Assignment 4

Unit 1: Activity 4

Presentation of Research results

Introduction

This presentation will present the results from my research and clarify how this information will help me develop my concept art sketches and final product.

Types of research

I undertook three types of research in this process one of which is creating a secondary research method which was a mind map and mood board that I will present in the next slide. I also created a games research presentation and a primary research method survey which all helped me design my game and develop my work.

Mood board

Game Idea

Fantasy quest

Adventure

Jungle

South America

Characters

Dragons Sorcerer

Story line

Quest

Treasure Tasks

obstacles

goals

slay

maps

Levels

Increase

Difficult

temple

Mind map

In the last two slides I show my mind map and mood board, the images I gathered helped me create a game where a character named khansu a sorcerer who’s on a quest to find a treasure but has to go through certain trials and tribulations to achieve his goal, to find this treasure he realises that in every map he comes across there are dragons and he has to slay them, however as each level increases the dragons get more difficult to slay and it becomes more challenging. The pictures contributed towards the development of my sketches for the game.

Game Research #1 Game title The Legend of Zelda: The Wind

Waker

Publisher Nintendo

System Game cube

Genre Action adventure

Release date December 2, 2002

Graphical Style Cel-shaded

Game Research: Evaluation #1

The game has cartoon styled characters and uses bold colours, it uses a few shades of each colour for the object. Its a very great artistic design and brings a great smoothness to the cell shading.The game appears to be hand drawn and bright colours are used.

If the game had been done using a photorealistic art style the tone and feel of the game would be more serious, it would be trying to make the game look as real as possible which is tricky because we don’t have a bases for comparison.

Using cell shading makes it better because its results can completely change the ‘feel’ of a game.

Game Research: Collage #1b items in game

Researching cel-shading in this game helped me with my designs for my own game, because I looked at the weapons used in this game and took interest in the sword and designed one just like it.

Weapon ideas

Items such as a shield.

Game Research: Review #1This information will help me with my own work by giving me a better understanding of the application of cel shading games in adventure games with a particular point of focus on the items in the games.

Game Research #2 Game title Naruto

Publisher Shueisha

System Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft

Genre Anime

Release date April 11, 2003

Graphical Style Cel-Shaded

Game Research: Evaluation #2Naruto is a cel-shaded game it uses simple colours and its almost identical to the anime.

The games uses plenty of visual effects, like fire, smoke, light, etc. It really looks like its being drawn in real time. The cartoon is based on same visual style as anime, it has been used because its some what a recent addition to computer graphics.

This feel is to make it look like your playing in a cartoon.

Game Research: Collage #2 environmentBackground views

Environment colours.

Researching this game helped me with my own designs because, looking at the background In the environment, the colours are bright and interesting.

Game Research: Review #2This information will help me with creating a cel-shaded environment for my game. It will give me a better understanding of the colours and effects used to design such games.

Game Research #3 Game title Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

Publisher AtariBandaiNamco Bandai Games

System PlayStationWii

Genre Fighting game

Release date 3 Dec 2007

Graphical Style Cel-shaded

Game Research: Evaluation #3 characters

It recreates a style of a traditional 2D series. It uses the 3D graphics and preserves all the characteristics that show all the original hand drawn animations.

The style has been used because The consequence of cel shading is that it gives everything an airy, physically light feeling because there is generally a more smooth texture and lighting in the game.

Game Research: Collage #3 charactersFacial expression on characters face

Characters costumes

The specific style of the way the characters are animated in this game interested me particularly because I like the definition of the muscles and the unusual hair and colour which is different for a cel-shaded game.

Game Research: Review #3This information will help me with my sketches by understanding the style of cel-shaded games and the graphics used. As well as it being a very difficult technique.

The graphical style cel-shading which is known as toon shading is a type of non-photorealistic design which makes computer graphics to give the impression to be hand-drawn. It uses simple colours and is often used to imitate the style of a comic book or cartoon. Games such as Naruto and Dragon Ball Z and many others use cell shaded graphics to give games characters and environment a certain feel. This feel is to make it look like your playing in a cartoon.

This relates to the genre because cel-shading is most commonly used in comedic games or games for young children, it has an effect on a players experience which is,it gives models a simple and clean cartoon look many games use this style because it is new and fresh. The games tend to have a much more original feel to them.

These are my results for the questionnaire I conducted, this helped me develop ideas for my concept art.

1)What graphical style would be great for an adventure game?

cel-shadedphotorealismexxageration abstract

This question helped me show the type of graphical style that people thought would be good for an adventure game. The majority of people said cel-shaded which was 80% of the class. I took this information on board and decided to use cel-shading.

2)For a game set in the renaissance area in a jungle which weapon would be the appropriate?

bow&arrowmachette swordcutless

This question helped me with my weapon Ideas and which one I should design, the popular weapon was the sword which was 50% of the class. I took this information on board and created a sword for my design as you can see in my games research slides.

3)what colour scheme and tone should be used for a cel-shaded game set within a jungle?

sunny and bright coloursdull and serious coloursneautural coloursdark colours

The colour scheme majority of my class thought I should choose was sunny and bright colours, 55% of my class thought that it would fit my game well. I took this information on board and chose to use sunny and bright colours.

4)Who do you think the main character should be?

tribe personlost researchertreasure hunterfemale explorer

65% of my class thought that a treasure hunter should be the main character in my game.I took this information on board and created a treasure hunter as you can see in my games research slides.

5)What clothing do you think my character should be wearing?

ripped clotheswarrior outfitsmart suitcasual outfit

A warrior outfit Is what 50% of people thought my character should be wearing. I took this information on board and chose to have my character wearing a warrior outfit.

6)what area of a game should have the most focus when it comes to concept art?

eviromentcharactersitemslevel designs

70% of people believe that items should have the most focus when it comes to concept art.I took this information on board and chose to focus on items, I created a final weapon, you will see in the next slide.

ConclusionAll the data I had gathered helped me to develop my game idea, In my game research I looked at games that were cel-shaded and looked at the weapon design in the game, by looking at other peoples opinions on my design this helped me with my final idea, I also asked a question about my weapon design in my questionnaire and majority of my class chose a sword so this is my sketch as a result to all my research