Thursday, September 23, 2010

High Fantasy; Sword & Sorcery; D&D

High Fantasy; Sword & Sorcery; D&D, etc (Tolkien and friends), high fantasy is under the subgenre of fantasy, it is always associated together with sword and sorcery both which are the common once found under the fantasy genre. D and D also known as dungeons and dragons; a fantasy role playing game, it is a game simulating of a war. Dungeons and dragons is an online war game, which relates to the modern war. Swords and Sorcery is all about fighting and the use of magical powers, these skills are used in conflict and fight similar to wars. Magic is under the category of super natural, while swords are under a genre known as Sword-and-scandal. As a games designer, high fantasy is one of the basic topics that all game designers must know. Because when creating a game of fantasy, the designers have to have a great knowledge on High fantasy to create a game of mystery and mythical creature in a world of fantasy. In games of fighting and magical of wizards and sorcery, mostly used in the pass of ancient history can give great information on the way of the fight start or end. The war of how each swordsman position during the war and the movement of how they fight is also very important, because with the lack of knowledge from ancient war, the game lack historical research. D and D also known as dungeons and dragon which these ‘objects’ exist during the ancient history of fantasy. In the games design industry the background art is very important, the artist have to illustrate ferocious dragons and creepy dungeons. The artist would not put screw and bolts in a dungeon which is known in modern time a jail or a brig. So studying the design of a actual olden dungeon is very important, parts of the design too shows a level of scariness towards the player. Similarly to the dragons, the design of the dragons are important because the designers got to illustrate it to look like a dragon in one sight, one of the features is the sharp fangs, long tail, scaly skin and the fierce claws. In conclusion to create a game of fantasy, these topics are very important in the making of fantasy games.

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