2016年11月10日星期四

Puzzle Analysis - The Trace



Game: The Trace
Seller: Relentless Software
Release Date: Feb 5, 2015
Game type:Puzzle (Information Puzzle), Detective game.

The Trace is a great mystery game with fairly sample mechanics. In this game, players will need to search for clues and objects needed to obtain the evidence at different locations.   Using black-light to find fingerprints, collecting evidence, questioning people, and get reports are all pretty complex, but interesting.  All of these things piece the story together. In the game, it is very easy to navigate various scenes, music is also nice because it matches the mood of the game.
I played the 1 chapter of the game. It is a really nice 3D game, it game made me want to keep playing.



Find the information about the died person from its wallet which is found in his pocket. 


 Player will need to get right code to open the save.

2016年9月15日星期四

Shooter Game Level-Modular Kit





HeroProp Preproduction

Plan1:
Xie Di Zi: is an Chinese Ancient weapon, which is used for killing people by cuts head off.  It has a very unique mechanic that people are still trying to figure out how it works today.  However, the Xie di Zi need to be throw and covered on the head.  Then, it will easily knock the head off.


Plan2:
Gun:  It is the most common weapon that we can have in the real life today.  And it is also the most famillar weapon that I can achieve for this project.  If I choose this plan, I am going to design a unique gun with special mechanics.

Plan3:
Flying vehicle. It is also has the possibility for me. I will make it looks like a mini machine just like a backpack.  The design should looks cool and logical.  It is  be powered by a v8 engine which will produce fire and heat.

Plan4:
Weeding machine .  It will not be a common weeding tool that we can found in the field.  It is going to be look like a crazy machine that is able to kill any lives.  Parts are going to rotate with a high rpm to cut stuff.  it will be powered by gas, which can generate large sum of heat.


Plan5:
Water gun.  Water gun is actually a very interesting idea.  It remind me about the childhood.  However, it will not look like the ones that I had played with.  It will be a water gun that will pull water out with a high pressure.  Imagine how powerful that water guns for washing cars.
Plan6:
Motor saw.  The idea is inspired by the horror movies that I had watched before.  It can be a very bloody killing machine.  In the game, Saw can be used for many purposes.  For example: it can cut something that block the road, or kill the enemies...


Plan7:
generator.  Generators can produce high pressure electricity which can be very dangerous, but it also can work as a magnet.  So there are at least two mechanic that can be found in this idea.  It can attract stuff, or it can kill or hurt lives in the game.

Plan8:
 Stilit.  This thing is very fun to play with in the real life, so I believe that it will be more fun in the game because of the the feature of the mechanic it has already.  The spring is a very big part of this prop.

Plan9:
scooter.  it can be powered by some unique energy, such as nuclear power, solar power, or wind.  It will not have  any wheel.  It even will not stay on the ground.  In other words, It will float just like how maglev train works. It will not have any resistance from the earth, so it can go as fast as possible.

Plan10:
Skateboard.  It probably will have the similar mechanics as scooter has.  The only things which are different is the animations.

2016年4月10日星期日

Research for an Attractive Trailer


The game that the video shows is the Need For Speed: Most wanted.  The reason why I think that it is good is that this trailer has a little introduce in the very beginning, which tells the basic story, role and environment.  Also, the trailer shows some tricks in the game, such as cars can drive through the bottom of the trucks, and players can crash into some of buildings to kill police.  Another reason that the trailer really attract me is because of the music it uses, and the montage editing style. 

2016年3月28日星期一

Heads Up Display Research


Need for speed: Hot Pursuit is a pretty good reference in this case.  As you can see in the video that I posted above.  HUD it has includes most of information that we need, such as :
  • Speedometer
  • Tachometer
  • Gear Indicator
  • Lap Time
  • Best Time
  • Vehicle Health


  • Like most of racing games does, I would like to place the tachometer & speedometer on the lower right corner of the screen with the vehicle health besides it.  Gear indicator will be located in the tachometer display.  Other info that need to be show on the screen will mostly be placed on the top right corner.

    The car that I modeled is BMW E92 M3, so I decide to make a real tachometer and speedometer display like the real car has on its dashboard.



    Here is the first pass: