Crane is being referred to as ‘31,’ but after the dialogue has ended and you begin to walk away from her, she adds an extra “Thirty-one infected and only seven runners left...”

This means, after Amir’s death at the beginning of the game, the Tower has seven runners. And we know Amir was a runner because during the same dialogue, Salma mentions “one more runner gone,” very strongly implying Amir - the only person we’ve seen die so far - was the runner that was lost.

During the second story mission, First Assignment, Crane sets up traps for Brecken and his team to utilize during a night run. That team consisted of Brecken and three other runners and the run was the one seen in the Run Boy Run cinematic trailer. All three of these other runners die.

This leaves the Tower with four runners before the addition of Crane:

1. Brecken 2. Jade 3. Timur - who we know is a runner due to the fact that the subtitles refer to him as ‘Runner’ in the cutscene in between Airdrop and Pact with Rais.

There are a few options for the fourth runner:

4. Rahim - I usually put Rahim in this slot because I fully believe he’s a runner, but let’s say he’s not one or isn’t listed as one because he’s stuck manning the radios and helping Alfie with things around the Tower.

Or 4. Ayo - Ayo is another option for this position. He oversees the runners, scouts, and guards of the Tower and works somewhat as a dispatch for them. He can be found on a radio giving orders during the mission Prodigal Son when Crane goes to ask him about Kristov’s whereabouts. Ayo also is present during the same cutscene between Airdrop and Pact with Rais with Timur, implying his importance during making decisions concerning runners.

EDIT 01/07/19: @insanedestiny09 kindly pointed out that Volcan is the fourth runner. He can be found in one of the safe zones outside the Tower as one of the agility challeges, and when Crane speaks him he says:

“It drives me nuts that people consider you the best runner in the Tower. It’s always been me! Volcan!”

Obviously making him one of the Tower’s runners.

Conclusion?

During most of Dying Light, after the addition of Crane, the Tower has a whopping grand total of five runners.