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Page 1 - Time management andresearch
Time management
Below you will see a Gantt chart which details how much time I intend on spending on different things this is done based on how long we have to finish the project and this is just a rough estimate of how long it is going to take things will take a longer amount of time and other things might take less time so for now it is just a rough estimate of time I think it will take to complete what has been given to me this include days where I am going to take breaks to avoid me from getting burnt out.
Research into the client
Below you will see research into different things the museum has put on their website as well as some basic ideas that i managed to think of whilst creating the spider diagram. These will be used during the phase where I come up with different ideas as thy will be used of the base grounds for said ideas. The most popular of all of the exibits seem to be human evolution, dinosuars and space.
Focused research
Below you will see my research into market trends and profiling of the target audience to review initial ideas. This will have research into things most popular games of last year and if you scroll down you will then see a demographic of different age ranges and what types of games that they like to play.
Idea 1: Dinosaur adventure game
This will work as the player has to collect all of the different pieces of information about the dinosaurs whilst trying to hide from the deadly ones then will all pieces have been collected they need to get to an end point where they can escape. Below you will see mind maps of existing games with dinosaurs as well as one with just dinosaurs on.
As you can see in both the games and the existing dinosaurs the dinosaurs themselves have some dark colours to them and the more dangerous ones are even darker then that I would use this as the environments they will be in are quite bright so they would need to stand out this also gives out the message even though the landscape is bright and healthy there is dark creatures roaming some of them being dangerous.
Idea 2: You play as an early human trying to get resources to get tools
You play as an early human trying to get resources and as you collect the different resources you learn about human evolution and how we have adapted to survive as a species over the years.
Above is mood boards for both evolution as well as existing games these show the tools and syles of landscapes I would use this whilst designing my game as it would show things like the styles of the tools so being put together with sticks and stones and then show the colourful landscapes like the green forests and fields and the rivers with flowing water.
Idea 3:Collect parts to fix the Mars rover
Explore mars and collect things that will fix the mars rover and each piece gives you small pieces of knowledge about mars and the mars rover however you have to collect oxygen in order to survive.
Above are mood boards for space and existing space games I would use these examples for things like the colour schemes of items such as oxygen tanks, spare parts for the rover or health. The real life examples could be used for when I create things like the spacesuits or the actual environment of mars.
Survey results and evaluation
Below you will see my survey and the results along side some analysis of the results. This was done in order to see what people would like to see based around the ideas I thought of whilst researching the brief. See below for the results as well as the analysis.
On the left you will see the first 2 questions on my questionnaire these are showing how everyone I have asked to fill in the questionnaire has been between 16-25. Below is how many hours a week they game with the majority being towards 15 or more hours played in a week. Then no one playing between 0-5 hours a week
On the left you will see the next 2 questions one about general interest in the natural history museum and then one about the theme. As you can see 3/4 of the people that completed the application have said that they have shown interest in the natural history museum before.
The theme was very split in which dinosaurs had just got the most with 7 whereas the other 2 options space and evolution only got 6
On the left you will see the next 2 questions these are about weather or not the people would like to see facts about their chosen theme and below if they said what they would like to see from that specific theme this will also help me whilst I am designing it.
The final 2 questions are a few ideas and if anyone would like to see anythng else as you can see 83.3% of people would like to see the collect materials whilst learning about the theme option and only 8.3% of people would like to see anything else with that being the less popular option.
Evaluation
As you can see in the results above the most popular answers are dinosaurs for themes and tey want something where you collect materials whilst learning about dinosaurs. this can be used whilst planning and during my final proposal as it will be used to get my final idea for what I intend on creating. go to the next page in order to see my final proposal and my plan for how i intend on creating the product.
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