Wednesday, October 26, 2011

2. What factors should you consider to enhance the interactivity of your game?


There are four factors that should be considered to enhance the interactivity of my game.
The first factor is user-friendly and enable users to have choices to choose from. Like for example, firstly, either to play it single player or with partners. Mostly boys like to play action games and they would prefer to play it with friends and choose their partners but some rather play it alone. Secondly, the level of difficulty of the game. Not all users like their game to be in 'Easy' mode and wants to challenge themselve by playing the 'Hard' mode.



The second factor is special effects. Without special effects, users will be less interested to play the game as it does not excite them to continue playing. Special effects is important to make user revisit and play it over and over again. It is the main key to attract more users.


The third factor is sound effects. Without the sound effects and only caption, the game won't be fun because you won't be able to feel the game when you're playing. Especially action games like 'L4D2', the sound of the shooting guns, zombies, the characters talking and also the background sound effects. If there is no sound effects for this kind of action games, it is hard to hint when signal users that the zombies are nearby. It plays an important part in the game too.




The forth factor is character. Some adventure and action games need a character in it. For example, 'Mario' is the petite guy who needs to save the princess.


The fifth factor is obstacle. Obstacles is a must to have in every game. Without obstacles, game would be as easy as ABC.

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