computer games graphics

please refer to the post titled - art styles - for other areas of work

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composition- the way items are placed in a frame.

typography- the font style used

client needs- this is what the client wants for you to make your game around

concept art

1 - weapons Character idea and vehicle

these three sets of drawings show different areas of a game - A weapon - A character design - and a Vehicle. each of these drawingings had an initial idea behind them making them apropriate to 

monster ideas/boss ideas

ENT creation

character ideas detailed/ground/wall ideas

new story big trouble little china

Plot
start
guy gets interviewed for a persons location and shows magic powers
trucker goes to play poker with a Chinese man then they go to the airport and the trucker encounters  the local china town gang.
the two then go looking for the gang and end up in the middle to a gang turf war
then super people turn up and the two heroes  run to a safe house and find out that one of the two's  fiance is being sold at a market and they go to buy her back
however they are interrupted by the super humans who then take the fiance
so then the gang go back to find a way  to get the fiance back they then break into the supers leaders lair.after this after searching they become trapped  and are introduced to the main boss  who has to capture the fiance to  lift a centuries old curse.


middle
then the main characters get trapped in a room to which they know no way out they then escape whilst trapping one of the supers inside.however he breaks out whilst the heroes try to escape.they encounter some goons who prove no trouble to the heroes they then run into more of their friends who need to be rescued to which they do rescue them and they escape through the sewers however they are then found again by the super and his goons
as they escape the lair the realise that Gracie is left behind and captured by the boss super whilst the others try to recover her from him.in doing this the gain access to an underground cavern near where a torture/mind alteration ceremony's going on in which the boss decides to marry both women to break the curse.as this happens the heroes make there way towards the wedding ceremony to which they go to kill the boss and his goons.



end a big fight breaks out  as they are alerted to the presences of the heroes
as this happens each of the main heroes has there own individual battles.the heroes win the fight however the boss and the fiance are still being taken somewhere.
once the battles has ended the main hero (the trucker) goes and finds the boss and attempts to kill them which he does but his final disciple still fights them.as they run to escape they find the main characters stolen truck and escape  with it they then regroup to say their goodbyes.

Is Big Trouble in little China story elements just a film or is it a book?

 no it is just a film however there is a comic book made in 2014 that is base don the film

Who are the main characters? 

jack Burton
Strong,bold and brave Jack Burton is the main protagonist that has the end goal of ending the life of the main antagonist lo pan.He believes that he is the hero of the film however in actual fact he is more of a sub-hero due to the way he fights. he builds himself up to be someone bigger then he is and this is why he is shown to be the main hero compared to someone like Wang.Jack also by the end of the film realises that he has fallen in love with Gracie but proceeded to spend little time with her and would rather spend time on the road with his beloved truck.


Wang
Wang is an odd character as he is a more likely main character for the film as he has a more relevant fighting style that is seen in the film to help out more than jack's boisterous nature. Wang aslo like Jack has the end goal of getting the girl that he has fallen in love with however unlike Jack he says with the girl and ends up marrying her.


Gracie
Gracie is a character  who's purpose it to act mad at the main protagonist and to try to defend the Girl who gets captured.she also  ends up having a relationship with Jack Sort of.


lo pan
loo pan is the Main antagonist who's main use in the film is to taunt both Wang and Jack with their downfall.in the end though he proves to be little challenge because he wishes to be mortal and when he becomes mortal he dies so quickly making him heavily reliant on his minions the three storm.
the end goal of lo pan is to become mortal through Gracie and Mio yin

Who are the sub-characters?

egg shen
egg shen is the old man  at the start of the film who  has had a battle with lo pan before however cannot beat him.


mioa yin
Her role within the film is very simply the be the damsel in distress as she says no words


the three storms
their role in the film is to serve lo pna and all they ever do is kidnap people or attack people.


