Initial plans (video game project)
- 2. Initial Reaction At the current moment I don’t have a lot of ideas, the only couple of ideas that I have are making a PC game where you have to complete small levels as some type of character. The levels could include dodging objects or people and or jumping over things as well as climbing, and maybe fighting enemies. When I made my Irn-Bru advergame, I was quite good at making the pixel art characters. However, that is the only idea that I can think of at this moment in time.
- 3. Mind Map
- 4. Mind Map
- 5. Mood Board
- 7. Mood Board Analysis The images that I have collected are all very similar to each other. They all are quite dark images that are set in a post apocalyptic setting or a war setting. They are all side scrolling games and use the same colours. The colours that are repeated in most of the images that I gathered are black, white, and greys. There is also a few dark greens as well as a few sunset orange colours. The mood from the images gives of a very dark, depressing look as most of the colours are quite dark. One of the reasons for that is probably because most of the images that I selected and gathered were post- apocalyptic and war themed, as I am making my video game post-apocalyptic. The style of the images I collected vary from pixel art to a cartoony look as well as a detailed side view. The fonts in the images that have text are quite cartoon looking and in one of the images is bold. A lot of the images that I have chosen for my mood board are desaturated, which fits in with the post-apocalyptic theme. The mood board will influence my final product in many ways, one being that it will influence the colour palette I will use when creating my video game. It will also determine the art style that I use which has to be pixel art but I am using the mood board as inspiration for the type of pixel art I use.
- 8. Schedule WEEK OVERALL PLAN SPECIFIC TASKS 1 Case Study, Initial Response, Product Research To research one game of my choice can be a PC game, PlayStation game, Xbox game, or a phone game. Think of some ideas for a game and create a mind map on the ideas as well as a mind map on your final idea. Create a mood board on images related to my game I have chosen 2 Audience Research, Production Experiments, Proposal, Planning -Write about my games target audience and explain why they are my audience. -Create a mock up video game, practising for my final design (video game). Experiment with pixel art and the tools on Photoshop. - Plan my video game out so I have a clear view on what I am making. -Complete proposal which includes: Title of my game; Rationale; Concept of game, and write how I will evaluate my video game. 3 Production Create my video game using Photoshop. 4 Production Create my video game using Photoshop. 5 Evaluation Evaluate my video game through analysing my game and its outcomes. Reference my game and complete a self-reflection. I will need to explain how my video game turned out, and will need to talk about what I would change if I were to do it again. Explain the positives and negatives of my video game, and then go on to talk about what I like the most about it.
- 9. Bibliography • Name at least 7 sources that you plan to use in this project. These should include audience research, books, videos/films/video games, magazines and newspaper articles etc. 1. Paletton 2. Neil’s toolbox 3. Wikipedia 4. Google/Google images 5. PC Gamer Magazine 6. Bubbl.us 7. Youtube 8. PlayStation Official Magazien 9. PC Gamer reviews
Editor's Notes
- #3: Log your initial thoughts regarding the set brief- What could you make? What are you good at? Your opinions? Can be a list of bullet points of reactions- does not have to be full prose. Can be hand written/drawn and scanned in.
- #4: Bubbl.us or hand drawn-scanned using college printers exploring 3 potential ideas
- #5: Bubbl.us or hand drawn-scanned using college printers exploring your final idea
- #6: Collection of images related to your product/inspirational/visually interesting At least 15 needed