Thursday, 18 June 2015
Task 4- Review
I began my project by planning my animation and putting ideas together to make a branch diagram, this included genres, and other apps to gain inspiration of what my app could be. Although I did this, I felt that my planning didn't have that much ideas, when it came to picking the genre. I would need to improve this in the future. Furthermore, I then used Photoshop to create some of the images that I would be using in the animation, such as the producer logo named WolfTale Arts that I thought was unique in its own way and the app logo that had a ninja on it and a football. That app was then named Ninja Soccer afterwards. Thirdly, I then began to create a PowerPoint presenting the app itself showing what the app would do and what price and the release date would be. I felt that my PowerPoint had lots of text and pictures to show what my App did step by step. After presenting my PowerPoint I then began to start on my animation. At first, I struggled and needed help in order to start off my animation for instance, I needed help to create more scenes and finish a scene itself. After then getting the hang of key frame animation I began to create more scenes and animations, until I eventually finished my animation. Overall I felt that some of my weak points were not being able to use Adobe flash at first, whilst some of my strong points were creating the images used for the animation. Some of the positives from the animation was that it was long and had pretty much everything in it, whilst one of the negatives were that it had one or two bugs in the animation.
Task 3- Presentation
My animation begins with a pre- made template showing where my animation was created
The second scene shows off the producer logo that I had created that begins to present the app itself.
After the producer logo, my animation then shows the app itself presenting its name underneath.
The third scene then shows off one of the various text that I put into the animation by telling us what the app can do.
The fourth scene then shows off the main menu with its multiple options such as kick off and settings.
The fifth scene then shows what each character looks like by showing a great example of what the character selection menu would look like.
Task 2- Production
30/03/15
I Began coming up with Ideas for my app by picking different genres and inspiration off other app games. Furthermore I then created my own app using Photoshop for the animation that I was making.
20/04/15
I then designed my own producer company logo by using Photoshop, later including more images for my animation such as loading screens and the main menu. Furthermore, I then created my powerpoint explaining what my app was about.
08/06/15
I then began to create my animation by using the info from the power point that I made, and the images that I had made.
15/06/15
I managed to finish off my animation using all of the things I used to help me plan it.
I Began coming up with Ideas for my app by picking different genres and inspiration off other app games. Furthermore I then created my own app using Photoshop for the animation that I was making.
20/04/15
I then designed my own producer company logo by using Photoshop, later including more images for my animation such as loading screens and the main menu. Furthermore, I then created my powerpoint explaining what my app was about.
08/06/15
I then began to create my animation by using the info from the power point that I made, and the images that I had made.
15/06/15
I managed to finish off my animation using all of the things I used to help me plan it.
Task 1- Pre-Production
The player would click onto the icon above on their phone or IPad which would Start off by going through the loading
screen with the production company’s name coming up.
Then the user will encounter a series of options on the main menu such as new season, continue season, extras and settings.
Furthermore the user will start building their own team with each ninja having their own special moves. Overall the animation technique I will be using would be key-frame animation.
Monday, 30 March 2015
Task 2- Smartphone/Tablet App Research
- Does your app solve a unique problem?
No, it could be a very addicting app but doesn't solve a unique problem
2. Does the app serve a specific niche?
It may come to be a very entertaining game app
3. Does it make people laugh? Are you building a better wheel?
It isn't meant to make people laugh, considering the category is a Skill/Adventure
4.Will the app be highly interactive?
Yes, as it requires the user to interact with the screen, such as tapping the screen at the correct time in order to progress further
Monday, 16 March 2015
Task 1 - Smartphone/Tablet App Research
Flappy Bird
Released: May 24th 2013 IOS, January 30th 2014 Android
Category: Game
Status: Off the market
Flappy Bird is a 2013 mobile game, developed by Vietnam-based developer Dong Nguyenand and published by GEARS Studios, a small, independent game developer also based in Vietnam. The game is a side-scroller where the player controls a bird, attempting to fly between rows of green pipes without coming into contact with them. The developer created the game over several days, using a bird protagonist which he had designed for a cancelled game in 2012. At the end of January 2014, it was the most downloaded free game in the iOS App Store. During this period, its developer claimed that Flappy Bird was earning $50,000 a day from in-app advertisements as well as sales.
YouTube
Released: February 14th 2005, June 2007 on mobile
Category: Entertainment
Status: Free
YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. Since June 2007, YouTube's videos have been available for viewing on a range of Apple products. This required YouTube's content to be trans-coded into Apple's preferred video standard, H.264, a process that took several months. YouTube videos can be viewed on devices including Apple TV, iPod Touch and the iPhone. In July 2010, the mobile version of the site was relaunched based on HTML5, avoiding the need to use Adobe Flash Player and optimized for use with touch screen controls.] The mobile version is also available as an app for the Android platform. According to GlobalWebIndex, YouTube was used by 35% of smartphone users between April and June 2013, making it the third most used app.
