Case Studies

Benchmark

Interactions

Pick up object

Interact with NPC

Environment

Robots

Wall-e

Visual Styles

Machinarium

Ilomilo

Little Big Planet 2

Case Study on Recycle Games
Recycle Roundup

Taken from http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/actiongames/recycle-roundup/

This is a game by national geographic for kids where the player needs to pick up the trash hat fall from the sky and throw into the recycle bins. There are three recycle bins in different color such as recycled bin in blue, compost bin in green and trash bin in red. All items will be categorized into few categories such as recyclable items, compost able items, both recyclable and compost able items and trashed items.

Factory Fun

Taken from http://children.recycleforlincolnshire.org.uk/interactive.asp?game=funfactory&catid=149

This game is from Fun Zone recycle for Lincolnshire. This game is mainly to drop trash into proper recycle machine. The player will have to aim and drop correct trash into the machines.

Michael, Michael, Go Recycle!

Taken from http://resources.kaboose.com/games/michael-recycle.html

This is a game features a boy, Michael. The player needs to help Michael to pick up all litters in the park and stop litterbugs before the time runs out. There will be few types of recycle bins and the player will have to identify what can be thrown into the bins. Even though the player does not need to worry about separating trash, but finding them and look for the bins will consume a lot of time.

Type of games for kids

Nowadays, kids from the group of age 10 to 12 have already expose to realistic style of games. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a rating system for games in the industry. There are a lot of functions for the game ratings including suggesting appropriateness for the game in the market. From the research, there is one category for game that suitable for everyone that age 10 and older which is E10+. Most of the games in this category contain more on cartoon and fantasy types of games. These are the few examples of the games that are appropriate for age 10 and above.

Spare Parts

Ratchet & Clank Future : Tools of Destruction

Gatling Gears

Portal 2

Input Device
DualShock 2 Controller – G-SHARK

Taken from http://www.g-shark.com.my/prod_detail.asp?id=2407&category=-%3E181-%3E

This input device is a replica from PlayStation 2 controller. It is manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment around year 2000. It has a USB male port to connect into PC. It also has two analog sticks and also supports 2 additional buttons, L3 and R3 like PS2 controller.