Game research

An open world is a type of video game level design where a player can roam freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how or when to approach objectives. The term free roam is also used, as is sandbox and free-roaming. Such as:

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8. I would like my game to be an open world, third person action game, similar to Arkham Knight and the other Batman games for heroes and scenery but also GTA for the set out (e.g using a map and missions).
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Primary research: settings

Overview

Heroes
Nocturnal flying animals:
Flying fox- main hero (like Batman)
Flying squirrel- sidekick (like Robin)
Bold outline, abnormally large feature to create cartoon like characteristics




Villains
Typically dirty animals people do not like
White rat- boss with a suit and gold tooth (mobster looking)
Three brown mice- henchmen wearing overalls 
Bold outline, abnormally large feature to create cartoon like characteristics

Setting/Scenery

• Typical dirty american alleyway
• Big bins where the villain's HQ is- dark and dull colours for dirt and negative energy
• Heroes HQ is in a tree house in a garden- bright and pure colours for cleanliness and positive energy for recycling 

Scenario
Third person action game, mostly set during the night where the heroes come out to try and clean up the streets, but the villain try and set traps to stop them for cleaning up, sidekick gets caught in traps and main hero saves the day by rescuing him in missions. Open world game so you can travel around unclean city, by picking up different pieces of big rubbish in different corners and alleyways, a new mission will start.  



Research
I need to:
Gather photos of each animal, find a style for the other cartoons to match the rat I have already created, find good examples of locations to base the scenes (examples from Batman series)

 Original photo

 Photoshop edit #1

Traced line drawing #1

Stop motion animation

Stop Motion Animation

Stop motion animation- 
In animation, stop motion animation is a cinematic process, or technique used to makes static objects appear as if they were moving. This technique is commonly used in claymation and puppet-basedanimation.


Examples- 
Wallace and Gromit 















Coraline

Inspirartion

Brief

Target Audience

• 7-11
• Children into action and superhero 

Form & Style

• Realistic colours and shapes
• Unrealistic cartoon based features (e.g. abnormally large eyes)
• Ed Edd n Eddy style? 
• Based on forest animals; flying squirrel, flying fox 
• Evil white rat with red eyes in white suit with gold

What characters will be based on 

• Superhero duos and teams
• Best friends
• Main character (e.g. Batman) and sidekick (e.g. Robin)
• 1 "big boss" enemy (Rat) + little minion squad (mice) 

Scenery

• HQ/hideout in tree in back garden
• Street scene + alley way
• Night time based

Exploring and experimenting 

• Free hand drawing
• Illustrator
• Look at similar styles (e.g. Ed Edd n Eddy) 

What I intend to produce

• 2 groups, good and bad side
• Superhero and sidekick
• Big boss and minions

Vector tracing with the pencil tool

What is the difference between vector and raster graphics?
Vector is a solid based object and raster is made out of small pixels.