2. You must plan a new computer game
including…
•P5a – Treatment or proposal
•Source of ideas – eg. Books, comics,
historical/current events, internet, style, genre,
target audience, narrative structure, typical
characters, working title, platform, running time
•To get M2 – Treatment/Proposal must include
platform, levels, synopsis and characters.
3. You must plan a new computer game
including…
•P5b) Competent production schedule
•For D1) Production schedule s
detailed and identifies timescales for
the activities needed. Dates, timings,
activities, personnel, resources,
contingency plans
4. You must plan a new computer game
including…
• P5c) Gameplay with associated visuals – Areas to consider:
Game mechanics, challenges in the game, actions of the
player, visualisations of the game and elements/components
of the game
• For M2 - Visuals are produced for each level of gameplay
• For D1 – Visuals produced display a high level of appeal for
the target audience – Annotations of display show links to
target audience and justifications for their inclusion
5. You must plan a new computer game
including…
•P5d) Target audience – Audience
relationship with similar computer
games, similar games/genre,
demographic/audience theory
evidenced
•Platforms included
6. You must plan a new computer game
including…
•P5e) Relevant legal and/or ethical issues
•Eg. Legal: Copyright, royalties, Intellectual
Property, PEGI regulation
•Ethical: Representation, use of stereotypes,
violence, gambling, the ethics of
microtransactions
7. You must plan a new computer game
including…
•For D1 - Ideas must be
justified in relation to current
trends in the UK computer
game market.
8. You must plan a new computer game
including…
•For D1 - Marketing plan
•For D1 - Distribution plan
including post-release
schedule
9. You must plan a new computer game
including…
•For D1 - Budget is realistic – Budget is based
on professional rates, including personnel,
resources, equipment etc, sources of
funding eg. advertising
•For D1 - Launch date is realistic and justified
with reference to the UK games market
