Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine Everyone! Just some doodles I've made.. :)

Game Analysis : Candy Flick

Candy Flick
Game Description:
Candy Flick is one of iOS game that uses Augmented Reality as its new feature. It is a game based on the popular game Cut The Rope which developed by ZeptoLab. Just as Cut The Rope, your aim in the Candy Flick is to feed candy to Om Nom, a cute little green monster that just love candy.

Augmented Reality (abbreviated AR), is the new technology that is currently getting more popular through the community. AR is the combination between reality with virtuality, real world with data that has been generated through the computer. ZeptoLab has successfully and uniquely utilized the AR in their game which brings people’s attention on this game. Moreover, 3D object that is used in AR brings more attractiveness on the game itself.

How to play:
To play the Candy Flick, you should have the AR marker which could be printed on top of paper or having your other device to show the image and you can direct your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch to the image and Voila~, Om Nom will appear in front of you on top of the image.

Candy Flick AR Marker
After you see Om Nom, you could start the game. On top of your screen, you see 5 circles. Each of the circle represents each of your turn. There are 5 turns you can play for each game. For each turn, you can have different score. The farther the distance between you and Om Nom, the higher score you can get. Of course, you can only get the score if Om Nom gets the candy. If you failed to feed Om Nom, you lose the score. To feed Om Nom, just swipe your finger across the screen with the correct angle and speed. On your last turn, the candy you feed to Om Nom will be special since it has double score.

Candy Flick Game Screenshot
How to win:
Winning the game would be by finishing your turn with highest score which could be achieved by having farther distance with the Om Nom. The distance between you and Om Nom could be as far as the Om Nom is still captured by your camera.

Game aspects:
Since AR is a new technology, people would like to play this game. Moreover, Om Nom in 3D is too cute to be true. You can see Om Nom from different point of view with all of the expression Om Nom has. This is a simple but addictive enough for me. Perhaps one thing that could be add to this great game is the substituion of candy with other food for Om Nom as the Cut The Rope has provided which are the cupcakes and donuts.

All images are not the author's. Each image could be referred to the link provided in the image itself.

Voxel Pokeball

This is the voxel pokeball.. It's made using Qubicle Constructor (can be found here).

Voxel Pokeball

Poring

Poring

make the line art using SAI and try new art tool named ArtRage for the color..

Game Analysis : Tales of Vesperia

Tales of Vesperia
Game Description:
Tales of Vesperia is one of the Tales series. The genre is RPG. It’s on XBOX 360 and PS3 consoles. Tales of Vesperia used Real-Time battle system, where all characters can moving around in the battle field and attacking at the same time. In XBOX 360, Tales of Vesperia has 6 playable character. After that, it is released in PS3 port with more playable character and some additional contents.

How to play:
Basically Tales of Vesperia is an RPG game so it has story line and player control the character to walk, talk, buy and sell, and also battle. Player can control every playable character by switching between them. In the battle, player is free to move around to attack, evade, use spells, and also use items. Player will battle with the team of playable character and if player control one character, the other character will be controlled by AI.


How to win:
By finishing the story, technically, winning or finishing the game. However, there’re so much things that can measured the winning condition. Player can gather recipe which can be used to cook inside the game. In Tales of Vesperia, there’re “Title” that each character has. So, player can also collect “Title” along the game.

Why I want to play this game:
Tales of Vesperia is perhaps the first Tales series I had played and it becomes one of my favorite game. It has a great, developing, and interesting story line. The twist in the story make player become curios about the story and will make them keep playing. The graphics also one of the attractive aspect in this game. Another good aspect is when we equipped the characters, their appearance will changed based on what we equipped them. When travelling between cities, there’re conversation between the characters and it adds a unique story about each character. The difficulties of each level also well determined. Player also can gather quests that can be found along the game. Player can synthesize weapon by combining materials with the weapon itself.