Margo
maro is gracies friend who  adds nothing  to the plot or the film in general

What are the various emotional themes of all the characters? 

jack- aggression and courage

Wang-fear and love

Gracie- aggression, love and fear

lo pan- aggression ,do or die attitude

What is their (characters) motivation? 

 jack

jacks motivation in the story is to eventually get his truck back that was stolen by lo pan and his goons this is why he fights so hard throughout the film. jacks other motivation is to save gracie after he falls in love with her.

wang

Wang's motivation is to get his fiance back. and this involves him going through hell and back with Jack burton to get her back. his motivation is his undying love for this girl

.

gracie

gracie's motivation is to get the best story for her newspaper whilst also trying to save Wangs fiance. alongside this towards the end of the film her motivation is to survive to be with jack

lo pan

lo pans motivation is to be mortal agian. this is to once again rule over the earth.

What and when is the beginnings, middle and end of the film? 

see above

What is the relationship of the main characters and does it change and why?

 the relationship of the characters is a love hate relationship  as at certain time the characters show love and compassion to each other whilst at other times they show a sort of hatred to each other .however towards the end of the film the characters sort of form a great bond of friendship and love.

NES
the nes controllers ergonomic features are terrible the controller has absolutely no curves except the rounding of the buttons  this can and has had a major effect on the use of the users hand as having corner shaped dents in them  because the controller was griped too hard.

second off the buttons themselves. these buttons felt cheap and nasty as they were only little bits of bad plastic on top of a box made form the same material.

the functions of this controller were limited to 8 functions which is still a lot  compared to the Atari 2600 which had 5 however in relation to the wiiu's 20 which include two stick 1 dpad  and 9 buttons and a amiibo pad




speaking of the wii u the ergonomics of this controller is half decent in the way that  there are at least curves and dips to allow your hand to rest on the sides to hold the device in secure position making in much more acurate however that controller itself is too thin for a good grip and is extremely light and can  be dropped easily making its have damage done to it.

speaking of  damge the controller itself is very weak and has a tendancy toshatter the screen and the casing. this is a problem as if the controller goes then you are required to get a new console alongside the controller.

unit 20

HCI
Definition: A HCI is the term for using an input device to enable a video game to work.
THe typical HCI that everyone in gaming knows is the controller.wiether you are a pc gamer, mobile gamer, or any other type you have used a HCI.




Mouse

the mouse is one of  the most common HCI's as it is one of the simplists  uses in gaming.the reason behind this is  its multiple uses both in and out of gaming . the uses include pure useage for googleing and photo editing to hardcore gamings.



keyboard

the keyboard is also a very popular HCI.one that allows the user tyo do many things including binding keys to do specific functions to just typeing leters and number which use the base functions of searching,coding writing essays and much much more.




controller

the controller is the 3rd of three most common  HCI's and is the most complex an the way that it is a mix of both the keyboard and mouse on a much smaller scale.in this way the joysticks and dpad's work as a simple mouse moving the cursor or reticle round the screen .while this is going on the controllers buttons simultaneously are pressed to use some of the same functions as a keyboard specifically in terms of gaming as you cant fit a full keyboard onto a small controller.




touch

touch screen devices including most modern handhelds have the simple but effective use of your finger as the control system  this includes using a pop up keyboard for the purpose of typing numbers and letters.the touch screen also allows for some interesting ways of control  such as swiping and pinching these do the effects of the scroll wheel  and  the resize tool in certain programs.

other controllers



these three types of other HCI's  are a long list of odd and wonderful  controllers as they decided to change the way a game is played either the way its viewed or the way the controller works the way that certain controllers allow the user to controller the character however all of them have buttons even if it is a HCI that is used in tangent with  a controller of some kind





user centred design is where  the design of  a HCI is created for the use of functions and needs of consoles and other hardware.this means that they will choose where to place buttons very carefully so that nobody has a problem reaching them.after this they will send the speciphications of to be deigned

Timeline of Video Game Consoles + Gaming Systems

Consoles history - http://timeglider.com/t/fd5add7ef2fe24678583



Mobile
A mobile phone is a wireless handheld device that allows users to make calls and send text messages, among other features. The earliest generation of mobile phones could only make and receive calls. Today’s mobile phones, however, are packed with many additional features, such as Web browsers and games
PRO's:Portability, Fun, Quick
Cons: low battery life, Low power, low storage

top games:Angry birds,other mobile games.







