LO4 -Pitch presentation

LO1: Business Report: Naughty Dog

Business Report:Naughty Dog

• Section 1: The company is called Naughty Dog. The company was started by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin. They started the company under the name Jam Software and were independent until they were picked up by Sony computer entertainment and later on changed their name to Naughty Dog. Currently the key staff at Naughty dog are:
• Evan wells - Co-president
• Christophe Ballestra - Co-President
• Neil Druckmenn - Creative Director
• Bruce Straley - Game Director
• They are based in Santa Monica, California, United States

• Section 2:
•  Naughty Dog has developed for:
• Apple II
• Amiga
• Atari ST
• DOS
• Genesis
• 3DO
• Playstation
• PS3
• PS Vita
• Android
• PSP
• PS2
• PS4

Section 3:

• The games that Naughty Dog tends to produce belong in the action adventure genre, such as Uncharted and Jak and Daxter. The only game that they have made that is an exception to this rule is The Last of Us which is more of a survival horror game. They also include Third person cover shooting into their games which has been present in all of their games since Jak and Daxter. Naughty Dog work with Sony to make games. The games that they have made with Sony have been exclusively for Sony's consoles.

Section 4:

• Naughty Dog have only made games for the Playstation so I cannot comment on how they approach multi platform games.

Section 5:

• The regulatory bodies that the company has to adhere to the ESRB. They censor things like blood and gore Sexual content and nudity. A recent case of one of their games being censored is when The Last of Us was censored in parts of Europe due to local regulation boards asking them to censor the violence in the game.

Section 6:

• Naughty dog use their own engine for graphics in their games and update it between titles. And they use the Havok engine for game physics, which would affect things like rag-doll models and how objects in the world fall and react with the player and other objects.

LO1: Evidence of research into a gaming company

Naughty Dog:
Naughty Dog software (Jam Software before it was renamed in 1989) is a games developer which was originally an independent developer until it was acquired by Sony computer entertainment in 2001. The company was founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984. The two made several successful games including 'Rings of Power' for the sega genesis/mega drive, and 'Way of the Warrior' for the 3DO. The company was later urged to create a character based platform game that could make full use of the 3D capabilities of new systems, so Naughty Dog made 'Crash Bandicoot'. Over the next several years Naughty Dog made the Crash Bandicoot sequels.

Naughty Dog have had partnerships with other developers at times, such as 'Insomniac games' who worked in the same building as Naughty dog when the two were starting out. The two companies have had friendly rivalries with their titles 'Crash Bandicoot' (Naughty Dog) and 'Spyro the Dragon' (Insomniac) which competed against each other on the PlayStation. Then on the Playstation 2 their titles competed again, this time the games were 'Jak and Daxter'(Naughty Dog) and 'Ratchet and Clank' (Insomniac).

An employee of Naughty Dog split off and made a new company called 'Ready at Dawn' with former staff members from Naughty Dog and Blizzard entertainment joining.

Naughty Dog also shared their library of assets with High impact games in order to create 'Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier'. High impact is also made up of former Naughty dog staff as well as former Insomniac games staff.

LO1: Far Cry 4 GAF

LO1: Deus Ex Human Revolution GAF

LO1: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare GAF

LO1: Elder scrolls online GAF

LO1: Quake GAF

LO3: The Last of Us review

Genre: Third person shooter/ Survival Horror

Narrative: The games narrative follows Joel a survivor who has been living in post apocolypse America since the start of mysterious outbreak that turns people into unrecognisable monsters 20 years ago. Joel works as a smugller with his partner Tess and sneaks supplies into places called quarentine zones which were setup by the military after America was put under martial law. The gmae really starts however when Joel is asked by the leader of a reble group claled the fireflies, to sneak a young girl out of the quarentine zone and to some of the fireflies men on the other side of Boston.

Characters: The characters are one of the best parts of The Last of Us with characters like Bill, a man who has been living mainly on his own in a town called lincoln who used to give Joel supplies to go back to the quarentine zone with. The character of Bill develops very quickly over a short ammount of time and the player develops a connection to him. Then their are characters like Sam and Henry a man and his younger brother who in many ways are simaler to Joel and Ellie, the young girl Joel is transporting. However no matter how many characters you are introduced to in the game it will always end up being just Joel and Ellie.

