Assignment Brief
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Qualification
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Level 3 Extended Diploma in
Creative Media Production – Games Design
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Unit
number and title
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Unit 20 Computer Game Platforms
and Technologies
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Assessor
name
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Iain Goodyear
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Date
issued
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Monday 16th
November, 2015
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Hand
in deadline
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Thursday 17th
December, 2015
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Assignment
title
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IG/JE Research Platform Game
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Purpose
of this assignment is to:
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LO3:
Understand software technologies for game platforms
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LO4:
Be able to connect and configure platforms and devices to enable gameplay.
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Scenario
Following on from
your work as a researcher for Electronic Arts, you are now required to create
a 2D platform game to showcase your research findings in an innovative way.
You will be
required to design levels and produce assets. Prior to this, you are required
to produce a technical demonstration that clearly showcases gameplay
mechanics.
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Task 1 –
Software Technologies for Game Platforms
You must
select two computer games and discuss the following in relation to your
chosen games;
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Platform
Dependency
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Operating
Systems used
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Drivers
Needed
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Application
Software used (Programming)
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Graphical
API
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Sound
API
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TV
Your
discussion of your chosen games must be presented in the form of two word
processed reports which should also include researched imagery and a video
example for each game.
The title
of this work should be titled Software
Technologies for Game Platforms
Task 1 –
Platform Game Showcasing Research
In
addition, you must use Construct 2 to produce a platform game that will
showcase your knowledge and research gathered for your previous Unit 20
assignment. You will need to submit a single file executable version of your
completed research platform game. You will also need to produce a desktop
screen-captured video of your game being played.
The title of this work should be
titled Platform Game Showcasing Research
This provides evidence for P3, M3, D3
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Task 2 – The
Connection and Configuration of Game Platform
Produce a
short video that demonstrates your ability to connect and configure a game
platform and devices to enable gameplay.
This
video should show the following;
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Connection
and configuration of display.
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Connecting
controller to platform.
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The
installing and configuration of a game of your choice.
The title of this work should be
titled The Connection and Configuration of Game
Platform
This
provides evidence for P4, M4, D4
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Evidence checklist
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Task 1 – Two word
processed reports with Video Examples.
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Task
1 – One Construct 2
research platform game in single file executable format.
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Task 1 - One desktop
screen-captured video that showcases research platform game play.
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Task
2 – One Embedded
video demonstrating connection and configuration of a game platform and
installation of a computer game.
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Sources
of information
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