Platform research

1. What is a platform game? a type of video game featuring 2D graphics where the player controls a character jumping or climbing to an objective
2. When did they appear? early 1950s
3. Why is the platform game one of the most popular game genres? Platforms allow for a wide range of unique creations for people of all ages. Unlike war games it doesn't have a set rule of what has to be inside and every platformer has there own unique qualities
4. Do platform games have a specific target audience, what age range and demographics does the platformer appeal to? Like i said platformers can have a wide audience due to the qualities that can be added. ive payed some with lots of gore and some which as cutsie characters
5. Name and analyse 3 of the most popular Platform games, why are they so popular and what is the unique selling point of these games?

Super Mario Galaxy 2

In the eyes of gamers this is the best Platform game that has ever come to market. I think the reason for this is because Mario is a well know game that has been with us for generations. What makes this popular to other Platformers is the unique colour with the amazing thought out level design along with the 3D graphics it makes for a enjoyable time.

Ori and the Blind Forest

What makes this a great game can be summed up in the first 10min of the game as it set the game up as a vibrant and emotional game. This game has elements of tech trees that you need to unlock speacial abilities to progress in the game. The beautiful art style mixed with emotional story line and incredible level design is what makes it such a popular game.

Business card

Today in photoshop we were told to create a business card using illustrator. we learnt a lot of editing techniques such as cropping and blending.

to create this image it took a lot of work. First i googled  faze logo and found a white F on a red back ground, reason for this is so its easier to cut out the F. Afterwards i searched for a Electric Blue Eagle as i thought it was a badass looking image. I hid the F for now and pasted my bird in, i also found electric blue lightning and added that. I erased around the Bird so it fitted nicely onto the lightning. I then un-hid the F and positioned my images to fit where the lightning is at the top and the eagle is in the middle but still visible. i the realized on the bottom right there was a bit of image that didn't fit so i came up with a solution to ad a blue smoke to the corner to break up the emptiness how ever the blue didn't contrast with the eagle but the look still came out nicely. I then merged the images into one and cut out the F so i was left with the image of the F and no red background. I applied this to my business card template i have and change the back ground to red. i then added a shadow to the F to make it look more 3D then added a black to red faded affect to the back and completed my image