Game development essay presentation

Jas - Introduce Essay question

•Q7 Games: ‘More complicated dramatic elements like premise, character and story, are used in many games to explain and enhance the more abstract elements of the formal system.’ (Tracy Fullerton 2014: 97)•Giving examples from two games identify these factors and how they work to engage the player effectively.•Metal Gear Solid and The Last of Us.

Jas - Essay, Challenges and Stories

•Why did I select this essay question?•How has my knowledge developed as a result of writing the essay?•How did I decide on the games used within the essay writing?

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Marian - essay Game’s Question

League of Legends

Free to play

(Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) MOBA

Real time events

Characters

The Walking Dead

Single Player

Pay to play

Quicktime events

Branching Story

Characters

Marian - essay

The Academic Writing Style

To inform

Formality

E.g. “I think the game is bad.”

“Evidence from academic sources suggest that the game was not as successful as expected”

Problem with Q7

(“you”)

Game Design Essay - Steven Taylor

Game Design Question. What was my reason for picking this question.Key points of the essay, Fullerton's text. Description of Checkers and adding premise and background.Basing my structure around the key point. For and against argument, refer back to FullertonTwo games. The Walking Dead - The Game, The Last of Us. Story/premise orientatedLinear vs Non-Linear story.

References

Online References were mainly used, difficulty in finding variety of sources. Why is this?

Validity of the Source, determining if it is a blog or official review. Focused on looking for official websites.

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-Why choose this essay question?

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-Why choose this essay question?-What was essential to complete this assignment?

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-Why choose this essay question?-What was essential to complete this assignment?-What’s the outcome?

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-Why choose this essay question?-What was essential to complete this assignment?-What’s the outcome?-Did any of the essay content seemed to be interesting in particular?

Narrative - Linear and Non-Linear:

Narrative - Linear and Non-Linear:

-What are these!?-What are these!?-What are these!?

Arim Games. Q7

‘More complicated dramatic elements like premise, character and story, are used in many games to explain and enhance the more abstract elements of the formal system.’ (Tracy Fullerton 2014: 97)

Why? - I am a gamer and I like playing games so this question would be relatable to me.Games- Last of Us and League of LegendsReasons? - One of the best game. Uses different elements as explained by Fullerton which engages the players to play more effectively.Challenges – Finding references, Organizing my essay, Academic writing styles

ConclusionIn conclusion we agreed that each of us had certain struggles writing this essay and we have touched upon these struggles through the presentations. We overcame these struggles by doing enough research and peer evaluating each other’s work, that allowed us to create a credible piece of work.

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