Arcade
An arcade game or coin-op is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games or merchandisers.
pros: Fun, Started some of the best games ever made
cons:Heavy and bluky, very expensive, power dependent,not very powerful, very low storage.

top games: pacman,donkey kong and space invaders





Console
A video game console provides a bridge between arcades and PCs dedicated to video gameplay and home use. A PC is a general purpose computer that is also capable of running games and may be built with arcade-style controls. An arcade is similar to a console and limited to public use but distinguished by its controls
pros:High power(modern ones), high storage,fun, Slightly portable, pickup and play, great games
cons: power dependent, fairly heavy, gets quite hot reasonably loud

top games: COD,Battlefield








PC
A personal computer (PC) can be a small, relatively inexpensive computer designed for an individual user. In price, personal computers range anywhere from a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars.
pros:highly powerful, multiple uses other than just gaming, fun , great games
cons:Power dependent, very heavy,gets quite hot, reasonably loud.

top games:Half life 2,CSGO

Comparing two games

Trove

Since trove is a modern game its size is obviously going to be quite large however it isn’t close to more modern games like call of duty. There are many reasons behind this and they are

·   

    Texture quality

The texture quality of trove can vary due to optimizations as certain textures may change based upon your pc’s specs. This is both a problem and a blessing for the reason that most games automatically adjust settings based on  you hardware and that is good as it means you don’t have to play around with settings to get the best look and fps. However on the other hand this is a curse as you may not have the exact settings to play on any level of graphics quality. Now as seen below in the two images below the graphics quality of the game changes dramatically as the top image shows what a higher end pc will get out of the game and the bottom image shows what a lower end game will get out of the game. Now as gaming goes you don’t need good graphics you just need performance but some people like to have a good looking game but they may need to sacrifice some fps to have this. Now since there is optimization changes built in game you have to have the whole set of textures instead of just one this impacts the size of a game and the performance of it.

·         Online capability

With most modern game you need some form of internet access as there is most likely multiplayer however there are exceptions like trove. Trove has no single player it is all online play this will actually help with storage size as you will store most of the game items storage on a separate server somewhere else in the world. As much as the storage help is useful the curse of having an internet only game is the internet itself. Now most people have an internet connection of some sort but that is not the issue. The issue is instead of the internet up and down time as if you internet goes down then you can’t play your game which isn’t very fun.

·         Amount of objects,sprites,models Etc

In trove there is a high amount of items in the game over 1000 items including styles for each of the 15 classes. This high amount of items will make your pc run at a higher performance therefore needing a beefy computer to run the game well. Other than the excess of items the world is also procedurally generated meaning that you need a somewhat good internet connection alongside a good pc to run what the game makes. These mass of objects make the game size quite large and it ends up being quite hard to run.

Super Mario

Since Mario bros is tiny in size compared to anything even some other nes games. Having such a low file size is also down to the similar reasons as trove and they are

·   

      Texture quality

Now with Mario obviously the game is not very graphically intensive as there is no optimization and there are very basic colors. Now using the NES to run the game means that it would just about be able to run it however with the use of ROM’s(read only memory) you can play this game on a pc,a phone or a tablet. Now using emulators on this game on a pc means that you can change certain graphics settings to create a slightly better version of the game .now since it would be run using a pc the speed of the game would also be superior to that of the NES version.

