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Top Five Successful Indie Games World of Goo World of Goo was developed by 2D Boy and is a puzzle game and it won the VGX Award for Best Independent Game. Its publishers were Nintendo, 2D Boy, Akella, Mastertronic Group and Brighter Minds Media. Braid Braid is a platform puzzle game developed by Number None Inc and Hothead Games. Braid is published by Number None Inc, Microsoft Studios, Hothead Games and MumboJumbo. Fez Fez is an indie puzzle platform game developed by Polytron Corporation and Blitworks. Fez is published by Polytron Corporation, Microsoft Studios and Trapdoor. Flow Flow is an indie game developed by ThatGameCompany and SuperVillian Studios. Flow is published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Minecraft Minecraft is a sandbox game developed by Mojang. Minecraft is published by Mojang, Microsoft Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment.

Understanding Financial Issues in the Games Industry In this article I will be writing about games which commercially failed and commercially succeeded and the costs involved in creating games, how it’s funded and issues facing small and indie studios. Costs involved in creating a game In this part I will explain the costs of developing a game and why some games were financial failures. When creating a game there will be costs. For example you will need to pay the production team for creating and coding the game, maybe rent out a building, buy hardware which will be compatible, buy software (but now game engines are becoming free.) Some games get crowdfunding to help with costs, websites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and GoFundMe are all crowdfunding sites. But some games like Mighty No. 9 received a massive income from Kickstarter but the game got delayed many times and didn’t live up to the expectations of the supporters and fans. The advantages of crowdfunded games a

Trends in Game Development Introduction In this article I will be explaining the current industry and marketing trends. In the second part I will be briefly writing about Financial Issues. Current Market Trends The current market trend is what gamers want to play and on which devices they would play it on. For example when Pokémon Go came out everyone who played it thought it was revolutionary as it used AR (Augmented Reality) to interact with the real world. So later this year (2017) or in the future we might see more games using AR. Another popular style of making the game feel realistic is VR (Virtual Reality) last year we saw a rise in the VR market as companies were bringing out VR headsets and VR supported games as VR was and still is popular.  Types of Audiences In the games industry companies create games to appeal to the audience and what’s popular at the time. But when developers create games they look at a certain type of audience and make a game tha

Top Ten Games 1.    Tetris : is the number one best-selling video game of all time and sold 100 million copies. Tetris was released on the Commodore 64 in June 6, 1984 (not counting its release on Android, IOS and PSP.) 2.   Wii Sports: is the 2 nd best-selling game of all time due to it being bundled with the original Wii. It has sold 82.69 million copies. Wii Sports was released on the Wii on November 19 th , 2006. 3.   Minecraft: is the 3 rd best-selling game video game of all time with 70 million copies sold. Minecraft was released on October 7 th , 2011 on all current platforms. 4.   Grand Theft Auto V: is the 5 th instalment to the popular GTA series. GTA V has sold 54 million copies. GTA V was released on September 17 th , 2013 on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4. (Was released PC but this statistics are based on sales before it was released on PC.) 5.   Super Mario Bros: is the 5 th best-selling video game selling 40.24 million copies and launched

Advancements in Game Development Facial recognition 3D Scanning and Facial Recognition technology allows systems to create your likeness in a game (so you can create a sprite which looks like you.) You can also transfer your own expressions as well. Another thing the Intel RealSense 3D camera allows developers to create games that adapts to the emotions of the gamer by scanning 78 different points on the person’s face. For example a few grimaces at your game screen means the system would dial down the game’s difficulty instantly. Voice recognition Voice controlled gaming has been around for a while but the potential of using the technology in gaming systems is now a reality, computers are now able to easily recognize voice commands from the user. Not only can you turn the console on and off using this technology but you can also use voice commands to control gameplay, interact on social media, play selections from your media library or search the web all by simply talking to

Unit 73: Sound for Computer Design In this article I will be comparing two pieces of music (The last of Us Theme Song by Gustavo Santaolalla and LittleBigPlanet 3 Dead Heat by Barry Adamson.) The Last of Us Main Theme by Gustavo Santaolalla  The Last of Us Main Theme by Gustavo Santaolalla is a sombre piece of music with a western feel to it. The main theme makes the game emotionally manipulative. The instrument used to make the song was a de-tuned guitar which produces a deep noise. The places the music was recorded in were a bathroom and a kitchen to get the right acoustics. Gustavo also used low harmonic tones to evoke a reaction from the player which would trigger their emotions. Little Big Planet 3 Dead Heat by Barry Adamson Little Big Planet Dead Heat by Barry Adamson is an cheerful, calm melody and sets the pace and the emotion for the level. The track is slightly sombre and plays with the emotions of the player. The song is looped so that the level can go