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1. Interactive Evaluation
Louis Dodds-Rodgers

2. Production Process Evaluation

3. Research
• A strength of my research is how thoroughly I looked into similar games that have done well
in the past and present so I can take ideas from them and base my game a bit more around
what I know for a fact my target audience enjoys. This helped me find out more about my
audiences demographic and psychographic which greatly helped my production and also the
rate I was working at as I could build my game more around what my target audience wants.
• A weakness of my research is the more planning I did and research into similar arcade
fighting games the more copyright issues I found the deeper I went meaning I had to be
especially careful not to cross any lines which could result in my game being struck down for
infringement of copyright, this meant I had to look research deeper into individual games I
was taking some ideas from to make sure there will be no backlash from the companies and
to see if there had been any issues like this in the past and what I could do to avoid them.
• Regarding my research I could have done a couple of things better for example; I could have
researched more thoroughly a colour palette as this will be a large piece in my game because
I want it to be as aesthetically pleasing to the eye as possible. I could have also done some
more research into the lighting of my game, this would’ve also helped me to boost up the
aesthetic quality of my game.
• If I was given more time I would use it to do more interactive research such as watch trailers
for the games I studied and take notes and also play the games myself to see how the
mechanics work and what I could implement into my own game.

4. Planning
• The strengths of planning was the fact that I already had a basic rough idea of what I wanted
to do I then created a mind map to help narrow the process down, by creating a mind map
this also helped me go through a lot of different ideas some good helping develop my game
further and some which I left out. This way I could visualise my target audience and mould
the game around what will be in demand from my target demographic
• The weakness of my planning came from trying to create a new idea for a retro fighting game
which hasn’t been done yet and more importantly one which does not tread on copyright
infringement.
• Another weakness regarding my planning was my mood board and how I just used generic
well known fighters as my sprites because for my final product I could not use characters
from other games but instead I had to create my own, realising this early on and putting it
into my planning or research would have greatly helped the quality of my end product and
the time in which I produced it.
• If I had more time I would have been more thorough in planning around my audience and I
would have looked into different types of ways to design sprites for my game. I would have
done this because if I had decided on a set target audience straight away and stuck closely to
that then my end product may have been more appealing to my set audience. Another thing I
would’ve made sure to do is plan different ways to design my characters as I only chose one
way and one style it made production very limited which I believe effected the end quality of
my game.

5. Time Management
• In the beginning I managed my time quite efficiently as I already had a set idea of what I
wanted to do and with that in mind I created my mood board and found images which
fit right into what I wanted to add into my game.
• When it then came to creating my characters and sprites I was a bit lost due to the fact I
didn’t use my planning to my full potential as I failed to research a few different ways to
produce sprites for my game leaving me single optioned making my game a lot less
creative than It could have been.
• I also struggled with the audio production in adobe premiere which I did not plan for
originally because In my research and planning I decided I would sample sounds the
majority of my effects from YouTube, I later found out most sounds I wanted to use did
not fall under fair use which means If I used them it would result in copyright
infringement, I later defeated this obstacle by producing my own sounds but this cost
me valuable time which in the end could have impacted on my games quality.
• I am happy with my completed project but with more time I could have had a better
opportunity to create a more well rounded, smoother game. If I had extra time I would
have focused on more of the audio side of the game rather than the graphical as that’s
what I am more talented in hence doing more on the graphical side and leaving the
audio until last.

6. Technical Qualities
Both of the games have a character on the left and right followed by the health bars
above them depicting how much life they have left. The existing product has a timer on it
showing how long is left of the fight, I decided not to include this option to give the
player more freedom as they will not be trapped to fight in a set amount of time. Street
fighter also shows small profiles of the characters you are playing as and against followed
by their names I did not include this mechanic in my game because I ran out of time, if I
was given more time I would have added a feature similar to this to make the game
stand out as much as possible.
Comparing the two games graphics together mine is clearly more simple due to my limited time and
resources compared to street fighter which pixel style looks a lot more defined and polished. This means
my game does not hold the same graphical value as street fighter making it a less superior game, along
with the graphics being quite basic my movement had to be very linear due to my resources and time so
I could not animate my fighting to the extent I wanted to. Both games seem to feature quite an avid
background, the background was a large part of my game due to the fact it is key to have a game looking
as graphically pleasing as possible and believe with my backdrop I have achieved that.

