Criteria A: Inquiring and Analysing

Criteria A: Inquiring and Analysing

Introduction

My design situation is, I am creating a football game animation, for the Grade 2 children, as they get bored in school and I will make it  enjoyable, entertaining and realistic. I will use primary and secondary sources research to find and use the best software and tools and anything necessary for the video game animation. I will analyze and research about identical football video games and check the internet for game ideas, try to interview a person who worked on making a video game, if not, a person who plays football games to create a great video game. Obviously, I will make it a basic game, not to advanced, so it is very easy for the children in Grade 2, who enjoy playing football in real life and in video games. I will have different stadiums, different football teams and players for a variety.

Scenario

The problem is that, people who play football video games aren't satisfied with the games, currently the games receive a lot of hate, the community for football games, is getting worse due to the lack of variety in the football games. Grade 2 children are bored in school, so we are making this game. Some games aren't suited for people who don't play games a lot. My game will be useful because it will be easy to learn and people will enjoy it. People who play football video games or video games in general will play the game, even football players would play the game. The solution is making a game which is easy to learn and free to play. The clients are Grade 2 children in school, so they can enjoy. Football is related to P.E, and the game is revolved around football, so they can learn about the rules of football while playing, and it is a P.E teacher.

Primary Research

Interview
                                                                                                                                      
Interview with Football Gamer

Me: Hello, how are you?

Gamer: I'm good. 

Me: I heard there is a big backlash in the football gaming community, right?

Gamer: Yes there is, the football games which have been released are really complex,they have lots of servers issues. The games are filed with bugs and they aren't enjoyable and entertaining, they are very frustrating. 

Me: Why has this problem occurred? 

Gamer: Honestly, I don't 100% know, but I think they don't care about their fan's opinions and feedback.

Me: I am designing a new football video game, what are you looking for in a football game? I have taken note of the complaints you have mentioned in the other games.
                                 
Gamer: We want the game to be free, it should work properly without lots of issues, it should be enjoyable and entertaining.

Me: The game is also for children in Grade 2, and is created relating to the subject P.E, how can I make it suitable for Grade 2 children?

Gamer: Make the game very easy to understand, as they are very small and it will help them learn how to play football, which links to P.E.

Me: Okay, thanks for your feedback, I will try my best to fulfill your needs, and the community's needs.

Secondary Research

Servers are bad on other football games, because there are lots of hackers who exploit the game which makes the servers slow and lag a lot. To fix this problem, games must have better security for their games, to protect it from hackers. There also aren't dedicated servers in parts of the world which makes it slow in some parts of the world.
Delay in games are a big problem as well, delay happens because there are too many animations going on at the same time.
I have watched YouTube videos and looked at tutorials on how to make a football game and also a tutorial on how to make a main menu on Scratch.
I will need Photoshop for the stadium background, I want to make the football pitch as realistic as possible for this game. Photoshop has a wide variety of tools to make a realistic football pitch, and is the best photo editing software in my opinion.
I will use Scratch to make the football game animation, I will use the code given to make it. Scratch is needed because it is a very good app to create games, it also isn't very difficult and has a wide variety of options, to make a very good game.
  
Sources: 
http://answers.ea.com/t5/FIFA-15/Why-are-the-FIFA-15-FUT-servers-so-BAD/td-p/3621645
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-O6y-PgAOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfatO2wpq1k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLUjhdLfbuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyoMXPpkauY

SWOT Analysis

Design Brief
After hosting interviews with a gamer who plays football games and researching a vast number of football games, software and problems with football games. I have thought of and researched what the game might look like, and how it should work. In the design brief below all the important aspects of the game are written:

• the game will be made using Scratch
• the stadium and football pitch will made with Photoshop
• the game will be basic and not very advanced
• the game will solve the problems and complains which were in the interview
• the game will have patches, to fix bugs
• the game will have improvements, because of the feedback from the people who play it

Scratch

Scratch

Instructions- Green flag to start the game, left arrow to turn 15 degrees left and right arrow to turn 15 degrees right. If you touch the green colour, you lose and your car crashes, once you crash to replay game, turn the car facing straight. Try to get to the finish line without crashing!

Introduction

Computational Concepts are sequences, loops, parallelism, events, conditionals, operators, variables, and lists.

Reflection

I enjoyed making the tennis ball continuously bounce forever, and I also enjoyed making the sprite have a proper walking animation, kicking the football in the goal was also interesting because I love playing football and I can introduce my self by animating my hobbies. 

I want to explore more on Sensing, Operators and learning how to make more video games, because I love playing video games.

To improve my animation, I could have added more detail and information about myself and animating, what I like to do and my interests.I could have made my own sprite and try to make it look like me.

Walking and changing background

Instructions: Right arrow to move to the right, Left arrow to move the left

Parts of a flower animation

Scratch Maze

Introduction

Introduction

My name is Sahil.

The list of software I have used is;

• Sony Vegas Pro 13
• Audacity
• Blender
• Camtasia 
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Tinker Cad
• Notepad++

My hobbies are playing football, playing tennis and many other sports. I also like playing video games.

Criteria A

• I performed research on printing, types of printers and 3D printers and the people who invented printers.
• I also made tutorials on how to complete lessons on Tinker Cad.
• I also researched on self driving cars.

Criteria B

• I made designs for a model for Tinker Cad, I made two models of  a gaming controller.
• I created a design specification table, to give more detail on the model.

Criteria C

• I made the model on Tinker Cad, the gaming controller.
• I made steps and a text tutorial on how to make the controller on Tinker Cad

Criteria D

• I did evaluations and peer evaluations.
• I also did final reflections on the assesments.