You will be enhancing your skills in researching and design to at a game design franchise in a analytical perspective. You will research MDA, ratings and Genres before looking at the history of a game franchise and predicting it's future. This is key to developing your design mind when approaching game creation making sure you have taken these elements into account.
Intent: Building on the analytical view you will research games with
Implementation: Research tasks and pitching the future of a series
Impact: Fundamental skill building which can be used in future projects when looking at deepening the design of your game
Industry: Game Design, Game Researcher, Game Reviewer
Soft skills: Problem solving, research
Math's and English: Write ups and analysis of content
Date issued: 23/09/24
Final submission: 04/10/24
Resubmission: 25/10/24
Unit 4: Critical and contextual awareness in creative media production
Learning outcomes:
Understand critical perspectives that influence the analysis of creative media production activities.
Understand the contexts within which creative media technology and production are positioned.
Assessment Criteria:
Compare a range of critical perspectives that influence the analysis of creative media production activities.
Apply knowledge of critical perspectives to the analysis of a range of creative media production activities.
Apply knowledge and understanding of critical perspectives to support own practice.
Critically compare a range of contexts within which creative media technology and production are situated.
Apply an understanding of a range of contextual parameters to support own creative development.
Genres research (U4 1.1, 1.2)
Ratings research (U4 1.1, 1.2)
MDA research (U4 1.1, 1.2)
Game History (U4 2.1)
Game Future (U4 2.2, 1.3)
Own views on subjects (U4 1.3)
Work will be assessed in the form of tasks completed on your site and followed by a final assessment. Only the work on your college site will be assessed so it is vital you upload all work, including any development and mistakes.
It is expected all work is reflected on.