This document summarizes and analyzes features of four existing video games - Zelda II, Undertale, Final Fantasy, and Toonstruck. It identifies common features such as being made before 2000 and by Nintendo. Aspects the author will include in their own game are standardized NPC designs from Zelda II, Undertale's side-scrolling view and hidden areas, Final Fantasy's battle mechanics, and dialogue systems from Toonstruck. A bibliography lists details on the four analyzed games.

1. Research
Daniel Firth

2. Existing Product
It is viewed from
the right side of the
world and the
characters are seen
from side on, and
they flip to face the
left and right of the
screen depending
on which way the
player makes the
character move.
Zelda 2 is a side scrolling
adventure RPG game, it
was made in 1987, it was
made for the Nintendo
entertainment system an
has now been adapted to
the Wii and Nintendo 3DS.
Most of the NPC
characters have
the same design
and movement
patterns this
makes it quite
east to animate
the back ground
characters.
Audience appeal: this game appeals to an audience with its action packed story. It also came
out on largest gaming platform for the time (the NES) which made it largely popular as most
house holds owned a Nintendo system of some sort.

3. Existing Product
Undertale is a RPG
game released in 2015
made by toby fox for a
large variety of
platforms.
It is a birds eye view RPG with
multiple main characters, and
mini games in between the
levels, dialect between the
characters and movement
around the vast dungeons and
worlds to find new characters
and areas within the game.
Audience appeal: this game appeals to an audience as it became famous for a song
in it called “megalovania” which became viral and drew a large audience to the
game, the character “sans” also became largely popular with audiences which in
turn drew more people to the game.

4. Existing Product
Final fantasy was
first released in
1987 and is
continued to be
made now, it is a
RPG game which
changes between
side view and birds
eye view.
This game consists
of a fixed map which
the character moves
about on causing
the world to move
with them, there are
many NPCs I the
game which can all
interact with the
character and give
them missions and
information to help
them with their
mission.
Audience appeal: Final fantasy franchise appeals to
audiences with its bright and different characters and
gameplay, with its fighting gameplay and story behind it,
means the franchise has made 15 games so far.

5. Existing Product
Toonstruck is an adventure game
released in 1996 for DOS. The game
features hand-drawn imagery and
animated characters, but the
protagonist Drew Blanc is represented
as a video-captured live action
character interacting with the cartoon
world around him.
This game consists of dialect between characters and the main character who can
interact with them to further the story, it involves many mini games in it which if
played well will achieve new items for the character.

6. Research Analysis
• What common features do the researched
products have? A common feature in the
products I have researched is that most of
them were made before the 2000s era and are
mostly by Nintendo.
• What aspects of the research will you include
within your on work? (see next slides)

7. Aspects of the games I will attempt to
include in my game.
• Game one: Zelda II: one aspect of this video
game is the NPC characters, which are all all
the same design and animation for
movement.
• Game two: Undertale: one aspect of this game
I will use in my game is is the birds eye like
side scrolling view, with different areas and
hidden parts .

8. Aspects of the games I will attempt to
include in my game. Part 2
• Game three: Final Fantasy: one aspect of this game I
will include in my game are the battle mechanics for
the game, which will be either confront an enemy or
run away if you have been seen by an enemy. I will use
a similar options based system for my conflict In the
game.
• Game four: Toonstruck: one aspect of this game I will
like to include into my game is the dialect between
main characters in the game, which I can use to give
side quests or lore behind the game.

9. Bibliography

10. Bibliography
• Developer. (Year of Release) Game’s Name
• Game 1: NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC.
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis &
Development (1987) Zelda II
• Game 2: Toby Fox (2015) Undertale
• Game 3: Square Enix (1987) Final Fantasy
• Game 4: Burst studios, EA pacific (1996)
Toonstruck