This presentation discusses research techniques for game development. It explains that research involves investigating a topic to learn more about games or what audiences want. The document provides examples of researching classic and modern games like Zelda and Minecraft to understand what makes them fun and successful. These case studies demonstrate how gameplay experiences and feedback can be analyzed to inform the design of a new game.

1. RESEARCH
Phil Wynne

2. Introduction
This presentation show’s you how to use research
techniques productively and correctly.
The objective of this presentation is to show what the
user can do for the game when using research
techniques.

3. Research in general
 Research is simply investigating further into something
to either find things about the game.
 Research is key to the industry due to being able to find
what the audience want in a game. This can be very
profitable.

4. Classic game research
 The picture below is of me playing Zelda “A Link to the Past”.
 From the experience I learnt how to take information from playing a game and
use that research to explain what and how the game plays and feels.
 I can apply this knowledge to my game as I can find out what things other
people want in a game.

5. Modern game research
For my modern game research I chose to research about
Minecraft – Feed The Beast.
I learnt in this game, it takes a long time before you can
create massive parts to it, and remembering all the
recipes takes some time.
This could be applied to my game as they used the time
well which makes you want to continue.

6. conclusion
• Overall, for the Zelda research I thought that the game
rated a overall 8/10. This is because the game had many
different unique quality's, and for the era it was very well
put together.
• For my modern Game research I think that this rates
overall an 9/10. This is because the game used
something that other games can’t use well. This is not a
10/10 because I thought there were still a lot of bugs due
to it being a unfinished game.