Monday, October 24, 2011

Minor Project 7: Option 2




Character Concept: sheriff in 1950s “leave it to beaver/ pleasantville” small town.

Positive Traits:
 His mother was the local art teacher for 30 years and so she taught him how to observe. Because of this, he often notices details other miss.

His son is a fan of the board game Clue and they play it together often so he is good at problem solving

He has lived in this small town his whole life so he knows the best places to get the resources he needs.


Negative Traits:
He lives in a small town with no crime, so he has no experience solving crimes.

In his experience, everyone has always been honest and good-hearted. Because of this, he trusts everyone (even those he shouldn’t)

He is struggling with the fact that his hometown, which he knew to be pleasant, innocent and crime free, has recently been turned upside down.

Visual Characteristics:
Early 30s, light brown hair
Average height, average build
Clean cut
1950s sheriff uniform
kind, trusting face. Innocence about his appearance. 

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Minor Project 5: Option 1-Pitch Document

Minor Project 5: Option 2-Defend Your Nuts

The online game, Defend Your Nuts, incorporates motivation and objectives. The motivation is right in the title: defend your nuts. In the game, the player is a squirrel perched in a tree and armed with a bow and arrow, shot gun, bazooka and more in order to defend his nuts from various monsters. The objectives are the skeletons, bees, bunnies, ogres etc trying to steal the squirrels nuts. At the end, their is a final boss that but be defeated while still fighting off the monsters.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Minor Project 4: Option 2

I haven't played many video and computer games so my knowledge of them is very limited, but as far as I can tell, a good video game with realistic graphics is The Darkness 2. An example of a game with abstract graphics would be Pac Man. Super Mario Brothers is an example of a 2D game, whereas Resident Evil is an example of a 3D game. The game Doom is played from a first person perspective. Wii Bowling is an example of a game that was originally created for the real world. The Final Fantasy series is based on storytelling, with one story following the characters through each game.

Minor Project 3: Option 2

The game Rock, Paper, Scissors is a linear style game. Linear games have rules and a defined structure. They have a specific sequence. Rock, Paper, Scissors must be played in a certain order. Players must start by facing each other. They must simultaneously chant "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot" before playing their gesture. The play must be done in this order. In traditional Rock, Paper, Scissors, hand gestures are limited to three gesture options. The game ends fast but can be played as many times as you'd like. It is not open ended like sandbox games can be.

Even though Rock, Paper, Scissors has the potential to be a multiplayer game, it should be restricted to two players. In Rock, Paper, Scissors, players make one of three hand gestures, each of which beats one, loses to the other and ties with itself. If there are three people playing and each plays a different gesture, no one wins. If one player plays the "rock" gesture and two play the "paper" gesture, "paper" beats "rock" so a tie breaker would be in order. When the number of players goes beyond three, it becomes more and more difficult to determine the winner.