character mission statement

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Introduction

To create a character for a game I need to take many

things into consideration to insure that I do not add

any offences or discrimination to it. I also must follow

legal considerations so that I do not copyright or

exceed the age rating I have given my game. I need to

keep within restrictions for the console and how to

make it easier for myself to create it.

Character

The character I have chosen is not a specific character

in the main story, but is one of the many general elf

characters that could be known as the Elf Queens

warriors. In creating an elf from a Pratchett book, they

fall under different specifications to how an elf is

described in Tolkien books. They are shown in a

different light to how they are usually portrayed, and

are described as elegant and terrific yet are evil and

have a menace about them. In standard fantasy, elves

are described as having long sleek hair, with long

faces and an elegant posture, and a suggestion of them

being good, whereas in Pratchetts description, theyare described to wear objects and feathers, and have

greasy halos of hair, with a dark alignment. To create

a Pratchett elf I would need to keep away from the

generic elf, but I will give them a slightly generic

design to give them a better elven culture, which will

be leaves, as they are usually connected with each

other.

In issues that cover the race, gender, religion and

sexuality, I dont have much to consider. Where race

is considered, I am following the novels specified

race of an elf, and so this is shouldnt be offensive in

anyway. For the gender selection I dont have much to

go by from the book, as no gender is specified. Where

elves are mentioned in other films and books, they


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arent given a definite gender. Elves can be portrayed

as male or female, each being given an elegant and

sleek appearance and posture. Keeping this in mind, I

can use whichever gender without causing offence.

However, the use of the title warriors suggests to methat they would be male, so I am highly unsure about

which gender to do. In my quick design sketches I

have mainly drawn women, but in one I have drawn

men and I think that a male warrior would be more

appropriate.

:The narrative describing how the warriors look.

Elves are described as not having any emotion in the

book, and therefore I am deciding not to mention, or

even give them any sexual orientation. This would

also lead to less graphic images, thus keeping in line

with an appropriate age rating of 12+, following the

PEGI guidelines. By following this, it means that I can

add a slight amount more of graphic violence and mild

language, without exceeding the limit and entering the

15 age restrictions guidelines. However, even though

I am avoiding sexuality with the no emotion factor,

this may in fact offend some people as it may be a big

issue in their own life. Although, this does not reside

from my game as it would be personal to them.

To find more descriptions, as the book I owned

doesnt include more than around a page, I searched

the internet to find more. By searching Google I

found a few sites that gave me more than enough

information on their appearance to use.


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http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Elves

http://fuckyeahdiscworld.tumblr.com/post/2732953205/elves-

are-wonderful-they-provoke-wonder-elves

The bottom link is a quote ofTerry Pratchetts

describing how he sees elves.T

his influences myideas as I need them to inflict terror but still be

marvellous at the same time. This would influence the

appearance and the personalities of my characters.

Issues

I have to follow the guidelines of PEGI so that I can

create my game in an acceptable manner for the

audience Im aiming it at. As I am aiming my game at

a 12+ age group, I need to follow the followingguideline:

PEGI 12 - Videogames that show violence of a slightly

more graphic nature towards fantasy character and/or non-

graphic violence towards human-looking characters or

recognisable animals, as well as videogames that show nudity of a

slightly more graphic nature would fall in this age category. Any bad

language in this category must be mild and fall short of sexual

expletives.

As my character is more of a fantasy character, I can

include more graphic nature towards it. However, it

also looks human, so I cant add too much of this,

otherwise it would possibly offend someone.

To keep away from copyright issues and plagiarism

ofTerry Pratchetts idea, my work will not be used to

make money for myself, and will solely be used for

my project and as fan art.

Specifications

To create my character I will be using programs such

as Maya, Zbrush, Sculptris and Unity. I have already

created the base mesh in Maya. Exporting from Maya

to Zbrush I will be saving as an .obj or .ma file, and I


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will save it in Zbrush as a Ztool. I will save them in

the project folder that I have created for them.

The model has a polygon and size limit that I must

follow. These are as follows:

y The model build polygon limit is 10000 triangles/5000quads

y The model will be 512x512y It will be under 500kb

The model will be made to feature on an iPad, iPod or

iPhone. It will be required to fit the specifications of

these, which are:

The iPad specifications

y Screen Height 9.50 inchesy Screen Width 7.31 inchesy Display 1024 pixels by 768 pixels, 132 pixels per inchy 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 custom-designed, high-

performance, low-power system-on-a-chip

The iPhone specifications

y Retina displayy

3.5 inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-touch displayy 960-by640-pixel resolution at 326y 800:1 contrast ratio (typical)y 500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)

Resources

This is my schedule in the form of a Gantt chart. This

represents the creation progress of my character. I will

be following this to keep to the time I am allotted.


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Resources

Needed

ResourcesAvailable

Legalimplications

Risks toproject

Contingencyplans

Images of

concept art

(or similarto)

Software

Maya/Zbrush

Copyright

Infringement

No access to

college (due to

snow/traffic)

Multiple

backups

Concept

art/fan art

Internet/books Datacorruption

Most recentbackup

2.2.2012Own

drawings

and

sketches

Drawing

equipment

Illness

Terry

Pratchett

interviews

Internet

Books for

reference

Terry

Pratchett

books

Character

descriptions

Terry

Pratchett

books

Internet for

searching

Home

internet,

collegeinternet,

library

internet

Internet goes

down. No

access tointernet. No

access to

college/library.

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