Specialism Design – Brief 1 (Prototyping)

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Brief #1 – Research and Design

I chose this brief first because I knew that this brief would be, by far the most interesting one to do. The brief was layed out to intruige me as soon as i read it:

“What if a platform game was a Battle Royale game? No guns though please”

When I saw this line i knew this brief was the one I’d tackle first. Due to my love and wide knowledge of Battle Royale games (all of them even Fortnite at its core!), this brief was right up my street. Firstly, I defined each meaning:

Platform game = “a type of video game featuring two-dimensional graphics where the player controls a character jumping or climbing between solid platforms at different positions on the screen.”

Battle Royale = “Battle royal traditionally refers to a fight involving many combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing”

When both definitions for the games stared at me I just had to find a way to merge them both together to create a fun, unique game. The idea to make my game a ‘couch game’ was most likely the smartest way to merge these two types of games together. Where more than two people can sit in the same room and challenge each other to be the last one standing.

The research i did for this brief lead me to believe that couch games were sometimes overlooked. it also lead me to the figures of how successful Battle Roayle games have become and how they’re rising in popularity and slowly taking over the market.

However, my research also lead me to see just how little Platform Battle Royale games there are, and showed me just how unique this game I’m attempting to Design is.