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traugott.simon
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23/08/2008
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22nd December, 2008 at 22:57:16 -
My point is: as long as the features of the whole game fit well together, everything is great.
Find the balance.
See that coding, spriting, sound, story etc...... is at one level and everything matches.
If your map plays in a forest then you could do everything from flying bees to birds and other animals and leaves swinging in the air. Nature moves. But mmf2 cant handle such an amount of movement, even if your pc could.
Making everything photo realistic isnt possible, because we dont make games for a playstation 6 or 7. we make little 2d games.
By the way: What game do you want to make?
A jump n run? Then it would be foolish to give your player the abilities of a normal human because in jump n runs you have to jump high and run fast.
A shoot em up? There you kill thousands of enemys alone, something you could never do in real life because you would get yourself killed after a few minutes.
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Farmer
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04/08/2008
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13th February, 2009 at 23:04:38 -
There is no real steadfast rule here.
A game can be as cartoony or realistic as the designer wants it. Compare two animated TV shows. I would say that some Anime shows are very realistic, as far as can be done in that style, whereas something like Spongebob Squarepants is.. not realistic. However, this doesn't make wither show more or less enjoyable.
A game shouldn't be realistic to perfection. I remember a quote I saw somewhere by a well-known game developer which ran along the lines of "If you put all this work into making a game and a game world, why make it identical to the one you live in?"
Even a game which would be considered to be made in a relatively realistic style by most - Sonic Unleashed is my example - still has some cartoony elements. I would make a reference to a movie by the film studio Pixar. Their films are slightly cartoony, but incredibly believable.
The same is true for games.
Hope this helps 
-James
http://jamesctplant.wordpress.com
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alastair john jack
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14th February, 2009 at 11:48:06 -
Originally Posted by -Adam-Lol Nick I abandoned that 
I hope your telling tales!
lol
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