This document provides a summary of the student's progress through their coursework and their plans for their final major project (FMP). Their FMP idea is to create a video game in the adventure style with multiple levels to keep players interested. They chose this idea because they have enjoyed making video games before and hope to work in the video game industry. The most important part of the project for the student is gaining experience making video games. They plan to research popular games like Mario Kart and Super Mario Bros for influences on gameplay and animation style. Their goal is to excite and exhilarate players as they progress through levels. The student aims to emulate the theme and style of Mario games, which appeal to a wide audience, using

1. This initial document provides you with an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise
your progress and achievements through the first 7 units of the qualification and what you
plan to create in your final project. Think about what you know now, and what it means to
you, compared with what you knew and could do before you started the course, and how
this has influenced your choice of pathway and your FMP.
Tell me in no more than20 words, what is your
FMP idea?
Video game created more in the adventure
stylewith multipledifferent levels to keep the
audience interested and eager to play.
Why have youdecided to makeit? I have decided to makeit because I have made
previous video games for my FMP before and
it Is something of which I always enjoy working
on.
What aboutyourproject makesit importantto
you?
The most important thing for me about this
production is more the fact that video games
are something of which I hope to work with in
the distant future and for this I know that I
need to do well with this production.
Outline someof the initial influences onyour
idea/work and somepotential research targets
(remember, research isn’t justa paperbased
activity)
One of the main influences for my productionis h
typically populargame ‘Mario kart/Super Mario
Bros. I feel that these games will influence my
production because they are formed via the same
animation style aswhat I hope to create my
production around.
What effect do youwant to haveon your
audience when they see yourproject?
When my audience play my game, I want the main
effect on the audience tobe excitement and
exhilarationas they power throughthe different
levels of gameplay that my production has.
Describe the tone/mood/styleofyourproject
[which productiontechniques/characteristicsare
youemploying?]
The main theme/styleof my production is
more theidea of to make it appeal/use the
same themelike to Mario kart as it appeals to
a wide ranged audience and is something of
which I hope to happen with my production.
The main techniques/characteristics I will be
using is a lot of movement with my characters
and various other objects.
Why have youdecided to makeyour project in
this style?
I have decided to create my production in this
stylebecause it is something of which I have
always had an interest in, especially the
animation techniques they use in the ‘Mario’
stylegames.