Snapchat
Released: September 2011
Category: Entertainment
Status: Free
Snapchat is a photo messaging application developed by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, using the application, users can take photos, record videos, add text and drawings, and send them to a controlled list of recipients. These sent photographs and videos are known as "Snaps". Users set a time limit for how long recipients can view their Snaps after which they will be hidden from the recipient's device and deleted from Snapchat's servers.
According to Snapchat in May 2014, the app's users were sending 700 million photos and videos per day, while Snapchat Stories content was being viewed 500 million times per day. The company has a valuation of $10–$20 billion depending on various sources.
Cartoon HD
Released: November 12th 2014
Category: Entertainment
Status: Off the market
Cartoon HD is a former free phone app that has been taken down, due to piracy. Although some people can still use the app illegally, Apple still find ways to try and take it down for good. the app was made to allow users to be able to watch a large variety of movies and TV shows, some that were even at the cinema or not even out yet. As well as this, it was a very popular app during its time on the app store.
Angry Birds
Released: December 2009
Category: Puzzle
Status: £0.69
Angry Birds is a video game franchise created by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Entertainment. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the first game was first released for Apple's iOS in December 2009. As of October 2010, 12 million copies of the game were purchased from Apple's App Store, and then the company started to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphones, including the Android, Symbian and Windows Phone operating systems. It has since expanded to video game consoles and PCs.
Angry Birds has been praised for its successful combination of addictive gameplay, comical style, and low price. Its popularity led to versions of Angry Birds being created for personal computers and gaming consoles, a market for merchandise featuring its characters, spin-offs and television series based on the franchise, and even long-term plans for a feature film.
Instagaram
Released: October 6th 2010
Category: Entertainment
Status: Free
Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networkingservice that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr. A distinctive feature is that it confines photos to a square shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images, in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mobile device cameras. Users can also apply digital filters to their images. The maximum duration for Instagram videos is 15 seconds.
Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010. The service rapidly gained popularity, with over 100 million active users as of April 2012 and over 300 million as of December 2014. Instagram is distributed through the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Windows Phone Store. Support for the app is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android handsets, while third-party Instagram apps are available for Blackberry 10 and Nokia-Symbian Devices.
The service was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock.[13] In 2013, Instagram grew by 23%, while Facebook, as the parent company, only grew by 3%.
Xbox Smartglass
Released: October 26th 2012
Category: Entertainment
Status: Free
Xbox SmartGlass is a companion application for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles that is compatible with Windows 8 devices, Windows RT tablets, Windows Phone smartphones, Windows Server 2012 PCs, iOS devices and Android smartphones. It was announced by Microsoft during E3 2012 and released on October 26, 2012, coinciding with the release of Windows 8. It connects with the Xbox 360 and allows more interactive entertainment, allowing mobile devices to potentially serve as second screens and remote controller. Providing information such as Halo 4 stats and Forza Horizon GPS.
Users of Windows Server 2012 can currently download the application from the Windows Store after installing the Windows Desktop Experience feature in the Server Manager.
Xbox One Smartglass allows users to manage television and view game statistics and activities otherwise unavailable on the console. Smartglass can be used to snap applications side-by-side on the Xbox One. Smartglass can be also used to send friend messages on Xbox Live.
Subway Surfers
Released: May 23rd 2012
Category: Game
Status: Free
Subway Surfers is an endless action video game presented by Kiloo & SYBO Games. The player takes on the role of an average teen vandalizing a subway train, and is caught by The Inspector and his dog. The player must run away from the police, who is chasing him/her. In the Sydney Update, they added Keys, which revives the character if they use them. The game is available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone platforms.
Launched in 2012, "World Tour" is the theme of the game, wherein cities like New York, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Rome, Tokyo and Miami have been featured till now. Available in iOS, Android platforms, the game features three default characters; Jake, Tricky and Fresh as they dash and dodge trains to escape from the grumpy inspector and his dog.The object of the game is to run as far as possible in a endless game world by avoiding randomly generated obstacles that require the player to either jump, duck and dodge the oncoming trains in a precise manner.
Find My iPhone
Released: June 15th 2010
Category: Utilities
Status: Free
Find My iPhone is an app and service provided by Apple Inc. that allows remote location-tracking of iOS devices and Maccomputers. As of March 2013, the service is currently available for iOS 5 or later through iCloud. Although it is not bundled with the operating system itself, the app is available for download from the App Store free of charge for iOS devices running iOS 5.0 or later.
Temple Run
Released: August 4th 2011
Category: Game
Status: Free
Temple Run is a 2011 endless running video game developed and published by the Raleigh-based Imangi Studios. It is produced, designed and programmed by husband and wife team Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova, and with art by Kiril Tchangov. The game was initially released for iOS devices, and later ported to Android systems and Windows Phone 8.
A sequel to the original game was released on January 17, 2013 for iOS, and on January 24 for Android. As of June 2014, Temple Run and its sequel have been downloaded over 1 billion times.
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