·         Online capability

Now the Both the NES and ROM versions of this game have zero multiplayer (unless you count downloading the ROM version) meaning there is only you versus the computer. Now as much as you can’t physically play against other human beings on this game you can do what some people are doing more recently and you can post your score and our time online to certain websites to try and have the highest score

·         Amount of objects,sprites,models Etc

Now with super Mario bros being only 31kb in size it clearly wasn’t going to become the most heavily populated games however for the size that it was it was ground breaking for some highly pixelated mushroom creature to run across your screen and try and kill your character. Now other than the fact that all the enemies are original in design and each do different things and look almost unique to every other thing in the game.

Comparison

·         The Dimension

The main differences between both games are the dimensions of them as one of the games is in 2D and the other is in 3D.these may not seem like much but as shown in the images above it allows the user to be more immersed in the game as in 2D they can only image what the game looks like from the characters perspective whereas with a 3D game you don’t have to imagine it as it is just there in full view.

·         The size

The size differences in both these games in very big. This is because the games are only similar in about 2 or 3 ways other than that they both look and work differently.

·         The style

The style of which the two games play is entirely different in multiple ways as trove isn’t a 2D platformer and Mario isn’t a 3D RPG. However among the differences between the games there are a few similarities like both games have AI controlled enemies and have a goal (sort of) however trove has the style of an MMORPG on a way that you grind dungeon bosses for EXP whilst Mario you have the goal to save the princess and defeat the evil tyrant.

unit 78 digital graphics for computer games research excersise

File Extensions

File extensions  are the way to define what programs are and what programs will open them.
this is basically saying that an image must be in the correct format of an image file be it png or jpg.
just like the image below all the basic file types are here however there are many more that you will come across.






Compression
compression is the way that you shrink an image  to allow lower end hardware to open and edit it.
there are two different methods for compressing a file as shown by the image below
these methods both compress a file however one compresses the file smaller however restores it at a size smaller than the original however the other one restores it to the same size however the compressed file is larger.




Image Capture
there are lots of ways of having an image however the most obvious one is using a camera.This way is the best as you only need to take  and image of real life.



Optimising
optimising  your computer is useful for many ways  like for gaming or for photo editing.
optimising a pc is a useful thing  as it will allow you to use it at full performance that you can like when you set your pc into game mode like the picture below shows.



Storage of Image Assets
the use of storing your files in a set of folders to sort them correctly is helpful as you can then come back and go into say the textures folder and then find the bricks folder and select bricks red rather than bricks black.

parts of a story

characters
antagonists : bad guys
genious:head honcho
henchman:connon fodder


protagonist : hero:

sidekick:


narative : plot:

begining

get to know the characters

middle problem arises

end resolution


Begining
guys confuse aliens as haleys comet
farmer looks for it with dog
aliens take dog and kill farmer
two kids get arrested for drinking

middle
the couple go into the tent and find  cotton candy cocoons filled with dead people
they get attacked  but still survive they run to  the police
the police don't belive either of them
they go to check out the tent and its gone
they go to "the top of the world" and find everybody gone with cotton candy in their place
they then gi back into town and warn people of the clowns while pc moonie is knocked out in his own jail
Dave then finds moonie dead along side other prisoners
meanwhile the main character  and his two sidekicks  go find debbie
Debbie is attacked by  lots of clowns which capture her and take her to the cirus

end
mike and Dave both went to rescue Debbie
and were trapped by clowns
the two friend save the day then they die by the mega clown
then Dave was attack by the mega clown but mike killed it  then dave survives

pixels

Image resolution

"Wikipedia definition"
 resolution is the detail an image holds. The term applies to raster digital images, film images, and other types of images. Higher resolution means more image detail. Image resolution can be measured in various ways.

"my definition"
Image resolution is the quality of an image, an image being a set of pixels that are created through various methods like drawing using specific software and taking photographs.




picture  resolution

intenisty resolution is  how the printed image looks compared to how it is made EG, if you draw a car on a computer, then image resolution is how clear and detailed the car looks compared to picture resolution which is the way that it looks when you enter the image into real life rather than it looking in pixels on a monitor

this image shows the difference between different  ammounts of DPI or dots per inch essentially how many pixels per inch or in even simpler terms the higher the DPI the more pixels the more detail there is.


