I have created a 2D level and two characters for this assignment, The character is half man half robot, he has to try and complete the level to get to the cure however there is an evil wizard guarding it who has sent his robot, he also has flooded the world and has turned the clouds into killers. It didn't take too long to create the character since it was a basic design, however it took a little longer to create the robot because I had to colour it in. The level design didn't take too long because I knew exactly what it was I wanted to do.
I had a look at a lot of older 2D games like Mario and sonic and had a look at there level design. Also when designing the evil robot I used the top half of a protectron from the fallout games. I didn't really have any inspiration when making the main character because he is so simple, I wanted to create something more detailed in the sketches but since i'm not used to creating things in illustrator yet I thought it would be best to go for something simple.
The target audience for my games would be teenagers and young adults however I think that it appeals to all ages, the game level appeals to all audiences because a lot of teenagers like sci fi, and they also like fantasy things so my game will appeal to most teenagers however a lot of teenagers like shooting game where there is not really any violence in my game.
I think I could improve my game by taking more time to design my game, I think that I should of spent more time when designing the main character and put some detail on him, The robot isn't so bad however it still could have some detail on it, I should of done some more sketches first, I should of designed more than one character, more than one villain and more than one level and then decide which ones I think look best and use that rather than just create one character and use it.
I think that the level design went well, I think it looks pretty good, and the secret trap would work well. I think that the colour for the robot works well as the colours used represent bad things. Like red is usually linked with evil. It didn't take long to create the whole thing the thing that would of taken the longest would be the level.
The tools I used to create the level were mostly the shape tools, this helped create the main character and most of the level, another tool I used was the pencil tool, I used this when designing the evil robot, I also used the paintbrush tool to colour in the robot and also create the water at the bottom of the level.
I have learned how to use the illustrator a bit more when creating characters, I have also learned how to use a lot of the tools that I have never used before. It is still complicated to me and I still feel like I have quite a lot to learn.
