The document summarizes Luke Nicholson's process for an interactive evaluation project creating a platformer game. It describes the research phase focusing on Mario games, planning phase developing background, character, and coins, and time management allocating more time to difficult parts and animation. Technically, it is a bright, simple puzzle platformer like others in the genre. Aesthetically, it uses bright simplistic colors and realistic background. The target audience is teenagers seeking a simple, colorful, and relaxing puzzle game. Peer feedback noted bright colors, simplistic gameplay, and potential to expand puzzles and show more of the game. Based on feedback, the creator would make puzzles more challenging and use darker colors in parts of the game.

1. Interactive Evaluation
Luke Nicholson

2. Production Process Evaluation

3. Research
• I researched games that I have played and enjoy previously I was going to
base my game at first on it, but in production I decided to make it’s a
platformer like the Mario franchise. I used what I researched and decided
that I will keep the idea of what I wanted to do but make changes and
make it into a platformer where you have to collect coins to finish the
levels.

4. Planning
• I decide that for the background I would do a simplistic, sunny day
background. I then made a cartoon character with a bright colour scheme.
Once I had done the character and background, I started on the coin and I
made a simple coin. After that I made platforms that would fade in and
out.
• When looking at my previous planning and realised that I didn't do
anything like I had planned, the only thing I kept on track with was the
layout plan. Everything else I changed in every other way

5. Time Management
• For the research and initial plans, I spent the first two days planning and
researching (mostly researching). I had a rough idea on what I wanted to
do when I started the project, so I found planning and researching easier
than previously because I had an idea of what I wanted to do
• Then when I did the production experiments, proposal and the pre-
production, I spent two days working on the power points, I spent the first
day working on the production experiment and then I spent the second
day working on the proposal and pre-production.
• I used my time effectively when making my final project, I spent longer
periods of time on harder to make parts of the projects. As well as when it
came to animating, I spent a long time doing it so it would look the best it
would be able to get.

6. Technical Qualities
• My work is similar to other platformers because it is a bright and vibrant
game and has a very simplistic goal and character in mind. I also created a
somewhat realistic natural background. It is also similar to other work by
being a simplistic puzzle platformer where you have to try and bet the
level by collecting all the coins and escaping.

7. Aesthetic Qualities
• I found that it was quiet a creative product to make, and I felt like I had a
lot of freedom to do whatever I wanted. I think it look good creatively due
to the amount of bright, yet simplistic colours I used realistic colours to
make the background. I tried to make it as aesthetically pleasing to look
at.

8. Audience Appeal
• I made an indie, platformer that is meant for teenagers. It's has very bright
and vibrant colours and a simple and relaxing game you could play. It is
also a puzzle game where you have to find ways to get to coins that unlock
certain parts of the puzzle that means you can progress further.

9. Peer
Feedback

10. Feedback 1
• What did you like about the product?
– It has simplistic yet colourful backgrounds and is
very simple gameplay, and looks like it could be
something fun to past your time
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
– Could have shown more endings such as what
would happen if you fail, or more of the game in
general

11. Feedback 2
• What did you like about the product?
– It had nice main colours, yet no real main colour
scheme and I think it was a bit too bright for my liking,
but it had a nice gameplay loop and I think it was
somewhat trying to be a simplistic puzzle game
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
– I reckon it should have had a main colour scheme and
that it should have been expanded on when it comes
to what was shown to us

12. Feedback 3
• What did you like about the product?
– I like the simplistic gameplay and the light puzzles
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
– I don't like the bight colour I think the game could
have used some darker colours

13. Peer Feedback Summary
• What do you agree with from your peer
feedback?
– I agree that the colours we're bright and that it
has a simplistic gameplay, yet also being
somewhat of a simplistic puzzle game
• What do you disagree with from your peer
feedback?
– I think that I showed enough of the game. And
that you can get a good impression off of what
was showed to you.

14. What changes would you make based
upon your peer feedback and why?
I would change some of puzzle features more maybe making it
more difficult to complete, but not being too difficult to where it
is impossible to complete. I would also change out some of the
colors on it making it darker in some parts maybe later as well as
showing more of what's to offer with this interactive game.