The document provides an evaluation of an FMP project involving the production of a horror video game. It summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of the student's research, planning, time management, technical qualities, aesthetic qualities, and audience appeal for the project. Peer feedback noted that the graphics could be improved by adding more detail and varying light/dark tones. While the gameplay was enjoyable, the character designs were basic. In response, the student agreed improvements could be made to add shading and more detailed characters, but disagreed that the audio needed changing, and would focus on graphics but not gameplay for further iterations.

1. FMP Evaluation
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2. Production Process Evaluation

3. Research
The strength of my research was that I could research and compare 3 existing
products and think about the product’s common features as well as thinking
about what aspects I would include in my own product. The audience profile
was another strength of my research as your target market is one of the
biggest considerations whilst creating a product as you need to know who
exactly you are designing your product for. This meant that I carefully thought
about social status, gender and age of my target market which helped my
product as it was easier to produce when I knew what type of things my game
would have to feature to appeal to the specific age range I had chosen. A
weakness of my research is that I am limited to research only 3 existing
products which means that I may not have lots of influences as the 3
researched products were very similar.

4. Planning
The strength of my planning was that I created mind maps and a mood board
where I could initially write down lots of ideas and lots of different aspects of
a game in which I would then go on to experiment with. The mood board also
allowed me to gather some ideas for the visuals. By doing this It meant that I
could narrow down what features I do and do not want to experiment with in
the next stages of production. A weakness of planning was perhaps having to
not use a lot of ideas on the mind map as there were lots of them therefore
making it more difficult in making a final decision for next stage of
production.

5. Time Management
The aspect of production that was most time consuming was designing the
background for the game as I had no previous experience with using pixel art
therefore my finishing product had very basic graphics. With additional time I
would have further experimented with tones and shadows and perhaps
created more sophisticated character designs.

6. Technical Qualities
The existing product unlike mine has more detailed shading as the light from the lamp
illuminates the characters surrounding area and gets progressively darker further away
from the light source. My product on the other hand does not include this as I only
included two shades; light and dark. Another difference is that each item in the game
on the existing product is outlined and mine is not which is something that I would have
improved on if I had more time as it makes the characters and items stand out more.
Although they fit into the genre of game, my game is more violent which suggests that
both games are aimed at a different age range.

7. Aesthetic Qualities
An aspect of my product that looks good is that the screen is not too busy as
there are not too many different colors and details which is something that
would not look good on this specific genre of game as dark colors and tones are
important aspects to include In a horror game. It is also clear to see from this
image what the objective of the game is and how its played. In terms of being
creative, the character models are very basic as the enemy is a very generic
ghost design which is something that I would improve into a more detailed
design.

8. Audience Appeal
The aspects of my product that would appeal to people of around the age of 16 are
the jump scares and violence as the horror genre is much more popular with people
of this age. Another aspect of the game that appeals to my target audience is the fast
paced gameplay as it is entertaining and would not be found boring by people of this
age because it does not feature lots of text and cinematics.

9. Peer
Feedback

10. Feedback 1
• What did you like about the product?
– I liked the simplistic level design and use of
colours.
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
• I think you could improve on the detail and
include more background props.

11. Feedback 2
• What did you like about the product?
– I like the design of the ghost and decapitated
person.
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
• I think the playable character design is too
basic.

12. Feedback 3
• What did you like about the product?
• I like the name of the product and the music in
the background.
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
• The graphics need to be improved as there are no
shades of light and dark. Also audio doesn’t suit
the theme of the game.

13. Peer Feedback Summary
• What do you agree with from your peer
feedback?
• I agree that I needed to add different tones of
colour and improve the playable character
design.
• What do you disagree with from your peer
feedback?
• I disagree that the game audio doesn’t suit the
theme of the game.

14. Peer Feedback Summary
Based upon my peer feedback I would go back and improve the overall graphics
of the game such as creating shadows by adding different tones of light further
away from the light source to create a more realistic effect off being surrounded
by darkness. I would also create more detailed character designs by creating
more accurate body movement and facial detail however I would not change the
gameplay as this is the most enjoyable aspect of my product which includes jump
scares and quick getaways. I also would not change the name of my product as I
think its simple and relevant.