EMS Creative iMedia Cambridge Nationals

1. Feedback
Lesson 7

2.  Understand needs of client and target audience
 Know legal issues that impact on your work
 Be able to use feedback to improve planning section
Lesson Goals
#feedback
#improve

3. Client Brief
What are the main requirements for this project?
#feedback
#improve
Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work

4.  Game Spot have asked you to create a
simple PC game that can be used in
primary schools to encourage more
children to create computer games.
 The game must be suitable for 9 - 11
year olds, both male and female and
include map pieces and props that fit
into one or two key themes.
 Your game must have a clear set of
rules to allow the children playing it to
play and win the game within a 5
minute time limit.
Client Brief
Game Spot
Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work
#feedback
#improve

5.  The game must include these features:
 Single Level Map
 1 or 2 Large Rooms
 A few Small Rooms
 4 Doors (Minimum)
 5 Characters (Minimum)
 1 or 2 Location Themes
 The objectives for the game must be:
 Collect 5 Objects
 Avoid Being Killed
 Good Chance of Winning
Specification
Game Spot
Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work
#feedback
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6.  The four main sections of your plan we will improve today are:
Planning
Client Requirements
Main task, Objectives, Key Features
Target Audience
Age, Gender, Overall Needs
Equipment
Hardware and Software Required
Legal Issues
Copyright, Moral Issues, PEGI Rating
#feedback
#improve
Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work

7.  Your client is the person who has set out your task for you. They
have told you what they want you to plan and create for them.
Client Requirements
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Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work
 The key requirements of your client
are set out in the written specification
and you must describe how you will
plan to meet those requirements.
 Your analysis of the requirements is
important for you to show you clearly
understand what you’ve been asked
to create in this project.

8.  Different genders in your audience
will require different things:
 What will appeal to boys?
 What will appeal to girls?
 The young age group you are aiming
your game towards means you will
need to carefully consider the
content of your game.
 Your target audience is the person or group of people that you
are aiming your final product towards.
Target Audience
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9.  The Software you use will include
features such as props & characters
but you could also think about:
 2D/3D Environment
 Ease of Use
 System Requirements
 The role of each item of hardware you need must be explained:
 Monitor
 Keyboard
 Mouse
 Headphones
Equipment
#feedback
#improve
Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work

10.  When planning the content of any
video game moral issues must be
considered so your game is giving
the right message to it’s players.
 PEGI certification is important in the
games industry and your game must
adhere to a particular set or rules to
fit in with the relevant rating.
Legal Issues
#feedback
#improve
Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work
 Copyright will have an impact on you in two ways in this project:
 Protecting your own work
 Preventing use of others work

11.  The difference between grade boundaries in this part of the
unit comes down to the level of description used in planning:
Marking
Clear Identification
Describe requirements & audience
Merit
2-11 Marks
Detailed Identification
Explain impact of client & audience needs
Distinction
12-15 Marks
Limited Identification
List requirements & name audience
Pass
1-6 Marks
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Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work

12.  Use the feedback given on your R092
Game Design document to improve
your plan in the following areas:
 Client Requirements
 Target Audience
 Equipment
 Legal Issues
 You must describe your ideas in each
section as fully as possible.
 Make sure you add a comment to
explain any improvements you make.
Your Task
#feedback
#improve
Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work

13. Keywords
 Feedback
 Improve
 Requirement
 Information on your work that will help
you improve what you have done.
 To make something better by refining or
editing work that has been done.
 Something that is needed or wanted by
your client in the finished product.
#feedback
#improve
Understand client/audience needs
Use feedback to improve work