7. Aesthetic Qualities
There are a few good aesthetic qualities in regards to my game, one of them being the
background which I designed to look pixilated but not to the extent that my sprites are.
By designing the background like this it gives my game a similar feel to the retro street
fighter games on the arcade, this will help draw in an older audience who may want to
relive their arcade days and will be drawn to the aesthetic qualities. I also wanted to stick
to a general colour scheme with my game and on this particular background I stuck to it
and I was happy with it straight away creating a bit more free time due to the fact I had
already planned my colour scheme.
I feel as though with the characters I could have spent more time using the website I
created them on and exploring different ways of shading and colouring them to give
them both a more defined finish. If I created my game again I would spend more time
making my characters pixel by pixel rather than becoming impatient and deciding to
just draw it normally which resulted in the quality being lowered and the proportions
not being as spot on as I would’ve liked them to be. When I created the health bars I
thought they would look creative and match the theme my game was going for and I
am pleased to say they fit in with the aesthetic I was aiming for giving the game a more
polished off look.

8. Audience Appeal
Originally I did not have a set primary target audience but I did want to have an
age restriction on my app for 12+ due to the violence and ethical side of it
making everything a lot easier, I feel as though my game appeals to most over
the ages of 12 due to the fact the art style is very ‘indie game’ styled and retro
making some even older generations want to play to relive a part of them which
still loves video games from an arcade. My game will appeal to its target social
class which is all social classes due to the fact first of all it is free to play on a
phone which allows almost everyone to partake apart from those without
phones, I also created it for all social groups to enjoy with the hope that if there
is any microtransactions in the game then some may be more lenient to want to
participate.
I feel as though I have fitted my aimed psychographic audience of belongers due to the
fact the characters are in a style similar to retro games like Mortal Kombat and street
fighter which have large fan bases as hopefully this game may creating a topic of
conversation between players.

9. Peer
Feedback

10. Feedback 1
• What did you like about the product?
– I like the colour scheme used in the games
background.
– The games concept is very straight forward and
appeals to the right psychographics and demographic.
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
-The animation of the characters was very slow
and the quality of the movement with more time
could have been improved.

11. Feedback 2
• What did you like about the product?
-Good graphics style gives symbolism of old arcade
games and draws me in with the simplistic pixel
design.
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
-There could be more on the screen like names for
the fighters or the name of the location in which
they are fighting etc.

12. Feedback 3
• What did you like about the product?
-I personally loved the design of the character wearing a
ski mask I thought he was very cool and mysterious.
• What improvements could have been made to the
product?
-Give the characters something to make them unique
and individual such as powers they can use or
catchphrases or different colours for example.

13. Peer Feedback Summary
• What do you agree with from your peer
feedback?
- I agree with the fact that the animation of my
game was sacrificed due to time and given the
opportunity of more time I would round my
animation style and make it more smooth.
• What do you disagree with from your peer
feedback?
- None, I think all my peer feedback was very
accurate.

14. Peer Feedback Summary
Based on my peer feedback I would firstly spend more time animating the
movement of my characters to make them move smoother to give my
game a more clean polished off look, I would do this by either just spending
more time in photoshop doing this or finding a whole new way of
animating as I did not use my time doing my research to find any other
ways to animate my game and my characters.
Another improvement I could have made from my peer feedback is to give
my characters more live and interaction as they were quite limited in the
end of my game making the overall quality of the game suffer for it, to do
this I would add some special moves or powers for each individual
character to make them more unique and to intrigue the player more.
One more improvement I could have made to my game based on my peers
feedback is to add more aesthetic designs to the game even simplistic
things such as the characters name above their health bar or the name of
the current location the fight is taking place in, this would help boost my
games graphics and overall quality making more people want to participate
in playing it .