This game is called Bugdom, hopefully this is known from the videos title. This game is very simple, but very fun. The bug is a rolly polly and this is the character that is played by you.
The game is older and is not as high tech as most new video games and the geometric linear perspective is not great. Object stay the same size whether Mr. Bug is close or near.
The way the game is set up is that the view is as if you were running right behind the bug, so it would appear to be pretty hands on. The way the game creator
made the depth perception is as realistic as it gets when video games first started to come out. The depiction of hills, height and length of the flowers and
objects in the game seem accurate. There is no subjective gaze or violence, except when ants that are attacking Mr. Bug are coming, then kicking ants it a
must. This game was so much fun five years ago, everything has evolved so much, its almost scary how real video games get!
Good choice on chosing a video game, this was one I could understand. There are so many games out there that are so complex, this does look like it would be easy and entertaining.
ReplyDeleteWow this game really reminds me of the Mario 64 that I chose to share. The points of view are the same except that Mario also has a first person point of view to add to its subjective gaze. It is scary how real video games are getting...I think that one day, we will be able to puppeteer (sp?) :) real life people...or so it will seem.
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ReplyDeleteYour right, what was high tech 5 years ago, is ancient now a days. But at least it was clean, fun, and was to designed for short term fun to fill some time. Now, the video games are so intense, complicated, and detailed, it takes hours, days, and even months to divide and concure the levels of a game.... A move to intense involvement I not sure I care to have my kids do.. Thanks for sharing. Pat Kaehler.