Character Graphics

When looking at similar interactive educational graphics, there is usually a character graphic which guides the audience through the game. This is usually an animated graphic which is something to do with the game or subject. For example, the entertaining history education TV programme ‘Horrible Histories’ uses the character of a rat and also the animated characters of the historical characters which are talked about in the episode.

This is something which is used throughout all of the Horrible Histories media with the website, TV show and games. It creates a better entertaining value to the brand.

I decided that I wanted to create a characters which was an animated Einstein which would be animated throughout the website, app and poster. I had a look online to get a better idea about what the graphics look like and how I could use these as a start point. 

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I found this Einstein graphic which was what I wanted to use for the website and app. I downloaded this to get an idea of how the website would look with the character. 

I think that this works really well and the character gives the scene a fun, more entertaining look to the background. This also works with the animated background of the room and is suitable for the audience. 

 I like the theme of the animated character graphic and how it could act as a narrator throughout the website, app and poster.

I have been editing the photo of the office to give it a more animated look for the interactive game. I used Image Trace to get the outlines of the image and then created the grayscale edit to the photo.

The photo looks posterised and this was the effect I wanted to create. The graphics will also look this way and will go along with this theme. 

I want to use a character which will be a guide around the game and I could use this like many other games like this use as the narrator. 

I like the look of the office and this has helped to give a better idea of what the game will look like and how it will work. 

Einstein’s Office

I have been thinking about a theme for the game and so when I was looking at the information on the internet about Einstein and his achievements, there was pictures of his office. This picture interested me a lot and could be a really interesting theme to include in the game. 

(Image taken from http://imgur.com/gallery/eoZjB)

I had the idea to use this photo for the background of the game and also use the different paper and items around the room for the interactive graphics. 

I like the idea of using a real photo of Einsteins office which would give the audience a better understanding of the subject. 

Interactive Revision Game

I have been thinking about how the Theory of Relativity has many different elements to it which could be difficult to revise at GCSE. This target audience use creative revision websites which allow for easier and more creative revision. 

I have the idea to create an interactive revision game which will be targeted at GCSE audience who would be studying the Theory of Relativity and this would be an informative revision game which allows the audience to interact with the information. 

BBC Bitesize is an example of a website which also uses interactive games for revision. I have looked into a few similar products to get a better idea of revision games. 

This gave me the understanding of the sort of interactive game I want to create and how the revision of the subject could be shown in a fun and interesting way. The revision questions are set in a way which makes the audience play the game in order to revise the specific topic. 

I want to create a game which allows the audience to answer questions in order to unlock clues. The design of the game will use bright colours and characters which will be appropriate for the audience. 

I have been researching into infographics and the different styles of them, I particularly looked at the infographics which where about helping to explain a theory or topic in a more simplified way. 

This Infographic is visually interesting and I like the way in which it uses bold colours to show the information. 

It is also clearly aimed at a younger audience with the Santa theme, however is appropriate for other age groups with the easy to understand information and interesting question.

This also helped me to understand how an infographic could be used in a poster style which works with the bold information and colours. 

The pictures are the main focus of this and this is something I want to include in my poster to show the information visually for a study tool. 

The infographics have helped me to understand the use of the visually displayed information and how this could be presented in an interesting way on a poster or website.