Sunday, October 4, 2009

Character Design

Character design is a very important part of creating a video game. There are some important features that a sucessful character should have. Keep in mind that a character does not need to have all of these traits to be successful.
  • Simple to draw (eg. Pikachu and Pac Man)
  • Adorable (eg. Pikachu, Sonic and Mario)
  • Cool (eg. Cloud, Master Chief, Solid Snake)
  • Personality (eg. Lara Croft, Master Chief, Link)
More information can be found on characters on this page.

2 comments:

  1. I definitely agree with the traits you've listed. It's also important to consider the audience. For me, I'm an RPG gamer so I really enjoy graphics that look "cool" such as characters from the Final Fantasy games, and the simple/cute characters from Pokemon. I love love love Pikachu!!! ^_^ And Cloud!

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  2. I'm a gamer too, and honestly, the ability of the character is a major characteristic to me. I love it when one character can do something that seems outlandish to the other characters of the game or me as the player.

    For example: One of the coolest things that I love about the newer Final Fantasy games is the limit breaks and special attacks. Although I love the SNES gams, these specialties make me like a certain character more and bring me back to them over and over again.

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