Carnival shootout day 1

casual games "A casual game is a video game targeted at or used by a mass audience of casual gamers. Casual games can have any type of gameplay, and fit in any genre. They are typically distinguished by their simple rules and lack of commitment required in contrast to more complex hardcore games. They require no long-term time commitment or special skills to play, and there are comparatively low production and distribution costs for the producer.

Casual games are typically played on a personal computer online in web browsers, although they now are starting to become popular on game consoles and mobile phones as well. Casual gamers are typically older than traditional computer gamers, and more often female, with over 74% of casual gamers being female." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_game

for this project i am going to be looking at a variety of different shooter games on the internet and comparing and contrasting them with each other paying close attention to their graphics, controls, replayability, gameplay and what makes them different to each other.

this is a popular carnival shootout type game on the internet as i found in on many sites its graphics are alright for the type of game that it is as you wouldn't expect any better from this type of game its controls are very easy and simple as it is just point and click all the reloading is done for you. as for its it got very boring very quickly as nothing much happened there were never more than two or three targets on screen at a time and they moved pretty slowly this was a pretty generic shooter with nothing to set it apart from any other arcade shooter.www.king.com

this is another carnival shooter game that i have found its graphics are simple as they are just circles and the backgrounds are plain, the controls are simple in this game as well as they are just point and click with no need to reload at all the replayability is better though as there are difficulty levels to choose from and when you get past the first stage it is a different type of game and so on for the rest of the levels as well and as there are up to 6 targets on screen at a time and they move fairly quickly so its harder than the last one and more enjoyable. www.mostfungames.com

this is another arcade shooter called last line where you are a survivor of a zombie apocalypse defending your outpost its much more in depth than the others and much more fun to play. its graphics are better its controls are more difficult as there are different things to buy and use such as ammo and different weapons its got multiple levels that get harder as you go through their can be many targets on screen at one time that vary their speeds and movement and is by far the most enjoyable out of the three. www.gamesgeko.com

      

this is the fourth arcade/carnival shooter game that i looked at called sniper school the graphics on this are probably the worst of the bunch but has a better quality of game play than the first two and is quit fun to play. there are three different game modes one is an accuracy game mode where you have limited bullets to hit a certain number of targets the other is just a normal arcade shooter where you have to hit as many targets as you can in a time limit and the final game mode is one where you have to keep a ball up in the air for as long as you can by shooting it, its got good replayability as it has three different game modes that you can play and has a very simple point and click control system. www.gamesgeko.com


for my carnival shooter game i think that i am going to create a classic type of carnival game like you find at carnivals where their are different targets poping up all over the place worth different points and also targets that you shouldn't shoot for minus points and i will have a limited amount of ammo for the game as i have not yet seen a game with that in or i might create a game like the last stand game that i reviewed where they have a lot of coming at once and the idea is that you have to keep them away as long as you can and the game fails when they have reached you, i also like the idea of having a zombie type feel to it so if i do something like that then i can add survivors in that could give you health bonuses or bonus points for each one that reaches you safely, if i had enough time  i would like to put a weapon buying system in so that you dont have to keep using the same weapons or maybe an alternate mode so that people dont get to bored of the game too quickly.