BA2a - Group Crit Session & Feedback

Yesterday I had a group critique session where we were asked to bring in what we had currently done with our pitch documents. These were the slides I presented, which were fairly polished however still in the drafting phase, especially with switching layouts around and creating higher quality graphics/artwork.

Title Page > Feedback: Keep it. Looks clean and not too cluttered.

Overview

> Feedback: VERY cluttered. Need to add more white space and take away the contrasting rings/white strokes. The icons could be placed elsewhere and aren't necessarily needed. The in-game shot should be much bigger.

Gameplay > Feedback: The text isn't needed, the images are enough to describe the gameplay. The mouse cursors should be removed as it draws too much attention away from the gameplay.

Captains

> Feedback: Get rid of the black box as it doesn't fit too well with the theme and is quite distracting. Remove the in-game screenshot and make the page as if it were a character selection screen, with arrows directing to each character for example.

Levels: > Feedback: The overall UI isn't needed in the images, only the background art themselves. Each background should differentiate from each other more. The times of day should be written above each box to clearly explain to the viewer.

UI: > Feedback: Because the UI is seen on the first 'Overview' page (in-game screenshot) and is easy to understand when looking at it, a user interface page isn't needed and should be replaced. It was suggested that I extend upon the gameplay and add another gameplay page.

Colour Scripts

> Feedback:

The shapes seem very confusing and should be replaced with a gradient, as it can really misplace where the viewer is looking. Instead of writing 'House Style Colours', I should have pie-chart like circles depicting colour wheels for user interface, title screen e.t.c.

Art and Design: > Feedback: Should be replaced with something else as it seems like 'filler content' (which I agree with completely!). I suggested that I change this to represent a level select, which would be before the levels page.

Music and Audio: > Feedback: Good layout, easy to read. I need to make sure I can add audio to the PDF/Presentation to make this page presentable.

Platforms:

> Feedback: Even as a very work in progress page, the tutors liked the simplicity of it but recommended that I only needed to show one platform. As I can use symbols to define what else it can be played on.

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