wayne's assignments

consoles, unit 20, assignment 2

http://louisbentley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/consoles-unit-20-assignment-2.html

unit 20, Assignment 3, game adaptations

http://louisbentley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/game-adaptations.html

unit 20 game platforms platforms assigment 1

handed in as paper copy

unit 22 & 72Assignment 1

http://louisbentley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/assignment-1.html

http://louisbentley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/visual-styles.html

for the video playthrough, i uploaded the video to youtube 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPmNy7cloQ

i received a distinction overall for these units.

unit 22, assignment 2- paper copy, received a distinction 

unit 74 assignment 1 and 2- paper copy

Maze Game pre production unit 1

sources of finance
budgets.
time constraints
competitors
relevance
opportunity
Release date
availability
personnel
contributors
expert personnel
size
skill level
facilities
soft ware
hard ware
materials
sources
concepts
research
locations
settings
codes of practise
legal
regulatory bodies

I have four weeks to produce my maze game, this is the deadline set by Wayne for this assignment.
As this is part of a college course all software and hard ware will be provided free, but if I had to buy it the total costs would be:

PC- £1000 (hardware - ... )
Game Maker-£0
Adobe complete pack-£1200
audacity-£0

I would estimate the budget for soft/hard ware at about £2200. This is all in house equipment, all in one facility ( the college ) as it is only a 2D platform game and will not need dedicated studios and facilities for each aspect of the game ( graphics, sounds etc).

As this is my assignment, I will be the only one working on it but I may get friends to contribute music clips if they play an instrument. I f this were for a company, I would consider a art and concept team, voice actors or musicians and a program and coding team although they would be small as the game is not that technical or advanced and would not want to make the budget for the personnel exceed its efficiency and the estimated profit.

Again, because this is a college assignment I will not be going off site to locations so I will be using images on the internet for inspiration and reference. If this were a real game to be sold, I would want to go to locations of castles and dungeons around the UK to get inspiration and use images I get for reference in sprite and level design. e.g. Edinburgh castle as it is extremely old and from the ere that my game is based on, plus it has great fortresses, turrets and views of the surrounding towns and villages. Another example is Warwick castle dungeons and the London dungeons for reference to cells, torture tools and the atmosphere in these deep dark places. Travel to these places by plane would be about...

I will not need any financial contribution as all of the equipment is free, but if I was developing this game outside of college I still would not need financial contributions as a games designer makes on average £40,000 per year at entry level (http://www.gameindustrycareerguide.com/video-game-programmer-salary/) and the total costs of this project is .....

To research my target audience, again because this is a assignment I would have to use secondary research on the age and gender of the players of 2D platformers, maze games and who are interested in the medieval ere. I have looked at previous surveys and sales from past platformers and internet forums and have come to the conclusion that:

consoles, unit 20, assignment 2

PLAYSTATION 2

The outer case. On the front of the machine, it has four controller ports and one memory card slot.

 Here on the back it has the AV port and the Ethernet port 

This is the AV cable, to connect your PS2 to a tv or monitor.

This is the the power cable of the PS2

The HCI for this console is the PS2 dualshock 2, dual analogue controller.

ethernet cable, used to connect to the internet.

PLAYSTATION 3

the outer case. On the front there is the disk insert, the eject button and the power button.

on the back we have the ports for the ethernet, the HDMI video output and the power cable.

A HDMI lead to connect to a TV/Monitor.

The HCI is the PS3 dual shock 3 Dual analogue controller.

The power lead.

Monitor to display video.

XBOX

The outer case. On the front of the console, you have the two memory stick slots, a disc tray and the power button.

On the back, there is the port for the power cable, a scart lead, a HDMI cable and an Ethernet cable

The HCI for this console is the X Box wireless/wired controller.

This is the Xbox power lead, the large grey box is a step down transformer.

HDMI cable, carries both audio and video to a TV or monitor.

Ethernet cable, used to connect to the internet.

Monitor, used to display the image.

LAPTOP

The outer case.

this side of the lap top has a dick tray and ports for an SD card, an Ethernet cable and the power lead.

This side had fan vents, a VGA port, a HDMI port and ports for microphones and headphones.

The power lead.

The ethernet cable to connect to the internet (the wireless network card in this machine has broken)

The laptop HCI is built in, it has a keyboard and track pad. It also has a built in screen.

PC

On the front, we have two USB3 ports, mic in and head phones, the power button and disc tray. plus some holes for ventilation

On the back, we have a fan, four USB 3 ports, a VGA port, three DVI port, a HDMI port, two USB 2 ports and an ethernet port.

A male to male VGA cable with a DVI converter to connect one monitor to my graphics card ( graphics card only has DVI ports.

A HDMI cable for another monitor.

audio cable, to carry audio from the monitor that only has VGA outputs as this does not carry sound).

 HCI part one, a keyboard.

HCI part two, a mouse and mouse mat.

HCI part three, a USB microphone.

Ethernet cable to connect to the switch.

Switch to connect more than one thing to my router through a single ethernet cable.

Two monitors to display video.

GAMEBOY

The outer case.

 Flips open to show HCI and screen built in. a four way button pad, an a an b button, a start and a select.

 the power switch is on the side of the console.

 on the bottom is the cartage insert.