Interactive Media Evaluation
I have researched different 2d platform games and created my own game which is about two long lost lovers.
My research was easy to find because I love games and I like to draw different game characters.
I decided to research ten 2D platform games and I was surprised what games were on the list.
I also researched different game characters that I knew from games that I played and looked what made them memorable I learnt that they all have bright colours in common. In my pre-production research, I looked at different platform games what I learnt from this is that the history that it first began in the 1950s and I was shocked how early it began. The questions that I was given were quite an eye opener because I did not know much about the background of games design and it was shocking for me to know that there is more to a game then what meets the eye. I also did not know that platform games were so popular I think it is also cool that all games have a unique selling point which is the key marketing selling point.
We were given a choice out of the design brief for my character, location and mission.
I chose to use a princess warrior, the mission is to dispose of an evil wizard and the world is where plants and trees can talk. I chose these options because I can only draw women perfectly, I like wizards and I like the idea that plants and trees can talk.
Writing my synopsis was easy because I had designed my charicters and with that I had to find a way to tie them into a story it was hard trying to find a secret to involve in my story so I decided to write that they were lovers and it is going to be a secret until the end of the game.
To bring colour and outline to my sketches I used Illustrator and Photoshop. I found that this was hard because I could not get straight line it would only give me curved lines. I had to overcome this by altering my design so that it would be more curved. What I have learnt is how to draw with a tablet to get more of an accurate drawing then drawing with a mouse. After I finished my outline I used Photoshop so I can colour my characters and draw my background. I found colouring in Photoshop was quite difficult because I had to create so many layers to build up my characters colours it took me a while to colour them in but I like the overall outcome. The finished piece is what I wanted and it looked like my ideas. If I was to colour them again I would blend the colours together to make a better and more 3D feel to the characters and I would like to draw the hands a lot better.
Overall I enjoyed this project because it was fun and it was a good insight to the gaming world I also enjoyed it because it is the things that I am into at home. If I would to start it all over again I would have changed the world layout to a world that is nearly covered in water because I think the world that I chose did not fit the story properly.