{"id":125,"date":"2025-10-06T21:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalstorytelling.rileybelle1.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:54:52","slug":"back-to-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalstorytelling.rileybelle1.com\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Back to basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this design project, I wanted to go back to the basics of design. I decided to play a game that I often did when I was a child. This is a beach house made in the game Bloxburg, on Roblox. Check out my work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalstorytelling.rileybelle1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bbhouse.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalstorytelling.rileybelle1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bbhouse.png 577w, https:\/\/digitalstorytelling.rileybelle1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bbhouse-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a walkthrough of the house, check out the video below, and then look even further beyond that as I explain some design elements I chose as well as why, and my history with this game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bloxburg Design Basics House\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gnW9bQKEUyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started playing this game at a very young age. I remember waking up every day, thinking I&#8217;d end up as an architect or interior designer. No matter the day of the week, I would log in to Roblox whenever I had free time, usually playing with my cousin, pretending we were working and had families. I would like to think now that I built\/can build some pretty cool houses in this game, but it wasn&#8217;t always like this. Even know, knowing that this house is well-designed, some people are absolutely dedicated to their work on Bloxburg. A simple google search will show you: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"204\" data-id=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalstorytelling.rileybelle1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/images-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"178\" data-id=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalstorytelling.rileybelle1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"171\" data-id=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalstorytelling.rileybelle1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honestly, I chose this assignment semi-last minute. I didn&#8217;t think Id have time to complete the house and make this post, but here we are. I logged on to the game, and just started placing walls. This house actually came to me in a dream about my future, which made it exciting to be able to bring to life. After I got the plain gray walls placed, I started blocking out rooms in the house, window placements, and added floors as well as basic structures like stairs and a garage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I flew from there, adding furniture, jumping between different rooms. First I focused on what I wanted the main &#8220;vibe&#8221; of the house to be. Beachy, relaxing. I decorated the living room first, using blue as an accent color throughout this room and much of the house to match the ocean. During my decorating of the living room, I knew I wanted to add some of my own interests in there, so I placed a telescope and a painting easel as if I would truly live in this house. Then, I moved to the kitchen, then the front office, the bathroom, and blocked out the rooms upstairs. That&#8217;s when I realized, many beach houses have large porches and beach access, so I went back outside during my editing and added a deck on the back of the house&#8217;s both 2nd and 3rd levels, then stairs down to the beach. As I was in this stage, I also looked up real life beach houses for some inspiration on how to paint the outside walls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After these details, I moved back inside the house, all of my basic rooms on the second floor had been done, and I was inspired to add a basement apartment just like a house I had really stayed at over this past summer. I went to add some basic living appliances to the apartment and called it a day before going to work on the upstairs bedrooms. I once again wanted to incorporate my own interests, so I put much art on the wall in one of the rooms, and a hammock on the top deck. My dream would be to sit in that hammock and read, overlooking the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point, I had been building for hours. I was exhausted, but it wasn&#8217;t quite done. I used accent colors that correspond with typical beach themes to paint the walls indoors, place house decorations, and even a plant wall with a UV light! Finally, I thought I was done, but then I remembered an old beach vacation I took with my family when I was young. The house we had stayed in had a back patio with direct beach access and a hot tub as well as an outdoor grilling station. I went back  into editing mode as I added stairs down from the second deck, and blocked out fencing to access the back patio from the front yard. I added everything I wanted, left edit mode, and walked through the house. I had periodically done walk-throughs with my actual roblox character and it often lead to jumping back into build mode and tweaking small things around the home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m so happy with this project, and it ultimately reminded me that there are so many ways to excersize design. I got to work on something that genuinely interested me, while playing a game, and incoorporating stories from my life into this home that I build. Try out Roblox&#8217;s bloxburg, or even Minecraft if you want to do similair things! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this design project, I wanted to go back to the basics of design. I decided to play a game that I often did when I was a child. This is a beach house made in the game Bloxburg, on Roblox. Check out my work! 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