LO4: Identifying competition.

* Current sales revenue.

* Markets entered.

* Successful audience group.

* Developer and publisher.

Black and white.

Black & White is a 2001 video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts and Feral Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. The game was highly anticipated and overall well received, and have an audience of males and females age 12 and above. The game was marketed in all over America, England and Ireland. 

 Sims.

Developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, it was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2000 and later by The Sims Studio. As of May 2011, the franchise has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide, and is also the best-selling PC. The games in The Sims series are largely sandbox games, in that they lack any defined goals (except for some later expansion packs and console versions which introduced this gameplay style. It was repackaged in several different formats and different versions of it were released on several different platforms. By March 22, 2002, The Sims had sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling P.C. game in history. All sims games which have ever been released have all been marketed world wide. The audience group varies as children from the age of 7 play to adults to the age of 25.

LO4: Lesson summary.

Today in lesson we picked games that had similarities to our game, and we had to identify these 4 points...

*Current sales revenue.

* Markets entered.

* Successful audience group.

* Developer and publisher

LO4: solving copyright and ethical issues in my game

Our ethical problems could be sorted by the murders being less graphic and violent, as our game is age 12 above the scenes shown won't be realistic or legit, also it is a fantasy so blood would not be involved. Potions which would be used in our game could possibly be classed as drugs, but it is mainly to do something like heal you when you are injured so it isn't something to serious and graphic. Theft would not be used in a bad way in the game for example like GTA, it would simply be only on missions to higher the level, it could also maybe be classed as borrowing. Abuse would not be graphic as it is a fantasy, it would be done using magic and spells which isn't realistic. Prostitution would not be used in the game. Wars in our game would be classed as more of a battle, and would not be realistic as blood isn't involved.

Liable and Slander Considerations.

This law relates to defamation of character, where you use a person or organisations image in a way which could cause measurable damage to their reputation in the eyes of the common public. But our game doesn't involve any sexism, racisim or any known people or celebrities we could possibly offend.

LO4: legal and ethical issues in games.

These types of issues can be avoided, games can use their own brands and music. Create a second source of income and purchase album of music or genre. a company which has followed these rules would be Sensible soccer, they are similar to

LO4: survey monkey answers.

LO4:Collecting audience data

Collecting audience data

Devise at least 2 methods of collecting audience data in the next 7 days that will produce effective results.

• Questionnaire (survey monkey)
• Focus group

LO4:Our game survey

LO4: game presentation

LO4:Presentation script.

Me:
Platform- The platform we have chosen is a PC, we think Kremlin Komrade is more suitable to play on a computer as it is similar to games such as Black and White and sims which uses a PC platform.

Price- We think that the price range of the game should be £25 as it is affordable for people and we can still make a decent profit.

characters- We have agreed to create all our characters as mythical creatures, they would all have their own personal name and have the ability to slightly personalise them selves making each character more individual to each player.

Colour scheme- The colour scheme of Kremlin Komrade is various different shades of green, this links with the scenery as it is based in forest like areas, also the pause menu which would come up with achievements and other things to look at about the game would all be themed with  the same colour range.

Computer equipment and office- Each person helping to create the game would have £350 worth of computer equipment each. Also the office rental will come up to around fifty one thousand pounds.

LO3: Lesson Summary.

In todays lesson (17.03.14) In my team we created the team production plan so we could work on different things, i also drew characters out so my partner could make them on flash.

LO3:Character profile.

Pete is 12 years old; he lives with his mummy and daddy in Sheffield along with his two older brothers. Pete spends his time playing on consoles and his favourite game genre is fantasy; such as Pokémon, Black and White and Sims. He spends his free time playing football for his school and has learnt to use the Xbox in the evening because of his older brothers who are also interested in fantasy games. Pete has just finished his final year at All Saints Primary School and plans to attend Mount Satin Mary’s Secondary School, as his family are catholic. Pete aspires to work in animation either in games or film once he has finished school.

LO3: team production plan

LO3: Moodboard

LO3: Our game and visual artwork.

Game play:
you create your own land and you can interact with other lands, and train your creatures and characters and battle. You invade the lands of other people online as it is a computer platform.

Target Audience:
12+
because their is mild violence involved in the game.

Plot synopsis:
Create your own fantasy land and battle against the enemies of other lands using your creatures which you can train to use different powers. you need to repel other people online who are trying to invade your land. You can unlock different items as you get onto a higher level to make your land more powerful. levels get higher as you receive more points and achievements through out the game.

Placement in the market:
It is a game in the fantasy market. a cross over of: pokemon, sims, fable and animal crossings.

LO3:My Sims Game Review.

LO2:Meeting agenda.

First meeting agenda

1. Presentation to team for possible ideas

2. Discussion of roles and responsibilities

3. Choosing a group idea/focus            

4. Naming your company                    

5. AOB      

LO2: Comparing Two Reviews on Different Mediums.

Disney Infinity.

Empire magazine review.

Genre.

The reviewer of the game 'Disney Infinity'

tries to get across that the genre of the game

is a adventure game.

Target Audience.

The target audience of the game is mainly aimed

at kids as it is Disney but the reviewer shows that

adults can love this game too.

Narrative and Characters.

