Platform Tested- Mobile
Genre:
The style of this game is role-play. And it belongs in the Role-play genre otherwise known as RPG. This game shows stylistic conventions of the genre as there are many different stories that a player can go through and they have to play as a certain character in most of the stories and they have to choose how the story goes at different points of the story. In some of the stories you do get to choose who you are and the type of clothes you have, the type of hair, makeup and other things. It sits within the genre compared to other games of its type because it has a story which keeps people interested especially girls although it isn’t as big as other games that can be played on many other different platforms such as World of Warcraft which is a bigger more well known RPG game.
Narrative:
There are many different stories that can be played within this game as there different people can make their own up for other users to play. A lot of the stories are either love or fame based. This appeals to the target audience because they want to be like the characters that they are playing as. The stories inform the game play because throughout the game it tells you how to do different things and gives you different options. Whatever option you pick can affect the way that the story that you are playing ends. The story affects your approach to the character and the interaction with them because of the options that you get given throughout. Depending on the option you pick the story could go in a different direction than what you originally thought. The stories connect with the target audience because the target audience want to be like the characters and want the life that they live and the relationships that they have.
Production Process:
Someone called, Matt Gemmell on MGTwitterEngine, built this game. The person who did the framework is called Jon Crosby on http://code.google.com/p/oauth/
Characterisation:
The characters are relevant to the target audience because there are so many different stories to choose from so they can choose who they want to be. In some of the stories though you have to be somebody that has already been chosen for you in the story. The characters have a lot of appeal to the target audience as they have lives that they want. As we know the target audience is girls. The target ages are 11-17. Many of the main characters in the game are falling in love or they are famous which appeals to the audience as they aspire to be them. I feel like the characters are very strong. Especially as they influence the audiences lives.
Gameplay:
There isn’t really a challenge in the game but there are different options that a player is given throughout the game, which can change the directions of the story in the game. There are also no levels in the game just different episodes of the same story where the player always gets different options. The game play doesn’t really evolve it stays the same throughout every story and episode that you complete.
Target Audience:
The target audience is girls aged 11-17. The thing that indicates that this game is for this target audience is the fact that all of the stories have a female lead and that they are all based around love and fame. The game episode is a lot better than most of the other games out there for girls as this is one of the only role-playing games that only really relates to girls. Granted, it isn’t as good as some of the more popular role-play games such as the World of Warcraft as it isn’t as well known and it hasn’t been developed by a popular game industry in fact it wasn’t developed by any game industry.
Platform:
This game isn’t really available on many platforms. But it is available on the computer and also on handheld devices such as tablets and mobile phones. The game is more suited to the handheld devices. It is suited to this platform because it is easy to use.
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