Thinking about game design and creation

     In my free time I play video games which has helped me with certain ideas for my game to create.  Many of the ideas are based on action/strategy games which is one of the most played type of games.  Though I play many action games I am a huge fan of survival/horror games such as Dead Space, Left 4 Dead, and the Resident Evil series.  The survival/horror games are my favorite for several reasons based on the game.
     Dead Space is one of my favorite games because of the upgradeable weapons, and the darkness and sudden appearence of the monsters.  I enjoy Left 4 Dead because of how you must cooperate with your teammates to survive and how that you can play the same campaign and have different weapon and item spawn locations.  Finally, I love the Resident Evil games because of the suspense and action that seems to blend in together perfectly and the enemies on higher levels are extremely organized and intelligent.

The Mini Game Project has given me a new perspective on playing video games.  I believe that I pay more attention to the characters and even the levels.  When I play a new game now I find myself wondering how long it took to draw the characters and how much the people went through to have every single detail perfect.  Finally, I have started to appreciate how people go through so much frustration to give people a few hours of enertainment.