Target Audience: The game is aimed at people who enjoy things like the wlaking dead and other zombie films or T.V shows. However the story could appeal to anyone becaus t is about the establishment of a kind of Father/Daughter relationship between two people who didn't rellay seem to like each other at the beginning.

Platforms: The game is available on PS3 and PS4.

Personal reccomendation: In my opinion The Last of Us is one of the best games out there with strong characters and cinima blockbuster worthy plot. I would reccomend the Last of Us to anyone.

LO2: Game review comparsion

Grand Theft Auto V review:

IGN(Online): IGN gave Grand theft auto 5 a 10 which is the best score they give. Throughout the whole review they talk about how good the driving mechanics are and how there is so much to do in the world but the only negative point they mention is that there are some 'Little issues' with the games multiplayer aspect which is a temporary issue which has been fixed so by IGN's standards GTA 5 is the perfect game.


PC Mag: PC Mag listed the pros and cons of GTA 5 among the pros are things like the graphics and the huge open world and the engaging storyline.However PC Mag highlight more problems with GTA 5 than IGN did because they mention GTA 5's companion app and the fact that it is not available on android they also mention the fact that many people could not access the games multiplayer and while this problem has been fixed there ar still frequent problems with the games online servers.

LO1: Batman GAF

LO1: The Witcher 3 GAF

LO1: Mirrors edge GAF

Survival Horror idea-

• The game would work best on the consoles ( PS4, Xbox One)and also on PC

5 games I could review

• Grand Theft Auto 5
• Assassins creed Unity
• The Last of Us Remastered
• Metal Gear solid 3
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Feedforwad

• Read through the game analysis form and correct any mistakes while adding more detail.
• Make sure all of the sections are completed in the gam analysis form.

Pre LO4- Game genre research

6 game genres

• Platformer- a type of video game featuring two-dimensional graphics where the player controls a character jumping or climbing between solid platforms at different positions on the screen. - Oddworld Abe's Odyssey
• FPS-a type of computer game whose gameplay involves shooting enemies and other targets and in which a player views the action as though through the eyes of the character they are controlling. - Call of duty
• Sandbox-An open world is a type of video game level design where a player can roam freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how or when to approach objectives. The term free roam is also used, as is sandbox and free-roaming.
• Driving - This genre sees the player usually taking place in a series of races, this could be against AI or other players online.
• Horror- A horror game is designed to scare the player. This genre usually does not include weapons or combat in order to make the player feel helpless.
• Simulation - The simulation genre is a genre that tries to replicate an experience for the player in a way that is as close to ral life as possible. e.g. Farming simulator, Driving simulator.

Games review - practice

• Comical
• touched on negative points

3 Favorite games-

• The last of us - http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/06/05/the-last-of-us-review
• L.A Noire - http://uk.ign.com/articles/2011/05/16/la-noire-review
• GTA 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UB5hpk0iqg

IGN gave the last of us an incredibly positive review stating almost nothing negative about the game 

IGN's review of L.A Noire is much more balnced, offering a balanced share of both good and bad points.

IGN said nothing negative at all about GTA 5 in their video review

Task 1

10 Games -                                               Dev                          Pub            Engine           Paltform

• The Last Of Us -                      Naughty Dog -        Sony -             Havok -         PS4, PS3
•  Mario Kart -                         Nintendo EAD -     Nintendo-           N/A -          Gamecube
• Grand Theft Auto V -             Rockstar -     Rockstar -                RAGE -      PS4, Xbox One, PC ,PS3, Xbox 360
• Counter Strike Global Offense  Valve -                    Valve -    Source -               PC
• Little Big Planet 3 -                Sumo Digital -         Sony -       Sackboy -          PS4, PS3
• Planetside 2 -                                SCE -                      Sony -        Forgelight -          PC, PS4
• The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask - Nintendo EAD - Nintendo - N/A
• The Crew -                             Ivory Tower  -              Ubisoft  -    CryEngine -     PS4, Xbox One, PC
• Far Cry 4 -                             Ubisoft Montreal -       Ubisoft   -       Dunia      -    PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC
• Need for speed -                      Ghost Games   -         EA        -       Frostbite 3 -   PS4, Xbox one, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 

Conter Strike Global Offence