Joshua Meredith evaluated his product, a pixelated video game inspired by Pokemon games. His research of Pokemon games helped him choose which game to base his design on and determine his pixel limits. His planning process involved structuring steps to complete the game, but he could have better organized animations. Time management was done well, leaving extra time to improve the product. The technical qualities of the game included detailed pixel art animations at a smooth frame rate compared to the inspiration game. Aesthetically, the grayscale colors captured the retro feel within pixel limits. The intended teenage boy audience would find appeal due to the game's similarity to popular Pokemon games.

1. Evaluation
Joshua Meredith

2. Research
• My research helped a lot during my product. As there is a bunch of
pokemon games out it let me see which one I wanted to get inspiration off
of. This also showed my limits when making my product of what I could
and could not do. Knowing my limits pixels wise it was safe to go with the
first pokemon game to get inspiration from. My research also showed me
what colour pallet I wanted to use. Going with the retro grayscale made
the process easier and gave the overall feel of the product better. To
improve my research I could have expanded it and looked at different
games to get more of an opinion on what else I could have done with my
boundaries. This would have improved my research by looking towards
more retro games with little animation

3. Planning
• Planning out how I'm going to complete making my product is always
helpful as it gives me a structure to work off and no just going out the top
of my head. This makes it so I can work on the product step by step and
make sure everything is in the right place. To improve my planning I could
have listed out the animation in order to make the product even easier.
This would have improved my product as I could have listed what to do
and organised it better.

4. Time Management
• My time was managed extremely well during the creation of this project. I
gave myself plenty of time to do everything and get it done the way I
wanted it to be done. My product would not have improved with
additional time as I still had a lot of time left to make improvements and
decided against changing anything.

5. Technical Qualities
The pixel art of my work is very detailed. The animations run smoothly at 29.7 fps because
of youtube quality. The animations are complex and not overdone so you can see whats
happening on screen at all times. The animation is slow like if it was a retro game.
Comparing it to an actual game which similar structure my video game uses less pixels as I
went for an older approach to my version then the version it is being compared too. When
using a move the actual game like to shake the entire screen whereas my version only
shake the character taking damage. The actual game uses colour and a higher quality as it
has more pixel space to include more shading and detail whereas mine only had a select
few pixels in comparison. The animation of the actual game is quicker and smoother but I
was going for my game to look old and retro so I don’t see a downfall in my version being
slower in comparison.
My video game:
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6. Aural Qualities
My sound effects in the game are very simple but effective using sounds like a hit of a
table to make the sound of taking damage. The music in the background gives a faster
pass to the game and builds up more excitement during the battle. As this was a retro
game I didn’t want a lot of audio like text going past as it wouldn’t be as simple as I
wanted it to be. In comparison to the actual game it uses a lot less audio. The actual
game uses audio for everything going on in the game. From the Pokémon screeches to
the moves being used. I found when I added the same amount of sound it was
overcrowded and didn’t fit my product to the way I wanted it. Both products don’t use
dialogue unless you count the pokemon screeches at the start of the battle. In my
having dialogue wouldn’t fit in and overall feel unnecessary towards my final product. I
could have added more sound effects like when my monster gets defeated or when
switching screens to the gaining exp screen.

7. Aesthetic Qualities
Overall I like the quality of my product. I like how its not too much to give the retro
vibe but it also isn't little to look like a professional game. It wasn't as creative as
other products I've made but both characters are original and have no relate to
anything I've seen before. I like if you picked up this game you'd think of a Gameboy
type retro game which is the target I was going for. The colours are grayscale to give
that retro feel that I was aiming for and I think it worked perfectly to capture it. A
barrier I had when creating this product was the amount of pixels I was limited to. If I
had more pixels the characters an overall product would be more details and
improved. The creation of the entire piece was fun to do as I am a Pokémon fan so
being able to make my own was fun and refreshing. I have also never done a
pixelated video game to this quality so it was a new experience overall.

8. Audience Appeal
The audience I went for when created this product was teenage boys. The reason
for this choice was because that’s the audience that play Pokémon the most due to
Pokémon being very popular during their growing up period. As my game is similar
to Pokémon I thought my game would suit that audience the most. It would be
easier for that sort of audience to transition over to my game as they play Pokémon.
Although that was my primary audience any that wanted to pick up and play the
game could be able too and the game had no restrictions on who can play it. This is
because the game characters that don’t existed and doesn’t show violence when
they are defeated so children can also pick it up. As my game is close to Pokémon I
think I appealed to my audience very well. I also think the game will appeal outside
my audience because you don’t need to know Pokémon to pick up these game. The
game is very simple and easy to get into