Evaluation of units 3 and 4
During this evaluation, I will be breaking down my progress in each task in units 3-4. I will be explaining the problems I found in the tasks and how I overcame them. I will also display my opinions on the tasks ranging and the difficulty behind them. I will also go into detail on task deadlines and if I met them or not.
The first task I did in unit 3 was researching Audience profiles. first, I made a mind map of how the industry gathers information on their target audience. I then created 2 profile broads, the information I used on these were common stereotypes of peoples likes, hobbies, Interests. Companies use these boards to find out what type of players will play/like their game. I tried really hard on this task and I am very impressed with the outcome of it, I have definitely improved my skills both in writing and presenting my work. The profile broads I did in photoshop to allow me to change someone of the textures and give crisp look to the board, presenting my work in this style allows people to see that my work is at a Good level and presentation is something I try to focus on quite a lot.
The second task I moved onto was the analyzes of 3 games from a list we were given in class. The games I choose to do where The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time, Final Fantasy XIV, Borderlands the Pre-sequel. I chose these games because I know quite a lot about them especially Borderlands, which is one of my favorite game series. I then have to talk about the rating and if I thought the rating it was given was correct, I began this part of the work with Zelda because it was the game I had the least experience with, looking into the game and finding information about it. After the research I did I started to do my write up including the information I found, I did the same with the other 2 games adding detail and justifying why I chose to change the rating or keep it the way it is, the justification I used was from overviewing the original rating it was given. I would say I reviewed these games very well, justifying the rating I gave them showed how my writing skills have improved.
After the first 2 parts of the task, I had to create a mind map on ethical issues, they are listed as follows Gender, Violence, Sexuality, Ethnic Diversity. These were produced by small groups of 3-4 people, I worked in a small group of 3 people. During this time i think I participated well I just wish i put more effort into the mind map filling in some of the blank spaces and adding more information also drawing up our mind map online would have helped.
One of the tasks I found fairly easy after I got a hand of it was 2.1, It was on 2 controversial game series from a list we where given. I chose the game series Hitman and Mass effect, which both have had massive amounts of controversy behind them. The themes we had to discuss on them where; violence, gender, ethnic diversity, and sexuality which have been spoken about in gaming a lot more in recent years. I found this task hard at first but after a while, I found it generally really fun to do, discussing all these topics helped me understand more about how games generalize and sexualize things that they really don’t need to. The main thing I learn from this is that I can go into to detail very well and I can justify and break down the text to make my point stand out.
For one of the other tasks, I had to create a pitch presentation for a game. I think I did really well at this task showing how I could come up with a game with a complex but understandable backstory with some characters that player could get attached to, allowing the player to get attached to a character helps people get looped into the story and want to play more. With this task, I think I put my head down and really did well with it focusing on what people like in a game and in a story.
Task 3.1 was the task I struggled with the most and where I encountered the problem with structure and evidence. It took me a while to finish this task due to me finding it hard to finish and complete. I can say I put a lot of effort into it following through and breaking down the evidence. This task we had to make a sort of timeline of platforms Console, Tv, PC, Mobile, Arcade using all these platforms listed. I ran into a lot of problems while trying to find information for these because I did not know where to start or where to finish. After I finished the work I was actually very impressed with the turn out of it and how the text flowed together. The one thing I think needed improving in this task was my wording and constant looping back on the text I had already written.
In conclusion, I have to say I am very impressed with the turn out of Units 3&4, it was really hard to get into but in the end, it came out just the way I wanted it too. The things i am very impressed with is the Quality of writing and the justification of research points.
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