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LO4 Market trends

Currently there are three main competitors to my game which are: Mount&Blade: Warband with the viking conquest DLC, War of the vikings and Viking Battle for Asgard. These games have been out for a while but still attract a lot of attention.

The games are all based around vikings, fantasy and history. The games all involve a hack and slash aspect to them. These games have been popular since their release and have stayed popular among rpg/history fans. These games don't last very long but can be continued in a sandbox mode.

My game will have very similar aspects as these games and therefore will be quite popular. My game will have a lot of random occurrences therefore making it still fun to play after completing the story.

LO4 Treatment

LO4 Concept Game Ideas

LO3 Viking Battle for Asgard review

LO2 written/internet review comparison

LO1 8 game reviews

1. The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim

Genre: Fantasy, RPG.
Narrative: Story based, Free world.
Production Proces: Produced by Bethesda, By a team of 100 people both experienced and new talents.
Characters: Your character is the Dragonborn the chosen one who has to save the world.
Gameplay: The gameplay of Skyrim is "Hack and slash" and "loot the room"
Target Audience: The target audience of Skyrim are 18-30, TES fans from A,B,C1.
Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3

2. Mount & Blade: Warband 

Genre: Action RPG, Strategy, Simulation
Narrative: Free world 
Production Proces: Developed by TaleWorlds Entertainment. Published by Paradox interactive.
Characters: Your character is created by you and has no particular story but the one you make her him/her.
Target Audience: The target audience for Mount & Blade: Warband is 18-40 Strategy and free world fans from A,B,C1.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, Linux 

3. Team Fortres 2

Genre: Action RPG, Strategy, Simulation
Narrative: Free world 
Production Proces: Developed and Published by Valve Entertainment.
Characters: The game hives you a choice between 9 character classes that can be edited with bought/won items to make your character stand out from the rest.
Target Audience: The target audience for Team Fortress 2 is 18-30 Shooter fans that are from A,B,C1.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, Linux 

4. Assassins Creed: Black Flag 

Genre: Action RPG, Strategy, Simulation
Narrative: Free world 
Production Proces: Developed and Published by Ubisoft.
Characters:The main character of Assassins Creed Black Flag is Edward Kenway he is a pirate who has become an assassin through a random turn of events and decides to follow through with the assassins code.
Target Audience: The target audience for Assassins Creed: Black Flag are 18-30 Assassins Creed fans, A,B,C1.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, Linux 

5. Dont Starve Together 

Genre: Action RPG, Strategy, Simulation
Narrative: Free world 
Production Proces: Developed and Published by Klei Entertainment. 
Characters: The game includes many characters that you can unlock throughout the game and with the game being in beta they keep adding characters through dlc's and updates.
Target Audience: The target audience for Don't Starve Together is 12-25 survival/freeworld fans that are A,B,C1.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, Linux 

6. Counter Strike: Global Offence 

Genre: Action RPG, Strategy, Simulation
Narrative: Free world 
Production Proces: Developed and Published by Valve Entertainment 
Characters: in Counter Strike you can choose between counter terrorist or terrorist then you can buy equipment for your character for different styles of play.
Target Audience: The target audience for Counter Strike: Global Offence 18-40 shooter fans that are A,B,C1
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, Linux 

7. Besiege 

Genre: Action RPG, Strategy, Simulation
Narrative: Free world 
Production Proces: Developed  and published by Spidering Games.
Characters: The Character of the game is any kind of creation that you make yourself.
Target Audience: 16-30 strategy/creation fans that are A,B,C1
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, Linux 

8. Medieval 2: Total war

Genre: Action RPG, Strategy, Simulation
Narrative: Free world 
Production Proces: Developed by the Creative Assembly and Published by SEGA.
Characters: The characters in Medieval 2: Total war are randomly generated and you control all of the characters of your nation at once.
Target Audience: The target audience for Medieval 2: Total War 16-40 strategy fans that are A,B,C1.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, Linux 

LO1 Business Report - Sumo Digital

Company Structure

Sumo Digital is an independent game development company based in Sheffield, United Kingdom. They were founded in 2003 after the closure of Infogrames Studio Sheffield/Gremlin Interactive. Sumo currently employs around 270 staff in a wide range of roles such as animators, programmers and artists. 

Platform Technology

Sumo have developed for a wide range of platforms during the companies lifetime. The consoles include, Xbox and Xbox 360, Playstation 2, 3 and Portable, PC, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii. Sumo currently develop for the following platforms, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo 3DS, IOS, and Android. To make games enjoyable and playable on all platforms the develop for that are not as powerful as the Xbox One and PS4, adjustments will have to be made and features taken out. For example, the Xbox One and PS4 games will have better graphics and smoother framerate than the version on 3DS as they have higher specs.

We have had Sumo Digital come to our college and talk to us about the game industry. We have asked them questions and found out this.

Founded in 2003

220 employés sheffield, UK

40 employés in Pure India

Licensed  developer for all platforms (including next-gen)

They use many programs to design their games E.G. MAYA and Photoshop