GoldenEye: Source's remake of the Control level, Janus' secret Cuban base..For a quick environment study I cast my memory back to the halcyon days of 1997, and the FPS phenomenon that was GoldenEye (and its namesake film), and decided to produce a quick overview of what we can learn from the two and how we can apply it to our forthcoming level design. Bond villains are the world's greatest super-villains, and their underground bases are a hallmark of the role. I'm sure there are other examples within the series, but here is the first..
"Possibly the best example of a villainous control room is that found in GoldenEye. Situated in Cuba and below a satellite dish (which is itself hidden under a lake), the Janus syndicate’s hidden base blends earth walls and polished, futuristic technology excellently. This is the kind of style we should be aiming to ape as it gives our level a sense of super-villainy, which will make the experience more fun. Having previously been made and remade in videogame form, GoldenEye is an excellent example for considering the addition of gameplay elements, and as one of the most famous FPSes in history, there’s no more deserving candidate of study."
As I meant to when writing the Source Analysis of The Silent Language, here is the accompanying breakdown of how the distances between characters are percieved, and how we can implement this into our test. I've also included a comparitive scale in Hammer units to help with both analysis and design. To download the document, click here.
Week 12, Meeting 1:
Date: 27/04/2010
Time: 12:00pm until 12:20pm
Staff present: Claire Brierley
Location: C2 – 04a
This week's meeting with Claire had the team talking through our Milestone I presentation and discussing the work completed over Easter. We received feedback from Claire on the subject of Milestone I, and also discussed what we were to prepare for next weeks meeting.
Items addressed:
i. Easter Work.
ii. Milestone I Presentation.
iii. Feedback.
iv. Work Preparation.
Week 12, Meeting 2:
Date: 30/04/2010
Time: 01:00pm until 01:30pm
Staff present: Brian Morris, Phil Carlisle
Location: C2 – 04a
Individual Week 12 Logs:
Kyle - http://dysc.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-xii-overview.html
Lee - http://las1gcc.blogspot.com/2010/04/level-3-team-project-week-12.html
Adam -
Lewis -
Steve - http://austinfable.blogspot.com/2010/05/steve-week-12.html
Links to individual blogs will be added into this post by members once their weekly journal is complete.
Considering the nature and intention of our test I thought it may be useful to examine examples of betrayal done well in video games. To this end I decided to do an analysis of betrayal through looking at the Legacy of Kain series, which can be found here.
Considering that we want our betrayal to work out, having a realistic one to draw from may be useful.
If this one turns out to be useful there are plenty more examples in the series that can be analyzed later.
Just a few quick heads up!
I recently completed a source analysis of a study Kyle found during the Easter Break. You can find it included in the post underneath this one along with the original source, and I advise you all to take a good look through it. In my opinion, it's the most important source found yet, as not only does it relate to our test, provide lots of useful information to keep in mind and cross reference to other research papers we've done, it also proves part of our hypothesis correct!