Inquiry #5

What certain elements of video games are necessary to make a really popular game ?


Report Plan:


  1. Introduction

  2. Who was the first person to make a video game?

  3. What makes video games popular?

  4. What Makes gaming groups popular than others?

  5. Shortest amount of time for a game to be developed?

  6. Longest amount of time for a game to be developed?

  7. Numerical Data (Graph + Explanation)

  8. Can you make tv shows into popular games?

  9. Are the most popular games still able to be played?

  10. Expert Information

  11. Does abuse play a part in a gaming group’s popularity?

  12. Conclusion

Bibliography



Introduction:


For this report I will be talking about what certain elements of video games are necessary to make a really popular game. In this report I will be going over the history of video games, what makes groups popular, and some more information about video games. In this inquiry I hope you will learn more about video games in general. With Video games, I will also talk about the social gaming groups that come with them.


Who was the first person to make a video game?


The first video game was created by Physicist, William Higinbotham. In October, 1958, the first game was a controller game where you had the joystick and a disk.The game was just a simple tennis game for two people. It was tested and shown off in a laboratory as this was very new to the 1970s. As the 1970s continued more and more games kept on getting released because of the tennis game that William Higinbotham made.




What makes video games popular?


What makes video games popular are the massive amounts of people that play games that are really good and that we like / are addicted to. Researchers have found that the reason why we are addicted and love the games we play is because they keep rewarding us with certain things that many people like and it keeps on going and it keeps on motivating us to play it. A way that makes it popular is the game going for things that we like and it will make us play the game more because we like the main purpose of it and also keep us motivating until we finish it.



What Makes gaming groups popular than others?


A group could get more popular for its accessibility. When your group has access to it on devices like, PC, Apple Products, phones, ipads, Xbox, Play station etc, it can get you lots of people on different devices and that could get you lots of players. Some of the things that can contribute to a really popular game is the uniqueness of the game. When they have a certain element to their game that is original and draws people’s attention then that would be why it would get really, really popular.


Shortest amount of time for a game to be developed?


There is a chance that the simple idea of it could blow up and become really popular online. In the 1980’s a company called “Atari, Inc” created the “ET” game cartridge. Even though it didn’t get many people playing the game, it was still was made in the shortest amount of time (5 weeks). A short video game is easy and sometimes it can be easy but most developers like to make it the best they can be. For some developers they lke to make their games short, a small size, a small map and not a lot of things to do there.




Longest amount of time for a game to be developed?


Some of the longest games have been developed inbetween 10-15 years but they seem to get popular a few years after that. Some games have been in developed in 10-12 years but didn’t get much popularity so they have been discontinued. It just depends on the type of game your realise, for example there was a game made in 10 years and it gained lots of popularity because it was a shooting game. A game had been developed in 11 years yet it received a little bit of players because not many people were interested in the game it was.

Numerical Data:


I think that this graph shows us that the massive amount of video games has increased in popularity because a lot more people are getting into video games and getting more attached to it which it why games are extremely rising in popularity.








Can you make tv shows into popular games?


Some video games show that you can be really popular with a video and tv show that everyone loves and likes to watch in their spare time, it might not be the best idea as some might be boring and people might think you ruined the show. With these shows some shows aren’t really that popular and they didn’t really need some video games. It could be really popular if more people do this and if it depends on the show then it really wouldn’t be that good if nobody watches the TV show it wouldn’t get that much people playing it. It seems that a lot of people want certain tv shows to become video games because of the way the story is told. Although they seem great for video games, people might make like fanmade versions but the real members might not make an actual game because of certain reasons. An example would be this one game called “Escape the night” on Roblox, It is based of a popular 4 season Youtube Original series and it has lots of players playing it.






Are the most popular games still able to be played?


Some of the most popular games having been running for like 5+ years and have kept going on and on, developing and getting really good and better. One of the top games are minecraft and they have been running since about 2014 and they have had new updates going through and it just kept on getting more and more popular. It still seems like the games that have been running for a long time (5+ Years) are really popular because the developers spend all their time and energy on it and it shows in the game. If the developers update the game off and on the game still would be good and getting better and their hard work is definitely worth it to get through the developing stage and because of their talent and their work they progress and get tons of popularity.









Expert Information:


I talked to a creator of a popular game on this website called “Roblox. He said “To be honest, I never really expected my game to take off, at the start I just did it to roleplay and hang out with my friends”. He pointed out that after a few months he noticed more and more people joining and talking to him. After a while it became really popular and he opened a server for it, it just took off and kept on getting popular. This wasn’t his first game it was just the first of his games to take off and get really popular.













Does abuse play a part in a gaming group’s popularity?


It seems that a lot of popular gaming groups have lots of good and secure rules to stop people from messing up the group’s whole work and deleting it etc. When there is a abuse involved many chat group platforms would get involved if it went to far. So the groups have to look out fot abuse and stop it right away and if it continues but in other platforms get the platforms owner to not let them in and tell other platforms about it. Most platforms and the people are on rlly nice but some people may choose to be mean and say all these mean things to you, even if you block them they could come back on several accounts and keep posting mean stuff. Thats why its best to just ignore them because it’s just their opinion and it isn’t true (most of the time).








Conclusion


From this inquiry I have talked about all the video games and the gaming groups about them. In conclusion I believe that uniqueness and creating a really popular genre of game will give you the certain elements to be really popular and successful. It has been a wonderful experience learning about and researching on video games and I have learned some things about video games that I never thought about before. This has been my inquiry on the certain elements of video games needed to make your game popular.



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