Game Intellect
Overwatch – is an online team-based game generally played as a first-person shooter. The game features several different game modes, principally designed around squad-based combat with two opposing teams of six players each.
To build and develop Overwatch Blizzard uses Unity, Unreal engine 2, 3 and 4 and ‘Overwatch’ uses a proprietary visual scripting language called Statescript to execute the high-level state machines used throughout the game, including the logic driving hero weapons and abilities. It took Blizzard a speedy time of 2 years to create Overwatch after spending 7 years to create another popular game called ‘Titan’
‘Blizzard’ and ‘Iron Galaxy’ both developed and published Overwatch
Kyle Maddison
Dream Specialism Game designer
A gem you want to create? FPS
Rube Goldberg Game
The background –
In my game today I made it look better and updated the background image, I also textured more objects to fit the theme of the game.
To make the game more advanced I added buoyancy and Patrice effectors. For example made it so when the character goes over a certain object that it would shoot the character up like wind would, this has a big impact in the game. I added particle effectors to the water so that when the character lands in the water, splashes of water will appear on impact.
A Heroes Journey
1. The Ordinary World:
2. Call to Adventure:
3. Refusal of the Call:
4. Meeting the Mentor:
5. Crossing the Threshold:
6. Tests, Allies, and Enemies:
7. The Approach:
8. The Ordeal:
9. The Reward:
10. The Road Back:
11. The Resurrection:
12. The Return:
Probuilder Level – NextGen Project
In this lesson we were tasked to make a scene using ProBuilder in Unity.
Games Analysis
Crash Bandicoot
The first was originally released in 1996 – The game was developed by Naughty Dog LLC and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.The designers of Crash – Naughty Dog LLC – Were founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin on the 27th of September 1984 in McLean, Virginia, United States. The company has created Multiple massive fan based games such as The crash Bandicoot series, The last Of Us (Series), Uncharted (Series), Jak, Jak & Dexter, Way of the Warrior and many More.
One of the founders Andy Gavin was born on the 1st of June 1970,in Washington DC, United States. He founded another company Called Flektor – which was a web application that allowed users the ability to create and “mashup” their own content and share it via email, on social networking websites MySpace, Facebook, Blogger, Digg, eBay or on personal blogs. Andy also written a few books such as ” Untimed ” – A book about a young child that No one ever notices, Which turns around when a mysterious man tries to Kill him, He also Wrote ” The Darkening Dream ” – about an ominous vision and the discovery of a gruesome corpse lead Sarah Engelmann into a terrifying encounter with the supernatural in 1913 Salem, Massachusetts and final he also wrote ” The Crash Bandicoot Files Mania ” – a deluxe hardcover reproduction of Naughty Dog’s original Crash Bandicoot developer’s bible – which allows fans of the series to read into the making of the game. Andy studied and was taking education under the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Haverford College
The other Founder Jason Rubin was born on the 6th of January 190 – He is an American video game director, writer, comic book creator and Internet company founder best known for the Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter series. In his past he has also written many books such as ” Iron and the Maiden ” – Which is a story set in an alternative universe which is about a hitman trying to reform and an innocent debutante that got caught in the middle of a three-way battle for power between the government, a religious sect, and an underworld criminal organization. Andy studied and was taking education under the University of Michigan
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway in 1992 as the first title in the Mortal Kombat series. The game was released for almost every platform in that time period. The game was mainly developed by Midway games – although it was supported by the help of many other companies and developers such as Acclaim Entertainment and Virgin interactive.
The main developer – Midway Entertainment – also developed and/or published many other top selling games such as The pac-man series, Spy Hunter, Midway arcade treasures and many more.
Mortal combat is an action packed game, focused on fighting and leveling up in ranks and fighting people with more skill or the same skill as you. The game consists of many levels, many maps (backgrounds) and many different fighters. Each fighter has their own unique special ability. The origonal game was a simple 2D Game where 2 people (Originally the player versus a AI Computer Programmed enemy) – The original game included the original characters which have been changed since the original.
In comparison to the new versions of MK – Alot of things have changed, Instead of being simple and targeted towards many various types of people as a fighting game, It has became alot more Violent, alot more Gorey and alot more action packed. Fatalities are a big part of this game and since the original MK The fatalities have been made to be alot more ‘disgusting’. The original MK was rated for Mature audiences as it was not that graphic or disgusting. Now – on the newer versions – the game is rated 18+.
Today (13/12/2019) – The class was challenged with a quiz based upon everything were have learned so far. Over all i got 22288 Points which if was translated into grades would be a merit.
Game Design Trends.
Cross Platform – One popular thing within games is being able to use cross platform services, For example. Using Cross platform allows a user / player on one Gaming Platform to play with another or multiple other platforms. For example a Xbox user can play with A PS4 User, as well as any other platform. In video games with online gaming functionality, cross-platform play, crossplay or cross-play, describes the ability of players using different video game hardware to play with each other simultaneously.
Cosmetics – In many games, The games offer additional Cosemetics that players can purchase. These cosmetics offer no other difference in game other then The look of the character or weapon skin you are using. Many players like to buy said cosmetics as They may be rare in the future leading to becoming more and more expensive. This feature allows players to have many different ”styles” and ”themes” that they can set.
Game development Trends.
Remakes and Backwards comparability – Backward compatible (or sometimes backward-compatible or backwards compatible) refers to a hardware or software system that can successfully use interfaces and data from earlier versions of the system or with other systems. For example, Xbox has many more backwards compatible games then any other software, They allow users to play many old gaming titles
Flour Sack Animation – Probuilder
For this project, we were tasked on creating an environment for out Flour sack animation. My animation is based in a zoo, Hence the cage and outdoor scenery.
Niall Quinn 