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Donkey Kong

Canabalt

Fifa 19

Golf Battle

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Connotation and Denotation Definitions:

Denotation: Denotation is the literal meaning of something. For example if someone says you are a dog they literally mean that you are a dog.

Connotation: Connotation is the implied meaning of something. For example is someone calls you a dog it means that you are ugly or morally detestable.  

Connotation and Denotation of Canabalt

Denotation:

• Man dressed in Suit
• Man Jumping
• Flying Birds
• Buildings Falling 
• Smoke
• Falling Rocks
• Spaceship

Connotation:

• Buildings are falling Down
• Aliens are taking the world 
• Man must run away from the Aliens 
• He was at work when it happened
• They were not ready for the attack

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Visuals

The visuals throughout the game are very realistic. The face animations are also very realistic when she is talking or showing her emotions. The game is set in quite a dirty location with the main character Senua wearing some viking like clothing. The mythical clothes gives the player an idea of the game being set either a long time ago or in a non-civilised location. The world does not have any life in it and most of the structures have been destroyed. 

The world is filled with ruins around you. This is to make the player think more about the structures and world around them. The ruins dotted around the map are then  overtaken by the sudden appearance of fantasy demons coming to kill you.

Mechanics

Some mechanics in the game consist of walking, running and focusing. There are also many mechanics you can do whilst fighting in the game. For example you can roll and do combination moves whilst fighting to give you the advantage. Some controls for the game for Xbox One are:
- A button to interact with objects around the world.
- X button for fast attack
- Y button for strong attack
The player controls the avatar by using the right joy stick. These attack controls can win you fights but rolling during fights are the key to winning. If you can perfectly time a roll using RB you will dodge their attack and get an open shot.

Affect

Senua expresses her emotions such as fear and anger openly throughout the game by what she says or how she acts. When Senua is feeling sad it makes the player feel sad as they can get an emotional connection between themselves and the game character. Throughout the game Senua is feeling sad and stressed about her mission to hell. When Senua goes into fights during the game the music changes to more stressful music to represent the emotions of Senua. This happens throughout the game as well as completing tasks. Positive music will play when tasks are completed to show Senuas relief after a stressful missions.

The music also complements the mood of the character and or the scene whilst also telling you how you should feel during the scene. The allows the player to get a sense of what the characters are feeling during a certain scene

Interactions

There are multiple ways that the player can interact with the loaded world around them. The game gives out the option to Fight, Solve Puzzles and freely move around and explore the map. There are however set puzzles so the player does not have 100% of the ability to roam around the map. There isn't anything that can be referred to a HUD on the screen that the player can see.

There are also many shrines/pedestals around the map that activate different puzzles or missions when interacted with. Many boss fights happen throughout the game as well where the player must fight there way through to proceed to the next mission.

Game Production