Compressed

Unit 78 

File Exercise

a string of characters attached to a filename, usually preceded by a full stop and indicating the format of the file.Theses can be used to show what type of file the document is E.G PSD for Photoshop.


Some of these files are different for space and such, Some times it better to use a Compressed File instead of a uncompressed file.

Compressed

Compressed is where you take a file and compress it down into a ZIP file to save space.

What is a ZIP File?

ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A .ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. The .ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms, though DEFLATE is the most common.

ZIP isn't a Document its a Folder. To unlock a ZIP file you would need a third party App Called "7ZIP" Which uncompressed the folder with the files inside.

Optimising

To optimise means to make the best or most effective use of a file and maximising the space that you can use .

For E.G One of these are compression and the other isn't they look the same since its a basic photo but the size difference is quite large to save space.

Artistic styles in Video games

Btec Game Design level 3
Unit 78 Digital graphics for computer games
By Morgan Braker
Understand theory and applications of digital Graphics used for computer games
Artistic styles


In this selection I will be researching art styles in video games and discussing.


The first style is photo Realistic. "Until Dawn"

This style is used to make the game seem more realistic

The photo captures the realistic features of both charterers for this certain game the realistic adds to the horror and scare factors.

The video above shows some of game-play of  "Until Dawn" first five minutes of the game "so no spoilers" Though out the video she shows near human moment and noise but at the same way keeping the game-play i would compare it to a interaction movies. its impressive use of contextual facial animation to suit the right mood. you can see the sacredness or happiness on their faces.

The next style of art is Anime/Exaggeration 

"Mad Father"

This type of style is used to show Exaggeration to make the game more enjoyable and more tense Via boss fight or such. 

The photo shows some of the Japanese game "mad father" the face is more poppy and out going to show emotions but in this game it shows the horror which happens in the game and the bad things they had to go thought by the charterers have un-human reactions.

This trailer shows abit of the context and game-play the art style is unique. Has Aya "the little girl" walks around her movements are non human

Pixels

                                            What is a Pixel? 

A pixel is a (a word invented from "picture element") is the basic unit of programmable colour on a computer display or in a computer image. 


Graphics monitors display pictures by dividing the display screen into thousands or millions of pixels, arranged in rows and columns. The pixels are so close together that they appear connected. The number of bits used to represent each pixel determines how many colours or shades of Gray can be displayed.

A good way that pixels are used to is make pixel art which can be seen here from a game called "Undertale". 

What is pixel art? 

Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of software, where images are edited on the pixel level. The majority of graphics for 8-bit and 16-bit computers and video game consoles, as well as other limited systems like graphing calculators, is pixel art.

Types Of Digital Graphics

Raster Images 

BMP -Bitmap

GIF -Graphics Interchange Format

TIFF -Tag Image File Format

JPG -Joint Photographic Experts Group

Raster photos are composed,Raster images are often called bitmap images because they are made of millions of tiny squares, called pixels. You can identify a raster or bitmap image by looking at it very closely. "If you zoom in enough" you will be able to see the square outlines of each pixel. A raster graphics or bitmap image is a dot matrix data structure,representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels or points of colour

Vector Image 

PSD -Photoshop Data file

WMF -Windows Meta-file Format

FLA -Adobe Flash

AI- Adobe Illustrator 

-Vector graphics is the creation of digital images through a sequence of commands or mathematical statements that place lines and shapes in a given 2D or 3D In physics, a vector is a representation of both a quantity and a direction at the same time.

They are mainly used to make logo or designs thanks to Adobe Illustrator And Adobe Photoshop.

Here is a video to help understand and explain better.

Gaming Platforms

Arcade:
An arcade game or coin-op is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electo-mechanical games, redemption games or merchandisers.
You will also find that they are equipped so that you have plenty of room to set your soda or snack on it. There is nothing quite like a parent being able to enjoy a game of Donkey Kong with their child. The fun that can be had on arcade machines can be had by people in every age group. No online support or Multiplayer – You can not play online with the arcades Very large & hardware Dependant – They are not very portable so you cannot move it around as well as you could with modern consoles Older hardware than whats used today – The arcade hardware is still old compared to the other consoles because there is not a big market anymore for hardware in arcades Can crash a lot of the time – Can be unreliable because they still use old hardware Rarely used anymore besides dedicated arcades – Not many arcade machines in homes anymore, mainly found in dedicated arcades Not many games are created for them anymore unless they’re arcade based Can’t save games Basic Graphics (Low quality) – Due to the old hardware they cannot keep up with modern graphics that is being used by other consoles Game cannot be changed, one machine per game – You can only have one game per machine.

Console:

Advantages
Split Screen Co-op and used game market are real advantages of Console gaming (but PC games are cheaper on other hand). If you prefer Console exclusives then that's another advantage for you, but it may not be advantage for someone else. Other advantages of Consoles don't exist anymore.

PC-a personal computer.








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Game review

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege-Review

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is a FPS Competition Game Where you use Teamwork.


The maps are locked for Different game modes E.G Ranked, Casual. Since haft of the maps aren't playable in ranked people tend to learn to glitch on And or learn new spots. "E.G "

I enjoy playing house and plane but sadly theses maps are removed to "fix" but I enjoy playing the game and understanding the characters bios and where they come from I enjoy looking and comparing stats. House is a fun map to play and joke around on since its a really small map

I dislike how broken the game is like for insteads "Doc glitch"

This glitch was gaming breaking boosting yourself and your team to 140 health and keeping them all at 140 health thanks to this glitch, So you can go into a fight and come out with over health, since hes only supposed to have 3. not minus. 

I also didn't like how there was a three month period for "op Health" where they took three moths in to fixing a game which has been out for nearly 2 years and removing a whole season.  "Operation Health is all about fixing several issues"- 

The graphics are decent they aren't the best since bugs but they are good since they look realist 

The controls aren't that hard to understand if they play is used to shooting game it should fairly forward.

This is my final paragraph i will be listing pros and cons and giving a score 

Pros-
Free content 
Free drops 
A starting boost.
Always changing and nerd/buffing needed things

Cons-
Bugs
Glitchs

Overall i give this a soild 8,5/10