Unit 22 : Computer Games Design (IT) / Unit 72 : Computer Games Design (Media)
Assessment 1 : Researching Games
Types of games
here are 10 different types of games.
RPG-
A role playing game is a genre of game in which the player controls a character in a fictional setting, often being able to customize their character. These games have a heavy emphasis on single player story. Usually the aim of the game is to make your way through various quests that can be completed whenever you like.
Skyrim is an RPG game.
The aim of this game is to create a player
character and kill the dragon god Alduin before he destroys the world. The
quests in the game can be done at any time and you level your character to get
better gear.FPS-
A first person shooter is a game played from the characters perspective in which the aim of the game is to kill enemies to get to the objective. Most modern FPS games have a multiplayer feature.
Halo
is a series of FPS games in which you control the player of master chief from
his perspective. The aim of halo 4 is to stop the diadact from destroying
humanity. The game is very linear at times such as get to this point in this
amount of time. The game also has a competitive multiplayer feature.MMO-
A massively multiplayer online game is a game capable of supporting a large amount of players in the same world. Usually they run off the internet and use massive servers to make it work. They are usually open world with many quests.
World
of Warcraft is a very popular example of an MMO game in which you create a
character and team up with other players in the game world or go up against
them in various quests. In which you have to destroy the orcs. The game is the
highest grossing game of all time.Hack and Slash-
A game played in third person with combat mainly involving two buttons one heavy and one light attack, they tend to be heavily story based as well. They tend to only follow one character.
Fighting-
Fighting games are usually played facing to the side with a fixed camera. it isn’t heavily about any storyline and more about the gameplay they mostly feature a multiplayer element.
Mortal Kombat is a fighting game originally made by Midway Studios. the game pits 2 characters of the players choice against each other in a fight to the death and can either be played 2 player or against the computer
simulation-
simulation games are games that put you in real life scenarios to act out a job or a lifestyle, they can be played in 3rd or first person an can use VR technology. they usually don't have a story just a list of objectives and giving the player free reign.
Farming Simulator is a game that simulates the life of being a farmer such as planting and harvesting crops. it has no story just some objectives and the ability to upgrade your farm.Driving-
Driving games are games that focus mainly on driving. you control a car either in an open world or on a track and can compete to unlock different cars and races.
Strategy-
strategy games are focused on controlling an army or a group of characters and the objective is to command them and build them up in order to defeat the enemy. they are heavily single player games. Halo Wars is a strategy game based against the covenant army. Survival Horror-
these games are meant to make the player feel scared and vulnerable. they can be played in both first and 3rd person. an example of this is resident evil 5. you control a character called Chris Redfield and you have to survive against zombies. music-
music games simulate making music and you usually have a real world controller like a guitar or drums. games like this include guitar hero where there is no set story you just pick and play songs in a set order.Unit 22
Playing too much on that game you love can seriously affect or even completely destroy your social life. If you are inside playing on your game then you're not out with your friends, this could mean that eventually they will leave you and when the time comes that you're bored of that game you will have nothing to do because your old friends are doing something without you. It can also effect your social skills, the ability to talk to new people confidently and make new friends, this also extends to your ability to get a job as you wont know how to talk to your would be boss because your social skills have degraded.
There are however people, including me, who think the opposite of that, we think that it actually improves your social interaction.
Gaming can also have an effect on your psychological state. spending too long indoors can lead to difficulty interacting with people and conditions like social anxiety can start to surface, meaning you find the outside world scary and don't know how or you don't want to talk to people so you just spend more time on the game. also, it is debated that playing violent video games can make a person imitate the behavior in real life. such as the disputed case about the teenager who went into a school and went on a killing spree after playing GTA, although it is debated on whether the game is a cause it is possible.
good things about video games-
1. some games such as wii sports promote physical exercise making people who feel uncomfortable going to gyms or etc get into exercise in their own homes.
2. hand eye co-ordination, games help you get better hand eye co-ordination by using controllers and wii remotes.
3. reflexes- games greatly improve reflexes, in iphone games such as fruit ninja it's entirely based on reflexes forcing you to get better.
4. social skills. people taking over Xbox live or other online services learn valuable life skills like how to interact and talk to new people.
5. Team skills, playing team games greatly improves your ability to work with people as a team as it is required to beat the game you are playing meaning we learn a valuable skill.
6. good sportsmanship. when gaming we lose to another player a lot, this teaches us how to lose fairly and can handle not winning.
7. stress reduction. taking out anger or stress on a game is a great way to relieve tension instead of taking it out on other people.
8. they make people happy- gaming is a very enjoyable thing to do, this means we are barely ever bored or annoying other people.
9. games may improve your vision, by looking at a screen and watching a game it can heighten your vision by teaching you to look closely and watch out for things.
10. some games are educational and really help children learn and develop.
Bad things about games-
1. seizures, gamers can develop epilepsy from playing games or trigger an epileptic fit.
2. constant use of a controller can give you joint problems in wrists and fingers.
3. obesity can set in because of low physical activity when constantly sitting sown playing.
4. it is suggested that games make people aggressive because they are used to taking out anger on a game and not in real life.
5. it is suggested that it can make you violent because you copy the behavior on games.
6. poor grades because instead of doing homework and studying people are playing games instead.
7. lack of vitamin D because low exposure to sunlight.
8. sleep deprivation because people are staying awake to finish missions or play with friends.
9. attention problems because gamers are not really used to other environments than a gaming environment.
Task 3- Create a game-
My game will be a 2D platforming game. The graphics will be simple because it will be easy and less time consuming to make. the style that it will be done in is pixel art like the original Mario games because i like this style and will be easy to produce. The backgrounds will be simple like cave walls and skies and will scroll across as the character moves through the game. There will be enemies that try to kill the character but you will counter them with weapons and spells that you can upgrade and get new ones from an in game shop.
Task 4-
The protagonist is called ShinyFace, A misunderstood anti hero. He was cast out of the shiny cult (the secret organisation that controls the governments and distributes power between the countries) for his “unorthodox methods”, and also, to punish shinyface the shiny cult murdered his wife and child. Since this shaming he has taken up the title of “shinyface” and has vowed to disrupt and destroy the shiny cult by forming the “shiny squad” with Bant-Man and Sir Bantalot. He is armed with his sword called “inquiens decessus” (shiny death in latin).
As the game progresses you learn more about why he was cast out and the aim of the game is to take revenge by killing the leader of the shiny cult.
The shiny cult leader has sent soldiers to kill you and has put up magical barriers that you will need to kill and take down in order to progress through the game until you eventually get to the end boss fight.
to help you on the journey there will be a shop to upgrade your sword and spells.
