game play vs story
TTTH 6344
INTERACTIVE GAMES
Questions:
What is the difference between gameplay and story? Choose one game and discuss its story and gameplay elements separately. How do these two elements intersect?
By
SABARINA BINTI OTHMAN
GP02158
and
NOR AZURA BINTI PANDI
GP02155
Gameplay
The term of gameplay can be explained as the way players interact with certain video or computer game. It is further characterized as the way game is played including the rules, the plot, the objectives and how to conquer the game, as well as a player’s overall experience.
The player’s experience is actually defined as one of the most important factors in gameplay. It helps to determine the game’s success. Gameplay also includes the type of game such as first person shooters, plat formers, role-playing games and how the game follows or deviates from the set gameplay formulas in each genre. In other words, gameplay is “what do the player does”. Several limitations on gameplay are based on the design of characters.
Example of game that focuses on gameplay is Minecraft.
Story
While story based games focus on the overall story than character building or rules enforcing. Most role players gamers (RPG) can be made to be more story driven the predisposition of the Game Master or Players, but clearly some RPG are more tailored to this style of play.
Story based games is stressing on creating experiences for minds and emotions of the players where it allows players to interact with the game’s world and connect with the story.
Example of game that focuses on story is Skyrim.
Plants vs Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies
In this task, we choose Plants vs. Zombies game as our subject matter. In Plants vs. Zombies, players place different types of plants and fungi, each with their own unique offensive or defensive capabilities, around a house in order to stop a horde of zombies from reaching the house of the residents. The playing field is divided into five to six
INTERACTIVE GAMES
Questions:
What is the difference between gameplay and story? Choose one game and discuss its story and gameplay elements separately. How do these two elements intersect?
By
SABARINA BINTI OTHMAN
GP02158
and
NOR AZURA BINTI PANDI
GP02155
Gameplay
The term of gameplay can be explained as the way players interact with certain video or computer game. It is further characterized as the way game is played including the rules, the plot, the objectives and how to conquer the game, as well as a player’s overall experience.
The player’s experience is actually defined as one of the most important factors in gameplay. It helps to determine the game’s success. Gameplay also includes the type of game such as first person shooters, plat formers, role-playing games and how the game follows or deviates from the set gameplay formulas in each genre. In other words, gameplay is “what do the player does”. Several limitations on gameplay are based on the design of characters.
Example of game that focuses on gameplay is Minecraft.
Story
While story based games focus on the overall story than character building or rules enforcing. Most role players gamers (RPG) can be made to be more story driven the predisposition of the Game Master or Players, but clearly some RPG are more tailored to this style of play.
Story based games is stressing on creating experiences for minds and emotions of the players where it allows players to interact with the game’s world and connect with the story.
Example of game that focuses on story is Skyrim.
Plants vs Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies
In this task, we choose Plants vs. Zombies game as our subject matter. In Plants vs. Zombies, players place different types of plants and fungi, each with their own unique offensive or defensive capabilities, around a house in order to stop a horde of zombies from reaching the house of the residents. The playing field is divided into five to six