Planning of characters

 

 

Here are some little sketches of the characters which I have drawn as ideas of ones which I could  use in my animation. I particularly like the Police Officer one as it is more detailed and would look interesting in an animation. Though I might go for a more simple one if it is too difficult to make in my animation. I might make one which is more-like made up of a shape which will be easier to recreate in Adobe Animate. I will take the challenge of creating the police officer.

Image Bibliography

Kentucky Route Zero. Video game image. Accessed in May 2017.

http://www.adventuregamers.com/images/teasers/24759/k2-fp__big.jpg


Hohokum. Game image. Accessed in May 2017.
http://static.blog.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hohokum.jpg

Fly Guy. Game image. Accessed in May 2017.

https://goodmenproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/FlyGuy.jpg

Kongregate. Game image. Accessed in May 2017.

http://www.freegamesnews.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Wizard-Walls.jpg

 

Kongregate, Game example number 4

This image is from a game called Kongregate. This one looks a lot more detailed in comparison to the other three examples which I have looked at. More colours are used within the game and you can also recognise the characters although some are made up monsters. I like the idea of short-like characters as they make the game look like its focused on the audience of children. Using various of types of characters is also what I like about this game. As you can see from the image it includes, monsters, Wizards and soldiers.

Fly Guy, Game example number 3

This image is from a game called Fly Guy. As you can see there are no colours used within this game. Although it looks very simple, it is an addictive game in my opinion due to the fact that it is fun being able to make your character fly up the screen from left to right. Although the characters and objects within this game are sketched, you can clearly recognise what they are and who they are. For example, the clouds are very simply drawn, but you can recognise that they are clouds.

Hohokum, Game example number 2

This image is from a game called Hohokum. What I visually like about this sort of game, is that characters mainly move to one side. It is simple to play but quite addictive in my opinion. The characters are very made up and not realistic. The colour scheme used in this game is very colourful and childish. Tt makes the game look very exciting. I also like the faded and light background colour used in this which I might consider when creating my animation.

Kentucky Route Zero, Game example number 1

This image is from the game called Kentucky Route Zero. The characters are not very detailed, but detailed enough to recognise which are human-like or animals. It uses dull and dark colours with square-like objects. I like the whole background theme as it creates quite a scary and tense atmosphere which some users might enjoy when playing the game.

Research

As my research, I am first going to research into some games which will give me some kind of ideas and inspiration to help me create my animation. there are many different games which are visually different from one another. looking at visually different characters and game scenes will help me to think of what my animation could look like.