Sunday, December 21, 2008

Core Final-Chaos Crusade

Character creation system based on a story. it is the analysis of a game system characterization system, what is its purpose, why sometimes it is limited and it point in a game.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DR8XGC0Y



World of Warcraft
looking at the simple basics of character creation system and questioning why it is popular . also questioning how effective it is.

Dungeons and Dragons Online
Lookin at its lay out idea and inpiration for first prototype.




























Soul Calibur
looking at the idea of a full scale character creation system.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Character Creation links

1-http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heromachine2/heroMachine2.asp

2-http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/365024

3-http://images.southparkstudios.com/games/create/

4-http://www.y8.com/games/Naruto_Character_Creation

5-http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?setview=features&gameid=174&loadfeature=480&bhcp=1

6-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_creation

7-http://www.ugoplayer.com/games/characterdressupcreator.html

8-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PrLZo47kYc

9-http://www.monkeysee.com/play/7036-world-of-warcraft-character-creation

10- http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25802.html

Monday, November 3, 2008

Final Prototype zip

heres were u can download our final prototype

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WNDZ2S08

Saturday, October 25, 2008

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/fun_activities/crossword_puzzles/#directory
http://www.abcteach.com/free/c/crossword_dinosaurs.pdf
http://www.abcteach.com/free/members/15961.pdf
http://www.naturescrib.com/images/products/country.jpg
http://www.curiosoft.com/images/AnimalJigsawScreenshots/animal-games-jigsaw-puzzles-screenshots.jpg
http://www.curiosoft.com/tabone/animal-games-jigsaw-puzzles.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiogram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stethoscope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmoscope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoscope
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news?articleid=2943254

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

First Reactions

Reaction One

Well this person felt that the interface seemed suitable and comfortable for kids. It was designed for it would be simple for kids to yous and its functions were easy to access. Also the pop ups is not something necessary maybe a glow will help. This person i believe wasn't so honest

Reaction Two

This person reaction was more honest, didn't know exactly what the interface was at first and it looked horrible. The room didn't look any thing like a hospital room. Basically the background did work and the voice didn't work for the character, needed a child like voice. But she did seem to enjoy the character dress up part and the typing of your own name. She made some suggestions as well, one was that the character could use some movement it looked plain just standing the with the same face also have bigger eyes and should. Another was to use the splats as the buttons for the interface which looked to had no function.

Reaction Three

The person for this interface felt that the interface could use a lot more work. It needed to be more child like, in terms of the background and animation. They would of liked to see the character move and talked to the children. Also suggested that the background should be made to be comfortable for children.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Tech Ref

Researched into the reasons for the cover theme of the turtle and a little bit about of the touch screen. Also the interaction and design of some similar projects.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Interviews

Nurse/Parent

1.How do you interact/relate to the current interface?
Making it able to gain the trust of children so that they are more comfortable , introducing your self in an friendly manor.

2. If you could change anything about the current interface what would that be?
Making sure the children are treated properly and give them more attention.

3. What parts of the current design do you feel are functional?
The treatment and the items we give to the children to feel comfortable

4. If you could add any additional functionality to the interface what would that be?
More education is needed for the children.

Parent

1. How do you interact/relate to the current interface?

Comfortable for a child, games were given to make him feel less homesick.


2. If you could change anything about the current interface what would that be?

All hospital should include a children department, more comfortable/friendly rooms.


3. What parts of the current design do you feel are functional?

The trust between the the Doctor and the children.


4. If you could add any additional functionality to the interface what would that be?

More child friendly room.


Child

1. How do you interact/relate to the current interface?

They were made comfortable with games, toys and TV. Earned their trust through giving them what they wanted to be comfortable.

2. If you could change anything about the current interface what would that be?

More games and less school work. Also a better room, didn't want to share room.

3. What parts of the current design do you feel are functional?

The games, toys , and TV.

4. If you could add any additional functionality to the interface what would that be?

Have the games and toys already in the room.

Response

Throughout the interviews and discussions about our interface we have heard similar thoughts and problems. These are problems we believe we can tackle head on as we begin designing our interface. These problems we came across we solved as we did our research.
One problem we have come across was with the character. Kids generally have a specific character that they like and just one character will not work. We came up with a solution to our problem as we looked at the build a bear website and that was to create a character in which the children could customize.
In addition, a problem we have come across was a name for the character. As you can see kids will tend to like names of the characters they seen no matter what. What we believed when talking about the name was that to create a general name and let the child be able to rename it, making the character more original for the child.
Another problem we came across was how the children would interact with the interface. This problem that we are still discussing. Our solution will properly be with either touch screen or buttons, the cost is another consideration in our decision.
Our final but not final problem is the environment; we want the room to be child friendly but educational as well. As we did the interview we were able to find a solution in which we can combine education and comfort into the interface.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Favorite Non-Digital and Digital Interface




This digital interface is my alarm clock that is very unsuccessful in waking me up. Its annoying buzz does not reach me in the morning but it does reach everyone else in my house.










This non-digital interface is my sketch book that is very successful in helping me convey my art inspiration and notes from class.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Conformity

The summary is on Andrews blog
http://bboybasics.blogspot.com/

Our video: Conformity

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

One experiment / One research project

Experiment

The rules of this game is to agree with your friend who is having a crisis with their parents. This game completely changes when u decide to agree with their parents. In this game friend is trying to convince you they are right and their parents and you is wrong. This creates a new game of ego, were both of you believe that you are right and try to convince each other til one wins or breaks the game were in they stop talking. With this being done it could also start another game of ego in which the friends wait out to see who is gonna crack first by apologizing.

Research

In this research i came across this game by pure luck, it is a game of following. The players in this game is a male and female. It usually starts when a female flirts with you through body motion and walks away with the look that she wants you to follow her to perhaps get to know each other better. This sometimes create a game of deception in which the male is being lured into a trap set by his enemies to get to him or closer to him through the female.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Social Games

"My Way"

The social game i choose to do about is on the decision making of people in a situation. This is seen through an asking of questions and get a series of answers til the right one. Also it is used to get coverage from the person asking the question.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=42588746

"The Insecure"

This social game is usually played by men through bragging about how "BIG" they are although women in end are disappointed. Game is normally play because they are insecure of their "tool" and they wont be able to satisfy a woman. Also because the big ego is supported down in the pants.

Modifying Mafia

Ressurection of the Assassin

When one or more assassin is dead, one of the dead or current assassin can choose a new assassin from the current villagers. The villager will be notified that the are now assaissin. Can only be done once per game.