Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Game Space
Limitations
-racing game
-2d graphics
-Player vs AI
-Player vs player
-Power ups
-Split Screen
Research for game
Mario kart - 1992
The first title in the Mario Kart series is Super Mario Kart and was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. Mario kart is a go-kart racing game designed for families. One of its most recent titles is Mario kart 8 which features HD graphics for the Wii U. Mario is already a genre that people know and like, the introduction of fun, faced paced gameplay makes it a suitable and exciting game for all the family. A selection of different game mechanics add to competitive gameplay. These include power up boxes, which give you a special ability to try and help you in the race, and speed boost pad on the ground, which when driven over allows you to have a massive speed boost. In the more recent versions, their has also been a customization tool implemented to give a bit of variation to the game. This adds a more personal touch to the game and also opens doors to multilayer games in which you could race your own custom go-kart.
Micro machines v3 - 1991
Micro Machines is a series of computer and video games featuring toy cars, developed by Codemasters in 1991. The game features a track based on a house hold setting. For example, a kitchen, bathroom or a snooker table. The track also has house hold items as obsticles such as, coffee mug, sandcastle or toaster. Unfortunately however the game has not seen another release since 2007.
Spy hunter - 1983
Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It has also been ported to various home computers and video game systems. The player drives a G-6155 Interceptor and various enemies try to run you off the road, including a helicopter which drops bombs from above.
Game Mechanics and Dynamics
Visual Development
-racing game
-2d graphics
-Player vs AI
-Player vs player
-Power ups
-Split Screen
Research for game
Mario kart - 1992
Micro machines v3 - 1991
Micro Machines is a series of computer and video games featuring toy cars, developed by Codemasters in 1991. The game features a track based on a house hold setting. For example, a kitchen, bathroom or a snooker table. The track also has house hold items as obsticles such as, coffee mug, sandcastle or toaster. Unfortunately however the game has not seen another release since 2007.
Spy hunter - 1983
Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It has also been ported to various home computers and video game systems. The player drives a G-6155 Interceptor and various enemies try to run you off the road, including a helicopter which drops bombs from above.
Game Mechanics and Dynamics
Visual Development
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
My Context
Born in 1993.
Cultural events
Wars
the congo breakout
the gulf war
The chechen war
Games
Star wars battlefront, Sonic, Pokemon, Rome: Total War, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Gears of War, Need for Speed underground 2, time crisis 2, GTA vice city
Music
Jimi hendrix, Guns and roses, avenged sevenfold, SLipknot, AC/DC
Films
toy story, Lord of the rings, star wars, Alien, The matrix, Jurassic Park, Gladiator, Troy
Tevelison
Ed, edd n' eddy, the office (US), game of thrones, dexter, Youtube, the walking dead
Books
Harry potter, the BFG, Warhorse
Hobbies and Interest
Drawing, games, music
- 8 October – John Major launches his Back to Basics campaign.
- Unemployment falls this month by 49,000 – the biggest monthly fall since April 1989 – as the economic recovery continues.
Cultural events
Wars
the congo breakout
the gulf war
The chechen war
Games
Star wars battlefront, Sonic, Pokemon, Rome: Total War, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Gears of War, Need for Speed underground 2, time crisis 2, GTA vice city
Music
Jimi hendrix, Guns and roses, avenged sevenfold, SLipknot, AC/DC
Films
toy story, Lord of the rings, star wars, Alien, The matrix, Jurassic Park, Gladiator, Troy
Tevelison
Ed, edd n' eddy, the office (US), game of thrones, dexter, Youtube, the walking dead
Books
Harry potter, the BFG, Warhorse
Hobbies and Interest
Drawing, games, music
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Grandaddy - "The Crystal Lake"
I have been researching this book Reeling in the years by Mark Radcliff. In our groups we came to the conclusion that through describing and analysing this song he is talking about the development of man. And is trying to get his point across that technology will always play a part in our future. But he is trying to explain what part it will play. Will we progress so far with technology that it in fact could control us rather than help us.
Because of this i have decided to into further detail with what else was happening in the year 2000 that would affect the entertainment industry. Particularly the games industry. I have looked at some statistics to suggest that the only thing to really affect the games industry in terms of revenue, employment rate, development and marketing is the progression in technology.
"With the cost of shifting to two new game platforms, Nintendo expects operating profit in fiscal 2000 to decline 27%, to $867 million, on sales of $4.2 billion. Analysts expect a sharp rebound in 2001." (1)
This suggest that the only reason major games companies were really under any strain form the outside world, was because that technology was moving too fast so that they had to keep up with it. By suspending projects to make sure that they could run games on new platforms, meant there would be a slight drop in sales and profit.
"While it once cost from $800,000 to $1.7 million to develop a new game for Sony's original PlayStation, designers can now expect to invest $5 million to $10 million to write one for PS2." (1)
The progression of technology means that it would cost more to produce. This meant the massive developers for games could start actually making large amounts of money and companies started to form that would make big names for themselves. Developers in 1999 like Crytek and Bohimea Interactive. And in 2000 some more indie developers such as Popcap and AreaNet. (2)
The graph above shows the revenue every year from 1973 to 2012 for the video games industry. As we can see at the peak of the games industry it was worth up yo 33 Billion US Dollars. I was particularly insterested in the year 2000 because it was around that time that the games industry had to recover from the lack of sales in arcase games. I believe this steep drop exists becasue of teh creation of console gaming. The fifth generation of games console includes the PlayStation and the Xbox. The fifth generation of consoles spans for the years 1993-2006.
Referneces
http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2001-03-25/nintendo-lets-play-survivor (1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_developers (2)
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_game_industry (3_
Because of this i have decided to into further detail with what else was happening in the year 2000 that would affect the entertainment industry. Particularly the games industry. I have looked at some statistics to suggest that the only thing to really affect the games industry in terms of revenue, employment rate, development and marketing is the progression in technology.
"With the cost of shifting to two new game platforms, Nintendo expects operating profit in fiscal 2000 to decline 27%, to $867 million, on sales of $4.2 billion. Analysts expect a sharp rebound in 2001." (1)
This suggest that the only reason major games companies were really under any strain form the outside world, was because that technology was moving too fast so that they had to keep up with it. By suspending projects to make sure that they could run games on new platforms, meant there would be a slight drop in sales and profit.
"While it once cost from $800,000 to $1.7 million to develop a new game for Sony's original PlayStation, designers can now expect to invest $5 million to $10 million to write one for PS2." (1)
The progression of technology means that it would cost more to produce. This meant the massive developers for games could start actually making large amounts of money and companies started to form that would make big names for themselves. Developers in 1999 like Crytek and Bohimea Interactive. And in 2000 some more indie developers such as Popcap and AreaNet. (2)
(3)
The graph above shows the revenue every year from 1973 to 2012 for the video games industry. As we can see at the peak of the games industry it was worth up yo 33 Billion US Dollars. I was particularly insterested in the year 2000 because it was around that time that the games industry had to recover from the lack of sales in arcase games. I believe this steep drop exists becasue of teh creation of console gaming. The fifth generation of games console includes the PlayStation and the Xbox. The fifth generation of consoles spans for the years 1993-2006.
Referneces
http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2001-03-25/nintendo-lets-play-survivor (1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_developers (2)
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_game_industry (3_
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