Conclusion & Evaluation

Having now finished the 3 day end of year show I can look back and evaluate what I have produced.

All in all I feel that the overall show was a big success, everything which we had planned for in terms of the room had been constructed and painted to a fairly high standard. One area which could have had a bit more attention was possibly the overall advertising for the show. Even though we had many visitors to our room most of them were there to see the art and photography exhibitions, and therefore had little interest in what we had to offer. There was some interest from local games companies however the overall show would have clearly of benefited from a private viewing one night. This being the first year of this course, some holes & areas for attention was always going to appear & this is something which can now be amended for next year.

For my final piece I felt that it operated very well and was pleased with how it went. The soft toy on the rod worked well with the plain white background and the overall length of the rod was just right for all heights of people. The overall feedback from players of my game was fairly positive and it was enjoyable watching people playing a game which I had created, it also showed that my target audience prediction was accurate as it seemed apparent that my game was quite appealing to a wide range of people of all ages.

One problem which did occur when the game is being run for long periods is that the overall game speed seems to slow down. This may be because of the web cam or an error in coding; the overall slowing down process didn’t however really affect the game play noticeably. This is something which I would like to have a look at if I have time in the coming weeks after the show.

Because we had all the lights switched off for the 3 day show I needed to make sure that lighting around my web cam was of a suitable level for it to operate properly. Tests were done in the week before the show began and I found that the lighting levels were just right for the web cam to detect movement.

One thing which I would change if I had to carry out this project again would have to be including a written poster containing instructions of what to do once someone has walked over to my game. I found that many people wandered over to my project and didn’t know that they could get stuck in and start playing the game. They just needed a little prompt to say it was ok to play around with what was in front of them.

Another thing which I would change / alter is the on screen character which the gamer controls. Many players were unclear as to what part of the monkey they had to make go over the items of fruit to collect them. All it really needs is an added graphic which makes it clearer to all the gamers. Finally I would also like to of included a top score board, where the gamers could enter their name along side their final score. This would add to the competition of the game making it more interesting for longer periods of time.