Games level 3 Alex Barber

BTEC Level 3 Games Design Unit 78: Digital Graphics for Computer Games Alex Barber Assignment Title - Understand Theory & Application used within Computer Game Graphics Introduction In this first assignment I will be comparing a 2D game Sonic the Hedgehog  to a 3D game Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 in depth from the different artistic styles from the computer game graphics to the storage assets to back it up I will be using images and video clips to compare the artistic styles from both games.   2D Game: Sonic ARTISTIC STYLES Sonic the Hedgehog uses pixel art 8bit games now days at that time pixel art was common back then gaming consoles where less advanced they were on arcade machines and cartages which would cost a lot to make and they had to be optimise to be able to run on those machines which may in some cases games these days can be run and sold on disk as it can store more space for better graphics and performance. Another example of an artistic style is this

Level 3 Games Design  Unit 78 Graphics for Computer Games Alex Barber What is a Pixel? A pixel is a small part of a image or sprite of an image to make the image more clear and details  depending on the resolution a pixel can also be referred to as a pixel element. Raster image  A Raster image is where when you zoom into and image and edit it you then doesn't retain the quality the picture blow the bitmap image shows when you zoom in its pixelated on the right but on the left the vector image keeps its quality when you zoom in. GIF Graphic Interchange Format is a type of bitmap which can be used for animations for sprite and you don't loose the quality but more pixel art its also good to use on web browser which can be used in games like Naruto Konoha Senki for GameBoy. This is an example of a GIF animation Bit Map Bit Map images is a type of file format where its more pixelited which downgrades the quality which is made from different colors whic

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Nintendo Switch Review also available on PS4 ,XBOX One and PC   Im here to talk to you all about my review for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Nintendo Switch Edition its an MMO RPG 3D fighting game in a third person view with co-op and offline features present in the game from the creators of Dimps and the publishers of Bandi Namco is a Squeal of Dragon Ball Xenoverse comes Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 a year old game it runs at a stable in most  30 FPS in Handheld mode docked mode and tabletop mode in the hub world with a story that makes you revisit the Dragon Ball Timeline to find that the timelines gone to s**t and its your job to use your heroism to correct the timeline again.   There are a few issues where the framerate does drop in a few places while runing 60 FPS  in 1 vs 1 battles only in 2 vs 2 and 3 vs 3 battles it runs at 30 FPS the reason behind it is due to the Nintendo Switches hardware. Aside the normal 60 FPS as the other versions have th