What is a Brief? (josh)

Stimulus

A Brief is a set criteria given when anything is to be created. It can vary depending on the needs and wants of those that it is designed for. A client brief tells you what is needed in order to please the games audience. Your own brief speaks about the requirements you need in the game, for example the sprites and artwork needed for the game. The market research element is used to let you know what your audience is wanting, and how best to please them.

Ideas Generation

Idea Generation is where you can let loose your creative energies to come up with an idea for the game, however following the briefs criteria and clients wants.

What would you do next?

- Brainstorming - to get all ideas out on what sort of game to make, based off of the criteria given in your briefs.

- Mood Boards - also like a brainstorm is a way of getting ideas out on to paper so they are clear and can be worked on.

- Thumbnail sketching - will help with the creation of characters and sprites in the game, can also be where the artistic style is realized.

- Concept drawings - can be then used to flush out all ideas of a character and give a proper look to the game, also can be used for advertisement.

Legal & Ethical Considerations

Copyright law - speaks about how you cannot copy someone else's work, either being intellectual or physical property. Established in 1988 the copyright act stops the stealing and copying of intellectual and physical property on the internet.

Libel - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/libel - Libel is a method of defamation that is expressed in media, that embodies a physical form to a person that is injurious.

Female characters are generally sexualised in games, recently games such as Tomb Raider have dulled down the sexualised look of the character.

Intellectual property is property that is not in a physical presence, like a song or an idea that you have got either a patent or claim to, therefore it cannot be copied or stolen by someone else.