The document provides an evaluation of a video game project. It summarizes the key stages of development including research, planning, time management, technical qualities, aural qualities, aesthetic qualities, and intended audience. Research involved comparing existing similar products and helped inspire ideas. Planning involved creating diagrams of different game concepts. Time management was reasonable but could have been improved with more time. Technical qualities like animation and music were well done but the concept and monster design could have been more creative. Sound effects and music were a strength. The aesthetic looked bright but could also benefit from a more imaginative monster. The intended teenage male audience was appropriately targeted through action and sci-fi violence elements.

1. Evaluation
Harry T. Docwra

2. Research
• For research I went online and found existing products that were similar to
my product and compared them. Each one involved shooting at a giant
angry monster heading towards them in attempt to kill it. The majority of
these were from recent action movies.
• Research helped inspire my product to become what it is. It gave me ideas
for what to do for it, such as how the background will look, how the
characters will look, what the setting would be like and what kind of music
to use.
• Research was very helpful to me however there were some downsides to
it. It took a lot of time to do, time that could be spent doing the actual
product. Also the information for the research was hard to find.

3. Planning
• For planning I did 3 different spider-diagrams for the games. All of the
games followed the idea of shooting an enemy. One was a spaceship
shooting game, were I would shoot enemy spaceships that were attacking.
It would be very old fashioned like an 80’s arcade video game. The other
would be Sniper game where you would play a special agent to take out a
wanted Mob Boss, it would feel like a very old fashioned sniper game.
• By doing planning I was able to explore more ideas for my game to help
me decide what I wanted to do for my game and it is how I came up with
the concept for what I wanted to do in the end.
• Planning was very helpful to me however that’s not to say that it did not
have it’s own faults. It took time to come up with all the ideas as well as
make the spider-diagrams themselves whilst I could have been doing the
actual product and getting it done earlier.

4. Time Management
• I managed my time reasonably well. I handed in my video game before the
deadline and spent a reasonable amount of time on my PowerPoints
which were also finished and handed in on time.
• I feel that I would have been able to improve my product if I had some
additional time. If I had more time I would have tried to come up with
more concepts for the game, this way my game could have been even
better than what it finally was. I would try to come up with something
more creative concept-wise.
• I also would have created a menu at the beginning to make it feel like an
actual video game.

5. Technical Qualities
I think the animation in the game is very well done and colourful. I think I
did a good job with the animation and moving the characters and it’s
background looks very colourful. The bullets look as real as possible
when they’re firing and I like how I designed the monster.
I also like the music I created using Beepbox, it has a sort of late 90’s feel
to it with a suspenseful tone.
However I feel I could have been more creative with the concept for it, as
well as given the monster an even more creative design. My game
certainly doesn’t compare to old time classic games such as Pac-Man,
Street Fighter or Galaga. All those games were from the 80’s and it was
the kind of feel I was trying to create for the intention of nostalgia.

6. Aural Qualities
I used Beepbox to create the music and sound effects, they are actually
my favourite part of the product. I think they were the part of the
project that I have done the best. It adds intensity and creativity to the
game. I used Beepbox to create the sounds of the guns being fired and
the sound of the head exploding.
I also went onto YouTube and searched for audio of a crowd cheering. I
copied the videos link and pasted it into a YouTube MP3 downloader. I
played the audio at the end of the game when the monster is dead and
the ‘Well done’ sign appears.

7. Aesthetic Qualities
I think my work looks good
however I do wish I could have
been more creative with the
concept for the game. I like how
the background of the game has a
use of different colours, it certainly
looks very bright and colourful.
I do wish I had gone with a more
creative design for the monster, but I
can see how this could look in real life
with it’s original design.

8. Audience Appeal
I feel like I have appealed to my target
audience by including some action style
violence an element of Sci-Fi with the
mysterious monster. These would make
the game appeal to boys between the age
of 15 – 18. The amount of blood that was
included in the game should also help
appeal to this age range.
(Deadpool 2)
This product is one of the many things I
researched. It also involves protagonists
shooting at a giant angry monster in an
attempt to kill it. It also appeals to boys
aged 15-18 through its use of guns and
bloody violence.