The narrative of the game is not specific in this

review, but it does show that there is a lot of

battling with the characters. The characters

of the game are most Disney characters e.g Jack sparrow, 

the characters out of Toy Story, Monsters inc,

Cinderella etc.

Game Play.

Since there isn't a specific narrative to the game, the game

play was basically explained in the narrative. The

game just involves battling against other characters for example

the enemies from the Dead Man's Chest in Pirates And The Caribbean and

visiting all the different mythical islands which Disney

have created. The Game also allows you to re create your

favorite scenes from Disney and re build your own world.

Platform.

The Review shows that the platforms this game is available

on is PC, PS3, 3DS,Xbox 360, Wii and Wii U.

Personal Recommendation.

From this review i personally believe that this sounds like a 

very enjoyable game for most people. The only bad thing i have to say 

about it is the lack of sense it makes, there isn't really a 

strong enough narrative. I would preferably like to play

this game on a Wii U because of the amount of control

you can get from the console.

                                                 
                                                                       Genre.  
                                         The video review shows that the genre of the game
                                                        is a strong adventure game.



                                                                Target audience.
                                             The target audience of the game is Kids, but in
                                             this video it also shows the complications of the
                                             game, such as building land, which would seem
                                                      quite difficult for a kid to grasp.

                                                         Narrative and Characters.
                                             The video shows that there is lots of different
                                            narrative for all different characters. The video
                                             showed, Jack Sparrow from pirates of the Caribbean,
                                             monsters inc, the Incredible s and Mickey Mouse,
                                             each character is completely different, super heroes,
                                             pirates, monsters and animals.

                                                                    Game play. 
                                         The game play is shown a lot through out this review,
                                          It showed jack sparrow collecting various things on his
                                          way to a pirate ship, it showed Sully from Monsters
                                          Inc using a make believe weapon that splats colourful
                                          paint with powers as well as the main guy from the
                                          Incredible s using his strong super powers on top of
                                          buildings.


                                                                     Platform.
                                         The video didn't show which platform the game is on
                                          but i know from the last review that it is available on
                                          PC, PS3, 3DS, XBOX 360, Wii and Wii U.
  
                                                        Personal Recommendation.
                                          Due to this very well shown review i would be very
                                           tempted to buy this game. I love the amount of game
                                            play as well as the characters involved.



                                                     Comparing the two reviews.

The first review didn't seem as thorough as the video one, the youtube one showed you through the game step by step and explained the narrative a lot better. The fact the review was visual made it more easier to understand as you could visually see what the characters were doing and see ash level. The game play came across much more enjoyable on the second review, where as on the first review it seemed like there wasn't much game play involved.

The target audience seemed different in both reviews, In the first one they made out adults would enjoy it just as much as kids, but when you could actually see the game on video it was clearly aimed at kids and not adults.

LO2: game review analysis

LO2: Game idea budgeting.

LO1: All my game analysis'

LO1: Sumo games Business Report

Sumo digital are based in Sheffield, it is an independent game development studio, and the company has been running since 2003 and has become more popular since. Sumo was originally a very small group, it only had about 4 members in it. The company has now developed to India base and have grown to 40 more artists. With the large projects which are set the company take on freelance employees so extra people are there to make it easier when it becomes tough. On the other hand, these employees which are hired are only temporary whilst their doing the certain project they were hired for. The company is also internet based. Sumo was found by Darren Mills.

The company makes games for many different platforms such as Xbox, Playstation, Wii, DS, IOS, Windows, Mac Os, Vita. Popular games you may have recalled which they have developed are Sonic games, little big planet 2, Monkey ball and Moshi monsters. Their main publisher is Sega, but they have been published by other companies such as Sony, Microsoft, Ubisoft, BBC, etc. Sumo's original name was Gremlin. Sumo's development software that is used is Art- 3D studio macs for modelling, Mia and Zedd Brush. For coding and programmers CTT is used. 

The games which have been developed by sumo have been incredibly successful and they have won a number of awards for their creations. 

Their first platform for a game was PSP, They worked with many partners in order to develop these games. OutRun2 was released on to the Xbox platform, This game was developed by a small group and worked along side Sega Japan to create OutRun2, since their success with this game, Sega have now been working with Sumo for the past 10 years.

Sumo have developed 36 games and a lot in the same year, for example, they developed 5 different games in 2010. In 2015 they will have developed 38 games, as they are working on Forza Horizon 2 which is a car racing game dedicated by The Fast And Furious. They will have also come out with Disney Infinity which is a game a majority of people have been waiting for and will most likely sell out every where very rapidly. The new disney Infinity game will include Franchise such as Star Wars, Inside Out, The Avengers, Mickey Mouse Universe, Tron, Mulan and Frozen, and will involve the majority of the characters.

LO1: About Pegi

Input devices

A game that develops more than one input device would have more than one use of interaction involved in the gameplay that the gamer can use. For example, if this game was used on the platform Xbox One, the gamer should be able to use Kinect to interact with their voice also, depending on what is involved in the game.
The game Skyrim is capable of using more than one input device, as many different qualities of the game can be used in other ways. For example, using dragon shouts for the Xbox One can be physically done with the Xbox Kinect, by letting the gamer actually "shout" what is required to be done.