"Prototype"

Prototype

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Progress and Difficulties

One thing I have been feeling I have been successful in doing fro the progression of my assignment is keeping up to date on my blogs each week ,as well as keeping up to date on my blog comments on fellow game developers/creators who also seem to be struggling with unity as much as I am. I feel this has been quite beneficial as not only have I seen that I am not the only person struggling with these issues but I am also getting good advice on things I can improve in my game in the future such as possibly adding abilities and  or powers for the players to unlock and  also the possibility of playing as both the protagonists( the cops) and the antagonist (the swan adding) a whole new factor to the game of being either good or bad and overall affecting the players choices in the game.

Below are other things I have started considering on my game which to me shows how much I am progressing overall

• Game decisions Choices 
• Story
• Characters
• Levels
• Art style/design
• Controls/User interface
• Sound/audio
• Gameplay
• Game genre I wish to pursue

However in exploring these topics there have also been challenges/difficulties I have found along the way. One of which is trying to figure out how to use unity for making things for my game such as hills ,objects , textures,etc. I am finding this to be the most difficult , as i need this in order to make my game overall and it is the key reason I am struggling to not only upload weekly blogs on my unity tutorials by Jimmy Vegas but also in adding images of my prototype of this game I wish to make.

How I am setting the targets set in my plan

Overall I feel when I came to planning and designing my game I made some good progress, however I do feel I need a lot more work on things such as making the game itself in the unity program ,as well as prepping ahead and doing my stuff on the Monday so that I not only am sure I have everything submitted ahead of time incase i need to make changes ,but will also have time to work on other assignments for other modules as at the moment I feel everything is a bit overwhelming. I do feel in the end if I can get a handle on these two issues i should have no problem in the future aspect of this assignment and hopefully be able to make an enjoyable game for the user in the long run.

Game Decisions

Game decisions

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For week 7, I was tasked with learning about game decisions in the reading and came up with the following from the link I went through

I have been considering this for my game for a long time ,due to my favourite game series at the moment being from the company telltales ,which is known for its decision making and choices. This is due to your decisions and choices affecting the story and characters around you making each play through of the game a more unique experience. Below are some of the titles telltales have made that have these decision making mechanics in them.

• Tales from the borderlands: here
• The walking dead by telltale games: here
• Batman by telltale games: here

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Another Company I have always admired for their film making is Bethesda that created such games as Skyrim and Fallout New Vegas. I admire this franchise as it allows the player to make decisions on how they want to go on through speech/dialogue options as can be seen below.

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Overall from the feedback I got from others on my game progress and my overall ideas I got a few clever concepts to consider to add decisions  such as adding the possibility of playing as the swan as well as the human, Or adding elements to the police trying to catch the swan such as choosing from a quiet stealthy approach to a more comical going loud ,gun blazing approach. I feel this is a very good way to add not only more personality to the characters but also allow the player more  options / decisions to make the game more enjoyable to them and hopefully have them coming back for more.