Animation for New Media

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Animation for New Media

• Game Design

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Game Terminology

• Video Game - console based
• On-Line Game multiplayer game
• Web-based Game often stand-alone

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Web-based Games A Case FOR

• Gaming as Content Capacity for bringing your
  product to life.
• Viral Marketing Capacity tell your friends
• Repeat Visits I want to do better, someones
  beaten my high score, I want to win a prize.
• Get user details
• Fantastic educational potential.
• No longer pay per minute constraintswww.cheest
  rings.co.uk, www.popz.com

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Web-based Games A Case AGAINST

• Only appropriate for specific market and product.
• Associated with trivial time wasting.
• Requires time to learn.
• Development Costs!

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Cultural Aspects

• http//www.game-culture.com
• Representation of gender, races stereotyping
• Level of Violence
• Language/Offensiveness

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Games

• What makes a good web-based game?
• Easy controls (quick to learn)
• Challenging GamePlay (addictiveness)
• Character and Charm (visuals)
• Quick Feedback (reactive)
• Some original touches (surprises)

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Game Themes

• Game will work best if theme is relevantly played
  upon.
• Need to brainstorm how your chosen programme
  might be used in a game.
• Aim for funny and quirky

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Potential Game Types

• shoot em up
• platform games
• adventure/strategy games
• maze/collecting Games
• some games are much harder to code than others
  platform games and maze games. Multiple bullets
  on the stage at any one time is also harder

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Follow the Conventions

• The game should have instructions (preferably on
  a different frame) and a play button.
• The game should have an end outcome..i.e.Your
  score isYou Won/Lost

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Marking Criteria

• 20 Concept
• 30 Visuals/Animation/Sound
• 30 GamePlay
• 20 Accuracy and Polish

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Change of Size

• The Flash game can be different dimension and
  size to animation.
• Should be smaller than 500x500 though.
• Should be branded

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Submission of Game

• The code you use must MOSTLY be YOUR OWN, not
  lifted from a book.
• All major pieces of code must be annotated, i.e.
• //detects whether a player has been pressed and
  moves the playeron(press)this._x

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Approach

• Feasibility you have 9 weeks (including Easter)
  to make a game.
• What are your strengths coding/design/ideas?
• Write down in English what needs to happen.
• In English break it down into chunks,
• Code with square graphics.
• Add a little new bit of code at a time.
• Start to add graphics as a pleasurable activity
  half way through.