Unit 74 - Task 1

Game on

The gamers guide to games

Game genres

FPS
A first-person shooter game is when you look though they eyes of the game character making the player feel they are the character. Such games like Halo 4 and Call of Duty use this.

TPS

A third-person shooter is where the player controls the avatar from over the shoulder and get to see the avatars actions. Games like Gears of War and The Last of Us use this method of gaming.

Racing
Racing games are when the player compete against an CPU or other players to be first to win in the race. Games like Sonic All-star Racing and Mario Kart have the same task for the player.

RTS

 A RTS game is when all the Players or AI too move all at once in the game there my not be any turns in this game. Games like GTA online uses this.

TBS
 A TBS game is a game where the player has to win a series of actions to beat the AI or the other players to win the game. Games like Mario Party and Wii Sports use this method.

Adventure

Adventure games are when the player takes there character on a quest though the environment to complete the level or quest. Games such as Rage and Dragons age would use this.

Role play
A role play game is when the player is free to control the characters actions, movements, chooses, development and style of there character. As the player completes quests or levels they might upgrade there character's skills, ability's or items as they seem as they would suit them. games like Skyrim and Fable 2 do this.

Simulation

a simulation game is a game that tries to imitate the operation of real life progresses and systems. games like heavy rain and GTA 5 do this.

Puzzle
Puzzle games is when a player is faces with a simple task that they have to solve to pass through to the next level. Games like Professor Layton and Resident Evil would use this.

Interactive story telling techniques

Cinematic

This is then the view of the game is not concentrating on the character indicating that the player should interact with it.

Cut-scenes

Cut-scenes in videos are activated then the player has completed a task or triggered something in a game. The cut-scene will show a little story of the game and when it is finish the player can continue with the game.

Triggered Events

Triggered events acre to the player when they are up to a certain part of the level or when they have activated something in the level. for example in Alone in the Dark While shimming across a building and a bus would explode and crash into the building.

Full Motion Video

 This is then live action footage is used in a game. games like payday 2 use this.

Forms if storytelling

Cave painting

Cave paints are found in caves. these paintings where made by cave men that tell the stories they filled the cave. Some discoverers find them interesting to this day as they are over 40,000 years old. An example of this was found in El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Spain. Cave paintings can be found in such games like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider or could be placed as Easter eggs in some games such as Halo.

Oral tradition (Fable, Myth, Legends)

Oral tradition is a story or song passed down from generation to generation the stories are about myths and legends for example bigfoot is a myth. I don't know when it started but we do still use them form today. In Red Dead Redemption they use the yeti myth in the game, it is even one of the missions to kill all of them.

Theatre

Theatre are used to preform plays, music, entertainment and more. An example of an theatre would be Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, circa 1821. A theatre can be found at the begging of Assistants Creed 3 as the first assignation is places in a theatre.

Text

Text is use for letters, documents, books and much more, text is used in many languages. I don't really know what year text came out but we still use it from today as we test friends or write books or look at information. Text is used in game to display controls or hits or stories even.

Film

A Film is a series of moving pictures used in a rejection making the pictures move really fast making them look like they are moving. films are still use today making millions from films like Avengers and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. A film can be found in GTA 5 one of the hobbies is the watch a terrible film.

TV

Television is technology that is used to view show or films and we use them to play games. By the late 1920s, the TV was made and from today we still use them. An example of a television is in GTA 5 you can sit down and watch one of the shows that are on the TV.

Approaches to storytelling

Three-act Structure
Within the 12 stages there would be 3 acts to the story the begging(stages 1-4), the middle(stages 5-9) and the end(stages 10-12).

Hero's Journey

The hero's journey is split into 12 stages;

The ordinary world - looking at past things and there own situations

The call for adventure - something happens that makes that character question

Refusal of the call - the hero says no cause of the fear of it

Meeting with the mentor - the hero meets a trainer and resives skills

Crossing the threshold - the hero moves into the new world

Tests, allies and enemies - the hero finds out who is against who

Approach - the hero prospers for a challenge

The ordeal - going though the challenge with the risk of dying

The reward - If they survive there will be a reward or a payoff

The road back - came over there challenge

The resurrection - the final fight

Return with the elixir - returns home or continues in the life of the hero

Episodic -this is then the story is set into sections, these sections are called episodes. usually television show would have this.

Setting

The setting would be when the story is place and where for example you could can a setting for a story in new York city in the year 1980.

Conditions
This is what would happen in the story what will make it interesting to watch. for example the hero has to defeat the villain or the hero could turn into a villain.

Representation and emotional theme in story design

Characterization
This would be the character's personalization like if they have short hair or have one eye. Every character has there own characterization if they all had the same person the story would be boring.

Stereotypes

Some games will have a hint of stereotypical in them. In the games there would be a certain character what would be from a country so they would sound like they are from it for example of there was an Russian character they would sound Russian. In some games the roles of the woman in the game can also be stereotypical from they way she is presented to the player for example Lara croft tomb raider the female would be wearing shorts and a tank top.

Symbolism
Symbolism is when they try to represent information that really happen. From earth disasters to serial killers. This makes the game feel more realistic as it is also in the real world. an example of this would be jack the ripper, there could be a puzzle game to figure out who was jack the ripper.

Emotional Themes

Emotional themes will try and make the viewer feel the same as the character, if they are sad happy angry or scared these emotions have a powerful effect on the viewer as they see how the character has become in that way emotional.

Writing strategies

Pre-writing
Pre-writing is when you plan for your story. People do this by making brainstorms, researching, storyboards, sketches. They would do this to make sure there story if most entertaining as they want it to be. The brainstorming would help them for ideas they have in there head and then over look at all the ideas they have made. Researching would help if they want to base there ideas of an real life event or get inspired by something. Story boards would help with the timeline and want will come next to the story. Sketches are good for if they want to make a plan of the location or character they want to make.

Drafting

People who are drafting for stories are working on the title that would seem suitable for the written content the have made. They would come up with more then one idea when drafting then when they feel they have enough information that can look back and decide what suits them.

Revision
Revision is when the story have been altered this can happen if anything has been added, rearrange, removed, replaced, evaluate. This could happen to make the story make more sense for whoever is viewing it.