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Week Five
Game Interface | Research
Project Proposal
Content:
"Jack of Trades"
Project Scope:
My Final project well be an interface for a future game I will be dev'ing hopefully sometime in the future. I want to create a fighter side scroller game, composed of all the characters from a deck of cards. The story behind the game is that you your character, has to travel through a world of Clubs, Hearts, Spades, and Diamonds to find where the darkness lives.
Navigation:
- Play Game
- How to play
- Difficulty
- Sound
- Credits
Design Elements:
- Entirely illustrated Interface
- Sound Control
- Animation Intro
RESEARCH FINDINGS
Game Company:
- Game Factory
Game factory in my opinion has to be on of the coolest game companys out on the internet. They have such rich illustrated game interfaces, and the game play is simple and addicting. Just going to there site they have a portfolio spread of there recently dev'd games. All the interfaces are fully illustrated. Most of the menus stay consistant through out the game. Also the game play never changes. This is good for casual games because it keeps the player interested because of the ease of use. Reviewing the interfaces Ive attached some screen shots of the games. In my findings, I think the interfaces are minima because the idea is to get the user to play the game. Not be distracted by fancy menu options. This of course is my theory for web games, where consol games can differ.
Key Elements in Research:
- Very Detailed Illustrations
- Flash Animation imagery
- Basic Menu Structures
- Theme Music