Intensity

Intensity is about the values of each individual pixel.This includes the shading of each colour and the individual code for each of the many thousand colours

"homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/HIPR2/value.html"
For a grayscale images, the pixel value is a single number that represents the brightness of the pixel. The most common pixel format is the byte image, where this number is stored as an 8-bit integer giving a range of possible values from 0 to 255.

video game stories

Top ten games of my opinion

with story:

TF2-
In the MVM update TF2 gained a story line created for the purpose of explaining the new game mode this story was about the third faction the grey team creating an army of robots to kill the red and "blu"teams.in the creation of the attacks from robots teams red and "blu" joined forces to stop the grey teams robots from destroying mann co the weapons creation depot.
Game Style: Cel Shaded-Some debate.


Stronghold 2-
The Story of stronghold  is quite simple you start of with the king missing and you need to find him once you complete this task you are then required to help the land by either helping the king destroy the three other lords or join them to kill the king and then race for the crown
Game Style: photorealistic  (for the time)


skyrim-
the story of skyrim is to save the land of skyrim form the impending dragon "problem" and ongoing civil war.of course there is also all the side quests that add elements to the story however the main end goal is to save the land from alduin.
Game Style: photo realistic


Lego Universe-the story of Lego universe is simple but immersive.the beginning is about 5 adventures who seek after the imagination nexus however one of these adventurers becomes corrupt and creates pure evil and you the player are tasked with saving imagination by finding the imagination nexus and destroying the corrupt area.
Game Style: exaggeration


COD WAW-
the story in COD WAW is very good as it follows  a select set of american marines who follow the steps of the real life war heroes who attacked the Japanese fighters in WW2. At the same time as this you also play a a Russian soldier fighting the Nazi forces in Russia and Germany your goal is to finish the campaign by defeating the Nazi's.
Game Style: photorealistic


Golden eye 64-
the story of golden eye 64 is exactly the same as its film counterpart goldeneye.
the story involves a secret agent who is tasked with stopping general orumov for using the golden eye satellite and stealing form banks around the world.
Game Style : photorealistic (for the time)

starfox adventures-
starfox adventure has a great story that is fun and enjoyable to everyone.the story consists of a planet that is in trouble from an evil tyrant who threatens to enslave all who inhabit the planet.all the inhabitants are dinosaurs whilst the tyrant and his army are dinosaur humanoids.you are tasked with finding 4 magic stones to keep the planet from tearing apart and along side stopping the army of the tyrant General scales.
Game Style:  exageration




without story:

Gmod-
People who play Garry's mod are either just in it to build things in the sandbox games however the main reason are for the high amount of fantastic sub games made by the community like Prop hunt and TTT..also the game is hilarious and has lots of cool addons and wepons for the user to try out.
Game Style: Cel shaded/photorealism


Sonic the Hedgehog-
the reason why people play sonic the hedgehog is because it is fun and addictive and just overall a superb game that has a low level of skill along side this the levels are beautiful and well made. Although the future games have a story line created for them the original game just has a goal which is to stop Dr egg man/robotnik. Besides this there is no branching story to the game.
Game Style: pixel


Minecraft-
although there is some debate to if mine craft has a story or not  it is more considered that it doesn't as the game originally didn't have an ending now it has the story to kill the ender dragon to save the world of minecraftia. After doing this you are greeted with a credit scene and are then returned to the game however the credit scene does contain  some sort of a story.besides all of this  players still play the game today even though they have finished the game lots of times over.
Game Style exageration




box,film,video games how you experience them:
how you perceive books films and games are entirely different  as you interpret them completely differently to each other type as with a book you would read the text that the writer has given you and you would imagine how it would look from your perspective