Premier Disaster

Premier Disaster was my first ever creation. My 1st year project consisting of myself, and 2 programmers. I created all the art work and Steven the programmer helped a lot with the the videos and trailers to make the game intro's etc look awesome.

 Premier Disaster is a Tower defence game that was to be created to the specification of a cinema based game. We decided to create the whole game cinema themed. The player is the key in defending a premier of a film where all the best actors and idols in the world are gathered. The famous names included are Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris,  Morgan Freeman and Justin Bieber. As you may have noticed the artwork for the characters are on the outside of this text. The player must use the popcorn shooters and more to stop crazed fans and paparazzi that are trying to get to the biggest celebrities. There are three    levels of the game and the fans get faster and stronger

 meaning you need to use  the towers efficiently to make them most effective. 

The video here shows all the towers you can use and what you need to do in the game in a power point format.

Game Dev Story Mobile Review

 This is my first mobile game review and i feel the need to write this full thing on my mobile to spice things up a little.

Game dev story is a game that cost £1.99 on google store and let me tell you right now its worth the money.

It is simulation based game on running your own games company from scratch hiring employees to create the best games in the market  and it is a game that is surprisingly addictive. Sitting for endless hours trying to make the best videos games and reach the hall of fame is a daunting task that that you will not stop until you completed.

It is a game that has a lot of depth which creates for numbers of hours of fun as each year passes there is different events and award ceremony  for the best games giving  you a purpose to get your masterpieces in the hall of fame and finally winning that grand prize of the best game. After years pass consoles get discontinued when there outdated and new consoles come out. The names are innovative and funny from the playstatus to the, intended dig at the wii, the whoops and each console is a nice and strange design and it something that makes the game simple but just fantastic to play in finding out all the other consoles. The full design of the game is simple but satisfying and the sweet pixelated graphics are presented well throughout.

At the beginning of your company you have to hire 4 people from programmers, designers and sound engineers as with each game you create you need to have an employee to write the proposal, the graphics and the sound. As the game is developed you increase the fun, the creativity, the graphics and the sound and as you'd imagine the higher the better. As the game develops you can advertise your company from tv rights to a race sponsorship's to create a wider fan base and to sell more copies if your game. There is also a lot of variety as well with choices of game making from shooters to board games with genres that include robot to reversi and you as the owner have to decide which games and genres match for the better quality of game. For instance a robot shooter will be more popular than an action golf game as they dont match. If you create high levels of fun etc fans hear about your game and line up in stores which can get you pumped for your own game coming out , even though you never see the end product.

Another nice aspect which adds depth is that you have to debug your game and within this process a number of things can go wrong, like a black out which lowers your game points or another company can bring out a similar game which may reduce your sales but this add competitiveness and tension in the game.When you are finally finished with your product the critics will rate your game out of 40. If it gets over the 30 mark your game will enter the hall of fame and you can then make a sequel of that game.

As your company grows you can change building size and hire more staff in essence taking over the gaming industry making bigger and better products each year and creating the sequels your fans so much desire.

There is loads in this game and all the small and simple things will have you loving every minute. It will have you playing  for countless hours and still new consoles will come out and there is also a period in which you can create your own console. Yes you can make your own console. If you want a cheap game with a large number of hours that wont be wasted i recommend this game highly.

9 out of 10


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Ps4 Vs Xbox One

So with Ps4 showing a teaser video on the 20th of May of what the console may look like and Xbox One revealing there console on the 21st of May its clear that the Next Gen consoles really are round the corner.

Today I'm just going to break everything down and show what each can offer, also showing a list of games that have been confirmed for each.

Obviously there will still be the divide of what console is better but both companies did take different methods in how they presented the consoles. Ps4 took the approach of getting developers out and speaking about what games there going to be making and how you can share game play clips through social media and PSN. Where Xbox took the approach to present the amount of features they have. Including how they can skype and watch tv on the console. So it seems that Ps4 is more based for gaming and the Xbox is more of an entertainment system than a games consoles in my view.

The Differences

Shown below will be a list of Features that each have and the difference between them.

Feature                  PlayStation 4                    Xbox One

Optical Drive          Blu-Ray/DVD                    Blu-Ray/DVD

Game DVR             Yes                                   Yes

RAM                     8GB GDDR5                    8GB DDR3

Storage                  N/A                                  500 GB Hard Drive

CPU                     Single Chip x86 AMD        8 core Microsoft CPU
                             Jaguar processor 8
                                    cores

Portable                    PS Vita                              Smart Screen
Devices

Cloud Storage             Yes                                     Yes

Always Online             No                                     Maybe
 Connection

Backwards                 No                                       No
Compatibility

Skype                        N/A                                    Yes

Motion Control         Dual Shock 4                      Kinect 2

Subscription               N/A                                  N/A
Fee

Reputation               Trophies will be               Achievements will be
                                   ported                            ported

Web Connection      Ethernet, IEEE                Ethernet, WiFi
                                802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth                  Bluetooth 2.1                   Bluetooth 2.1

A/v Hookups            HDMI                               HDMI
                  


As you can see from the specification there is not much difference. I think the defining factor of what console will be better will be the games that are brought out for each console. Obviously you will have the games like COD and Fifa and the likes of Watch dogs that will be made for both consoles but its the exclusives that will separate which one will be better. However there is also a preference in peoples opinions on what they want from there console. If they want it for an entertainment system for the likes of using it for Tv services Xbox would be the way forward or if they want a gaming console Playstation may be your preference. As i do feel Playstation 4 is more of a gaming console.


