Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Colour Matrix - On 80 Games

In order to experiment with colours properly it's important to know whats out there already. I have selected 80 different games from 4 separate genres; RPG, Sci-Fi, War and Horror to carry out this test. Using Photoshop's Stained Glass Filter, I took screenshots from IGN and Gamespot and then broke up each image into it's 3 dominant colours. From doing this, it has helped me get a better understanding of a range of colours used in a variety of games. From here I can then begin by applying these colours to my own scenes and begin experimenting! The list of Games used are at the bottom.

Although from doing this of course the colour scheme in every game shifts during each scene. This is where case Studies are going to be particularly important. This will then give me a deeper understanding of colour use in games.


20 Selected RPG games.


20 Sci Fi Games.


20 War Games.


20 Horror Games.

Role-playing Games

1. Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning
2. Skyrim
3. Guild Wars
4. Dungeon Defenders
5. Fable 3
6. Everquest 2
7. Heroes of Might and Magic 6
8. Lord of the Rings:War of the North
9. Star Trek: Online
10. City of Heroes
11. World of Warcraft
12. Aion
13. The Witcher 2
14. Dark Souls
15. Tales of Symphonia 
16. Borderlands
17. Assassins Creed 2
18. Final Fantasy Crysis Core
19. Star Wars: The Old Republic

Sci-Fi

1.Mass Effect 2
2.Gears of War 3
3. Halo Combat Evolved
4. Hard Reset
5. Unreal Tournament
6. Alien Versus Predator
7. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
8. Section 8: Prejudice 
9. Nuclear Dawn
10. Rage
11. Portal 2
12. Half-life 2
13. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
14. Natural Selection 2
15. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
16. Star Wars Battlefront
17. Quake 4
18. Perfect Dark Zero
19. Star Trek Elite Force
20. Singularity 

War Games 

1. Day of Defeat Source
2. Call of Duty Black Ops
3. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
4. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
5. Medal of Honor Allied Assault
6. Battlefield 3
7. Return to Castle Wolvenstien
8. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
9. Soldier of Fortune Payback
10 America's Army
11. Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
12. Battlefield 2
13. Battlefield 2142
14. Tom Clancy's Advanced Warfighter 2
15. Swat 4
16. Crysis 2
17. Crysis
18. Command and Conquer Renegade
19 Red Faction
20. Project IGI

Horror Genre                                                         

1. Alan Wake
2. Silent Hill 2
3. Resident Evil 4
4. Fear
5. Condemned
6. Resident Evil 5
7. Cold Fear
8. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
9. Penumbra Requiem 
10. Killing Floor
11. Dead Space 2
12. Metro 2033
13. Stalker Clear Sky
14. Obscure
15. Siren Blood Curse
16. Call of Cthulu Dark Corners of the Earth
17. System Shock 2
18. Project Zero 2 Crimson Butterfly
19. Resident Evil 2
20. Fear 3



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