MultimediaDev2020

  A screenshot is taken from my unity project  This week I began to design my prototype for my game, I wanted to start by organising and compiling all the potential assets that I might need for this project, I spent some time in the unity asset store looking through all the textures and character/ object assets. I  downloaded a wide range of these assets and began to arrange these packs to determine what elements I would use from each to help develop the game. once I had everything organised, I started to roughly lay everything into place, the main overlining goal was that I wanted to try to and get everything imported and in the right place. A screenshot is taken from my unity project   After I had everything organised, I placing some objects into the scene in order to be to have a skeleton of the game, using basic assets I was able to come up with an essential scene and movement of my game, there is still much work left but I'm overall pleased with what I have...

  An image of a retro Game ( Source ) Video “In order for the player to be optimally engaged, challenges should be presented at a level equivalent or slightly higher than their current skill. Not too easy, not too hard”( Gigity McD ) The word 'flow state' was coined by Csikszentmihalyi (1975) also known as being “in the zone” This is when the player is fully engaged in the game experience. Csikszentmihalyi put a lot of work into observing and analyzing various groups of people. This theory is focused on the idea of how people should balance their skills and the demands of particular tasks. An example of Flow would be a challenge in a game that interests the player such as a puzzle or a boss battle meant to keep the player interested and not get bored. Csikszentmihalyi also states that flow is related to an ideal psychological condition when a person engages in a challenge-skill activity, often resulting in concentration and a focused emphasis on a task. A practical technique f...