Games, Games, Games

Below is a list of the games that have been confirmed for each console.

PS4:

• Deep Down (Capcom)
• Destiny (Bungie)
• Diablo III (Blizzard Entertainment)
• DriveClub (Evolution Studios)
• Final Fantasy (Sqaure Enix)
• Infamous: Second Son (Sucker Punch)
• Killzone: Shadow Fall (Guerrilla Games)
• Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games)
• Knack (Studios Japan)
• Thief (Square Enix)
• Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
• War Thunder (Gaijin Entertainment)
• The Witch Hunter 3 (CD Projekt RED)
• The Witness (Thekla)
• Black Light Retribution (Zombie Studios)
• Primal Carnage (Lukewarm Media)
• Assasin Creed 4 ( Ubisoft)

These are the games that have been confirmed from the Ps4 Reveal

Xbox One:

• Assassins Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
• Battlefield 4 (EA)
• Call of Duty: Ghosts (Infinity Ward)
• Destiny (Bungie)
• Fifa 14 (EA)
• Forza Motorsport (Turn10)
• Madden 25 (EA)
• NBA Live 14 (EA)
• Quantum Break (Remedy Entertainment)
• Thief (Edios Studios)
• UFC (EA)
• Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)

These Games were confirmed on the Xbox Reveal

With the likes of Fifa and Cod these will be made for both consoles. So from the reveal there is a big difference in the amount of games that have been announced. Ps4 have announced more exclusive content that will only be available to them in a gaming sense. As stated before i do feel Xbox is more of an entertainment system and Ps4 is more of a Gaming console. This really is only the start of the Next Gen consoles and much more will be shown over the coming months so there will be a great deal of time to decide which console will be for you if any.

But the rivalry between both consoles is far from over and lets be honest even when released and the figures show how many are sold the argument of what console is better will always be as strong as ever. It really is down to a personal preference in which you like better. Be it for an entertainment system or a gaming console its still to be decided. However I'm sure both consoles will shine in there own way and present different features and games to make them unique. With both being released for later this year speculation on what will be better will be a fun and passionate argument for many years to come. 

What console do you think will be better ?

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The Bat Min

Today I'm bringing you a short blog of one of my own projects. I also felt that because a new trailer of the actual Batman: Arkham Origins was released that it was fitting. Unfortunately i don't have a trailer for this masterpiece  but this is a project i worked on with 2 other team mates part of a week long game jam called 'Batmin'. It was all just basically for a bit of fun but the end product was pretty good i thought.

You play as the Batmin and you have to collect all the blood drops within the map and defeat the evil owls. I know it sounds awesome.It was created for a mobile game but it didn't really work out that way, although it was playable on a mobile with certain unity apps on the phone. The character is in a constant running motion where you have to jump, slide and throw your batarangs at the enemy owls to reach the end of the level.

It was a funny project to complete as it wasnt taken too seriously. I done all the art work on paint and photoshop and i also done voice overs which unfortunately you cant hear.

So yeah the end project was a humorous action packed game and it was really fun to create. Hope you enjoy the in game screen shots.

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StressOnCampus - Gameplay Clips

This is one of my group projects that was completed for my coursework at the end of 3rd year.The specification was given by NHS and Interface 3 to create a game base around how to cope with stress in university life. Our team consisted of 4 artists 3 programmers and 2 designers.

From the spec we decided to create an open world adventure game, in a 2D isometric view, called 'Stress on Campus'. The player can free roam a university style campus, where they can attend classes and socialize within the world. The basic objective of the game is to attend classes and balance your stress levels to pass your university course. When the player attends classes there 'StudentCred' increases getting them closer to there degree but it also increases there stress levels. So the player must balance between the two by going to classes and going to social buildings which will decrease the stress levels. Two buildings within the game contain mini games that can help with the players stress levels.The two mini games shown in the video are the cinema mini game where the player has to avoid the spaceships for a certain amount of time and the other one is like mine sweeper based game where the player has to throw paper at notes to try and get as many green notes as possible within the time scale. The level progresses through the degrees from HND to Masters degree.

Throughout the map there a number of things the player can interact with; There are a number of collectibles to find within the map, when collected, it will give advice on how to cope with stress. Also there are number of NPC's and depending on your stress levels the conversation with them will differ from being positive or negative.

When you enter a building it shows text of a scenario of what happened and how it has effected your game. As seen in the video when your stress levels begin to increase a dark character begins to follow you to show that you are stressed. This shows the player they need to have a break from getting StudentCred and play some of the mini games or enter the building that reduce stress.

Overall it was a really good project although the specification was a tad dull i felt our team made the best of it and i was happy with the end product. It was the first project that i worked on with a number of my friends so it was easy to develop and to communicate ideas. So the final product was a success. The full project took 12 weeks to complete with a large number of documentation and reports to complete to get marks. It was really unfortunate that the games itself was worth only 10% of the final mark meaning our reports and documentation had to be amazing, which they were. Our final document came to about 60 pages long which is mental. Ive still to recieve the marks for the project but im hopeful of a good pass considering the hard work the full team made in creating it.

Have a watch of the game play video at the top which shows the different aspects of the game ive discussed.

Enjoy.

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