Assignment Brief
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Qualification
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Level
3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production – Games Design
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Unit number and title
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Unit
20 Computer Game Platforms and Technologies
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Assessor name
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Iain Goodyear
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Date issued
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Monday 28th September, 2015
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Hand in deadline
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Friday 23rd October, 2015
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Assignment title
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IG/JE
Computer Game Platforms and Technologies
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Purpose
of this assignment is to:
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LO1: Understand game platform types
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LO2: Understand hardware technologies for game platforms
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Scenario
You have been hired as a junior researcher by
Electronic Arts, who are currently investigating new game platform types and
hardware technologies to further develop existing game franchises.
In your role as junior researcher, you will be required
to gather information to present to Electronic Arts senior researchers. This
will involve gathering relevant materials which you will acquire through
secondary research.
This research will also inform the design of your own
independent 2D platform game that you will design at a later date. Your
secondary research will need to be compiled and presented in the form of
written reports that will include visual reference material to support your
findings.
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Task 1 – Game
Platform Development Timeline
You must produce a visual timeline that
shows the development history of game platforms.
This timeline must contain reference to the
following platforms.
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Arcade
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Console
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PC
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Mobile
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Television
You will need to conduct research into the
above headings; Your research should consist of images gathered from the
internet and other relevant sources.
Your research must also include found
‘short’ quotations and your own word processed commentary on your findings.
This research must be presented on Task 1
of your Unit 20 blog.
The
title of this work should be titled Game Platform Development Timeline
This provides evidence for P1, M1, D1
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Task 2 – Hardware
Technologies for Game Platforms
You must produce a word processed report
that demonstrates through research and your own comments and understanding of
Hardware technologies for game platforms.
This report must contain reference to the
following Hardware technologies.
You will need to conduct research into the
above headings; Your research should consist of images gathered from the
internet and other relevant sources.
Your research must also include found
‘short’ quotations and your own word processed commentary on your findings.
This research must be presented on Task 2
of your Unit 20 blog.
The
title of this work should be titled Hardware Technologies for Game Platforms
This provides evidence for P2, M2, D2
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Evidence checklist
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Task 1 - Blog post showing development
history of game platform types (to include found imagery, short researched
quotations and own word processed commentary).
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Task 2 – Blog post showing a report about hardware
technologies for game platforms (to include found imagery, short researched
quotations and own word processed commentary).
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Sources of information
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