Game evaluation

For this project I have designed the basis of a game. The game is based upon some photos that Itook on Dartmoor. I used these images to represent different sections of the game, and also to provide a background.

The game is an adventure puzzle maze game, where the objective is that your character is lost in the woods and you have to find your way out by adventuring onwards, gathering map tokens and interacting with computer generated characters in the game. Your encounters with these characters won't always go smoothly, for example, if you were interacting with a troll you'd have to either find a way to go around it, or convince it to move out of the way. Other characters are helpful; they could give hints or useful tokens to your character, for example, keys or pieces of a map.

Some aspects of the game I'm pleased with include the photographs, and the way I have manipulated them, eg, one of them I darkened overall, and added an eerie red glow at the end of the path. I am also pleased with the design I came up with for an enemy with the head of a fly, wings of a parrot, and venus flytrap defensive weaponry. I particularly like the general concept I came up with as it has the potential to add as many levels, characters and sceneries as I like.

Some aspects I would do differently would have to include adding more designs for creatures and other characters, and I would have liked to have added sound effects and music.

Overall, I am happy with how this project has turned out, and I feel that, given more time I could have developed the whole concept to a higher level.