Evaluation

For this assignment we where introduced to a game making program known as Construct 2 and used this program to create an educational game.

Through this assignment, I learned how to create a top view shooter game and a side view plat-former game using Construct 2.

I believe that using Construct is a very important skill to have with this course considering it is a course on how to make video games and Construct is a game making program.

I do believe that I worked really hard on this project, the teachers are really impressed with my idea, and even some of the other students have said to me; "your drawing skills have improved."

I am proud of how my game turned out and and my concept work on Photoshop is also really good.

Off the top of my head I can't think of anything that went wrong, or that I am not particularly proud of with my work. If I could go back and change anything I don't think I would.

The more time I spent testing the different parts of Construct, the more I learned about it. Whilst working on Construct I found it difficult to create a well working plat-former but thanks to some help from the teachers, and my own research I solved the issue of the rat falling on his back when you try to turn left and I also learned how to make a character wonder around and not just run straight to the player.

Lighting Plan

This is a lighting plan. the light source is coming from the candle light. 

Proportions

It was difficult to find accurate proportions for a rat, eventually I drew this size comparison.




This compares the size of whole rat to a human foot.

Perspective

I have designed my work using two point perspective.

Click the following link to play my game.

A Christmas Carol

My game idea is one of the most notorious stories; A Christmas Carol. Written by the famos aurther; Charles Dickens. After doing some research, I descovered his timeline. This will help with my idea.

Charles Dickens Timeline

 

 

·         1812 – Born on February 7 to John and Elizabeth Dickens.

·         1824 – John Dickens arrested and sent to the Marshalsea prison. Charles Dickens worked at the Warren’s Blacking Factory.

·         1827 – Rejoins the workforce as the clerk of an attorney.

·         1830 – Dickens meets Maria Beadnell, his first love interest.

·         1833 – The relationship with Maria Beadnell ends. A Dinner at Poplar Walk is published.

·         1834 – Began using the pseudonym “Boz“. Meets his future wife, Catherine Hogarth.

·         1835 – Becomes engaged to Catherine.

·         1836 – The first chapters of The Pickwick Papers are published. Marries Catherine Hogarth.

·         1837 – The first of his 10 children, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, is born. Mary Hogarth, Catherine’s sister, dies. The publication of Oliver Twist begins.

·         1838 – Dickens and Hablot Browne travel to Yorkshire to see the boarding schools.  His daughter, Mary, is born.  Publication of Nicholas Nickleby begins.

·         1839 – His daughter, Kate, is born.

·         1840 – Publication of The Old Curiosity Shop begins

·         1841 – Barnaby Rudge is published.  Charles and Catherine tour Scotland.  Their son, Walter, is born.

·         1842 – Charles and Catherine travel to America.  Late in 1842 or early in the next year Dickens begins work on Martin Chuzzlewit.

·         1843 – A Christmas Carol is published.

·         1844 – His son Francis Jeffrey (Frank) is born.  Dickens and family travel to Italy.  Treated Madame de la Rue with mesmerism.

·         1845 – Another son, Alfred, is born.

·         1846 – Dickens and his family travel to Switzerland.  Publication of Dombey and Son begins.

·         1847 – His son, Sydney, is born.

·         1848 – Dickens’ sister, Fanny, dies.  The Haunted Man, his last Christmas book is published.

·         1849 – His son, Henry Fielding Dickens, is born.  The publication of David Copperfield begins.

·         1850 – His daughter, Dora Annie Dickens, is born.

·         1851– Catherine Dickens suffers a nervous collapse.  John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, dies.  Dora Dickens dies when she is only eight months old.  What Shall we have for Dinner?, a cookbook by Catherine Dickens is published.

·         1852 – The publication of Bleak House begins. His son, Edward or “Plorn”, is born.

·         1853 – Dickens gives his first public reading of one of his works.

·         1854 – Hard Times is published.

·         1855 – Dickens has a disappointing reunion with Maria Winter (Maria Beadnell).  Publication of Little Dorrit begins.

·         1856 – Dickens works with Wilkie Collins on The Frozen Deep. Dickens purchases Gad’s Hill Place.

·         1857 – Hans Christian Anderson is entertained at Gad’s Hill Place. Dickens meets Ellen Ternan.

·         1858 – Dickens separates from Catherine, his wife.

·         1859 –  A Tale of Two Cities is published.

·         1860 – Publication of Great Expectations begins in All the Year Round.  His daughter, Katie, marries and ten days later his brother, Alfred, dies. Dickens burns his personal papers.

·         1863 – Dickens’ mother, Elizabeth, dies. Dickens begins work on Our Mutual Friend.

·         1864 – His son, Walter, dies in India.  The first installment of Our Mutual Friend is printed.

·         1865 – Dickens is involved in the Staplehurst railway accident along with Ellen Ternan and her mother.

·         1867 – Dickens tours America for the second time.

·         1868 – He gives his first Murder of Nancy reading.

·         1869 – Dickens is ordered by doctors to discontinue readings. Dickens begins writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

·         1870 – Dickens gives his final public reading.  Publication of  The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins.  Charles Dickens dies at Gad’s Hill Place on June 9.

 

 

Here are some drawings of Victorian era items such as lamps, brazures and a fireplace.

 

 

 

 

 



Game Art Style Analysis

 

Most video games have their own art style that have certain effects on the player.

Limbo is a side view plat-former game with a silhouetted art style. This gives a dark and eire atmosphere. This gives the player a sense of fear for they don't know what is coming. I feel that this is an interesting art style and that it fits in well with the game.

The Assassin's Creed series is a set of open world games with a photo-realistic art style. personally, I really like these games because the realistic textures adds to the immersion and to me, immersion is an important aspect in video games. The only down side of these games immersion-wise, would be that it is not in first person, however considering the makanics of them it's easy to over-look.

These photos where taken during my trip to the Black Country Museum Victorian Christmas 2015. I've tried to capture the erie Victorian atmosphere. it was pretty creepy with the candle light, dark corners and shadows barely illuminated by the hundreds of flickering candles.