Edwin's Final Year Project Blog 2018

This entry will determine the SWOT Analysis for my project. The SWOT diagram below will determine the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of my chosen idea for my project. Strength Weakness   Able to utilize new kind of controls into an arcade game environment Able to understand new interface. Specific h ardware is required to make this project feasible. Hardware including custom made joysticks and Leap Motion. Produce couldn’t be mass produced Opportunity Threats Implementation of new kind of co-op experience in an arcade game environment Brings new kind of interface into the market. Mildly large physical space is required Hard learning curve for interacting gestural controls

#1-Charlie the Student Age 21-years-old Occupation College Student in TOA Monthly budget (MYR) 300 MYR per month Social rating 7/10 -have several friends in college Adoption to new tech rating 8/10 – tech-savvy Behavior Spend most of his time doing assignments Desire Spend some free time to have fun with friends but his time is limited by the number of assignments he has. “I wish there’s some convenient game I can play with my friends before I get to class” #2-Sarah the Babysitter Age 28-years-old Occupation Babysitter Monthly budget (MYR) 1400 MYR per month Social rating 5/10 -there’s limited time to meet up with friends but most likely to chat with them online Adoption to new tech rating 7/10 -casual tech user Behavior Spend most of her time babysitting which can go for hours. She does ha...

Things that this entry will be analyzing on will be co-op games genre popularity and its target audience. Target Audiences and Co-Op Games Market Analysis MO-3 & KEV 7 is an arcade game which hardcore PC or console players will not fancy getting to that specific location to play this game unless they are willingly to play this game and that will occur if marketing of this game is sufficiently effective to create the sense of hype. This game is likely to be targeting the players who are 25 years old or older. The reason behind it is that the players who in that age would most likely to engage local cooperative games instead of online competitive games. With that information, I take this game as a market opportunity to gain more players to play this game. According to Kaleb Embaugh's findings on "Local Co-Op is The Most Consistently Appealing Mode of Social Gaming Across Gender and Age", co-op games are tend to attract friends whether it's co-located ...

On 6th June 2018, a specialist tutor discussion on this idea by Yi Wei (specialist in game design) and these are the notes I've taken down form the discussions :- Yi Wei :- -Simplified the puzzle because the core gameplays are from the controllers. -Storytelling might need to simplified because it's an arcade game, not a commercial game. -FEEDBACK DESIGN IS THE REAL CHALLENGE IN THIS IDEA -Start the game with a very simple objective, something like a tutorial but it's not. -Gives as many hints as possible. -This arcade game idea can be categories as "experimental arcade"since it requires specific hardware. -The player journey goes like this -  Controls > Collaboration > Awe by Collaboration. On 8th June 2018, two specialist tutors discussion on this idea by Lin Yew (specialist on hardware and presentation of the game design) and Din Tan (specialist in user interface and user experience) and these are the notes I've taken down f...

Chosen Idea: Arcade Puzzle Co-op Game with Character-based Controls [MO-3 and KEV-7 Great Escape] Concept: An arcade game with controllers that reflect the characters in game. MO-3 is a Federal Of Steel's labor robot, thus making MO-3 a rugged, rusted, rigid-looking robot with industrialized design. MO-3's controller will be joystick that operates like a tank. Meanwhile, KEV-7 is an Institute of Justice's caretaker robot who takes care of the people in their facility. KEV-7 have a telekinesis power that helps the people in the facility to grab and interact stuff. KEV-7 design is minimalistic, futuristic, clean and smooth. Thus, KEV-7's controller would operate like what you'll imagine in the future, in-air gestures or interaction without actual physical contacts. Story:  Some time on Earth, a war is ongoing between Chaos and Harmony. MO-3 is a labor robot that carry stuff on its back in the no man's land for the Federal of Steel while on the oth...

I've chosen  KEV-4 and Dom’s Whimsically Great Escape, a puzzle arcade co-op game with character-based controllers inc. Leap Motion and Joysticks, because I see potential in it as much as how portfolio worthy it'll be. I'll explain why so: -Idea requires 3D modelling and animation. -Posses a very interesting experience with the controllers and co-op experience. -Idea needs a very strong UI and  feedback to have a better UX. -Idea uses Leap Motion and custom-made controller. -Feasibility wise, I'm confident that I can build this game. I think. -THIS IDEA IS REALLY RISKY IN THE MARKET BUT IT'LL BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE. My goal for choosing this idea is to have a better chance of getting an internship into the game industry instead of design/content creating industries. The reasons of not choosing the 2.5D side-scroller or the Vitamin D Tracker are :- -Cinematic 2.5D side-scroller:-   -It's a plan B, too safe and generic.   -Only visuals is new. Not the ...

This entry will emphasized towards detailed rationale for each of the 3 ideas proposed. IDEA #1: KEV-4 and Dom’s Whimsically Great Escape Concept: This first idea’s concept is to create fresh genre of screen-sharing co-op games. Genre: A action and puzzle co-op game that requires Leap Motion to play and consist of 2-players co-op feature which each player will assign a role such as moving, and another will grab objects. Target Audience: Arcade player VR Player Gamers whose fond to VR and screen sharing co-op Core Experience: The core experience is to create the sense of friendship and teamworking with nemesis relationship. Objective: Create a new kind of co-op game that requires to work together within 2 different characters that have their own respective perks, such as one have the ability to grab and interact stuff while the other one able to move and jump. Storyline: Dr. Dom is a scientist who obsessed with building bio-robots...