Unit 60: Games Industry: February 2014

Monday, 17 February 2014

Lo3: Running Schedule

Lo3: Game Target Audience Definitions (character profile)

Ideal Target Audience Member 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.

Friday, 14 February 2014

Lo3: Presentation of a Game Review in Magazine Format

Lo2: Analysis of game reviews in different media

Walking Dead Season 2:

Genre:
The review and the game belong to the same genre of 'Choice in life' therefore 'Point & Click'.
Target audience:
The audeince of the magazine article would be people aged from 10+ and would entertain people who are interested in this genre of game, or people who are into the Walking Dead TV series.
Narrative & Characters:
The narrative of the game is a middle aged man surving in America mid zombie apocalypse, while caring for his vulnerable young friend Clementine. Lee Everett will do whatever it takes to survive in the dead world.
Game play:
The Point & Click has been developed while the visuals are more crisp, while relating to the origional character designs.
Platform:
Available on PC,PS3,PS Vita and Xbox 360
Personal Recommendation:
The reviewer is impressed whith the ambitious nature of the developer and classes it as a huge improvement from previous games. The new game play lasting for several hours doesn't get boring. With the high amount of praise, reviewers think highly of the new game.