Many design improvements can be added to the game to enhance user experience. Currently, there is a lack of guidance and instructions to users when they play across the missions. UI trackers such as a mini map, geo-location and mission trackers would significantly enhance user experience in the game.
In the future, more features can be added to enhance real-life farming experience, such as watering plants, plucking herbs, and learning about food sustainability. Hidden Bonuses can also be included, for example, player can earn an achievement when they interact with villagers to learn about food waste and food sustainability. This can attract players’ interest and enjoy the game.
Additional maps and landscapes should be added so that players can explore more parts
of the game, such as beach and forest. The current version of the game only has five NPCs, which does not give a village and community feeling. To improve the gaming experience, more NPCs should be added into the game.
In this game development, Post Processing Stack is not used due to technical issue and there is not enough time to verify the issue. In the future, Post Processing Stack can be used to improve the visual and graphic quality such as colour grading and ambient occlusion to produce a realistic look.
The shader is also another visual component that is very relevant to this game due to the soft texture it creates for graphics. Shaders are small scripts that can calculate the color of each pixel rendered, based on the lighting input and material configuration.
References:
Aion PowerBook (May 16, 2018) Mini-Map. Retrieve from https://aionpowerbook.com/powerbook/Mini-Map
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