Gameplay Minecraft

Minecraft has very simple game mechanics. A player starts off with nothing, he can hit blocks and after a certain amount of time they will break and drop a resource. The player is limited to what he can break depending on what kind of tools he has.

Basic Gameplay:

The interaction model in minecraft is blocks and the enemies that you come across. The player has to interact within a certain hit box in order to do damage or destroy objects. The avatar that you originally play is an ordinary character called 'Steve'. The omnipresence would be the resources, monsters and animals that you encounter, they are always there unless you have a different world generated. The game can be played in single and multi player, the multi player enables other people to join your existing world but offers not additional features. There isn't a big narrative aspect to the game however the villagers and monsters that you come across in the world do have narration to them.

Dynamic:

Game settings consist of a wide variety of options such as graphical, audio and control settings. The physical aspects of minecraft include the combat and resource collection. The environmental setting of the game involves different randomly generated biomes. The goals and challenged involve searching for resources deep in caves. Dungeons can be found which are filled with loot and monsters guarding it, retrieving this loot comes with great rewards and resources can be forged into interesting equipment. Player actions can determine if  he recovers loot and resources, if the player is not good enough and doesn't respond quickly then he may perish and fail his journey.

Mechanic:

The difficulty of minecraft can be altered by the player ranging from Peaceful- Where monster's don't ever attack the player and the hunger doesn't decrease. Easy, Medium, Hard and Hardcore, each of these difficulties gets harder with each level, on Hardcore servers as soon as you die you don't get to carry on playing on that world, the world is deleted or if its an online server you get banned and cannot join back. The mechanics of the game work on the player hitting things in order to kill them, destroy them and receive items, the items that the player gains in the game are transferred into his/hers inventory. From the inventory the player can craft and sort items as well as drop and equip them. The scoring system in minecraft is mostly about XP or (Experience), this experience is gained when monsters are slain and when certain resources are collected. Experience can be used to enchant items using an enchanting table, this is a part of the reward system in the game. The game can be technically won once the ender dragon is defeated, to even have an attempt at this beast you will need to find the ender portal and complete it. The balance in minecraft

Characters

Characters

GTA V-Franklin

Grand Theft Auto Five has three main characters which all come from very vast backgrounds. The character that i will be mainly talking about is Franklin. Franklin came from the 'Hood', his story revolves around gang activity, drugs, guns and stealing expensive vehicles. Franklin meets another main character 'Michael' when Franklin attempts to steal a vehicle that Michael's son was purchasing. Franklin doesn't come from a rich background like Michael, he starts of living with his auntie in a very small house with a one door garage. Franklin loves his cars, he drives a white coloured dodge charger or as it's called in the game the 'Buffalo'.

A.I Character-Simeon

Simeon is a car dealer in the midst of busy Los Santos. He ties in with Franklin's story line because Franklin works for him and delivers to him. Simeon personality is selfish in a way, in a way he is a stereotype of a typical selfish salesman and he wants to use everyone for his advantage. Whenever he needs something from Franklin, he has to be there but it doesn't seem to work the other way around, he cares about his business more than anything else.

Visual Style World

World

GTA V

Grand Theft Auto Five is a fully open world gaming experience. Traversing the wide and vast map of Los Santos could take a while even in the fastest vehicle. The user has a chance to experience several methods of transport including air, land and water. The choice of vehicle doesn't leave much to be desired as there is a very large selection of customize-able vehicles to keep the player entertained.

The world mostly consists of mountains, a desert and a very dense city. The change of scenery everywhere you go is heavily immersive to the whole gangster and action filled experience.

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http://www.igta5.com/map

https://www.slashgear.com/new-grand-theft-auto-5-screenshots-show-off-beautiful-scenery-27275502/

Space Invaders Gameplay

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Space Invaders

Image source: http://www.thewrap.com/akiva-goldsman-to-produce-space-invaders-for-warner-bros-exclusive/

Space invaders is a game where there is an invasion of aliens incoming and the player is a spaceship with four defensive structures. The player needs to prevent this alien invasion by shooting them before they get too close while attempting to accommodate the highest score possible.

The player moves left and right with the 'A' and 'D' keys and shoots with the 'Space' bar. Hitting an alien will add even more score onto the 'Score' counter and make the game go faster. Occasionally a red UFO will fly across the top of the screen and if the player manages to hit this UFO they will receive additional points. The points bring a competitive aspect into the game as players will compete against each other in order to achieve the highest scores.

The aliens go down towards the player as the game progresses, each level gaining in pace. The aliens shoot back down at the player, this starts off slowly however it also gets progresively quicker. The green defensive structures get damaged with every hit, even the player can destroy the structure by shooting it. If the player stands behind one of these then he is safe from attacks untill it gets destroyed.