Critical Analysis
WHIO Boot Camp Challenge
SUBJECT: Animation and Game Design Unit 1
CANDIDATES: Chanecia Brooks, Ti’Andria Cox, Trejaun Whyte, Jalani
Yorke
Centre#: 100131
CANDIDATE#: 1001312586(Trejaun), 1001310630(Ti’Andria),
1001312713(Jalani), 1001310265(Chanecia)
Territory: Jamaica
SCHOOL: York castle high school
YEAR: 2022
TABLE OF CONTENT
introduction………………………………………………………………………………………page 3
Synopsis……………………………………………………………………………………………Page 4
Socio-Cultural Context ……………………………..……………………………………………Page 5
Visual design and Game design principal……………………………………………….……Page 6-9
Environmental Analysis …………………………………….………………………………Page 10-12
Concept Analysis……………………………………………………………………..………Page 13-14
References…………………………………………………………………….…………………Page 15
INTRODUCTION
SYNOPSIS
Whio Boot Camp Challenge is based on The Whio, a threatened species of
duck native to New Zealand found in fast flowing waters.This makes Whio
important indicators of ecosystem health as they only exist where there is
high quality clean and healthy waterways.
The game was created to get more people aware of whio and the threats
they face in a fun and engaging way. Whio ;being a threatened species
with less than 3000 alive in the wild require management through pest
control and breeding assistance to maintain and grow populations.
Whio Boot Camp Challenge aims to teach players what it’s like to be a
whio, paddling fast rivers, finding enough food, avoiding stoats and meeting
their mate, this is all taught in the format of a 2d platformer like game, a
natural predator or whio would be stroats this remains true in game as well,
finding food would be best linked to coins in any other game which add up
to points to give you a score at the end of a level and you can find a partner
for your whio character at the end of a level.
SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT
Whio Boot Camp Challenge originally had a chance to give young
people a chance to see real whio in the wild with a DOC ranger, this
prize would include flights, spending money, accommodation and
outdoor activities that are tailored to suit the needs of the winner.
The environment of the game has very relatable caribbean aspects such as
the vast area populated by trees, clean fast flowing rivers and sunny skies.
Whio are adapted to live on fast-flowing rivers so finding whio means if you
spot one in the wild you will also find clean, fast-flowing water with a good
supply of underwater insects.This makes whio important indicators of
ecosystem health in new Zealand since they only exist where there is high
quality clean and healthy waterways, This is why in the game the main
environment is a river as it is the Whio habitat.
The game shows the Whio going about their lives paddling fast rivers,
finding enough food to survive, finding their mate and avoiding predators
such as stoats.
VISUAL DESIGN
The overall visual aesthetic of WHIO Boot Camp Challenge is very pleasing
to the eye, the art style of the game seems to be a mix of 2D pixelated art
in cartoon-like backgrounds.
Characters and other assets were drawn and animated in the pixel art
Software known as Aseprite.
The game is a 2d platformer done in a mario like game style with pixelated
characters and interactables on a 2D painted background which contrast
very well.
Game design principal
For the overall game design its in the style of a 2D platformer with Mario-
like gameplay. The game’s Objective is to survive in the wild as Whio in its
natural habitat. The game requires you to find food to stay alive, this
translates to points gained while playing the game. Levels are explored
with simple controls limited to left right and a jumping motion, Levels can
contain Obstacles such as rough waters, stones etc…, Stoats are the main
predators for whio in the wild and it remains true in the game, when the
players comes into contact with a stoat they lose life points there however
is trapping mechanisms in the game to help defend yourself from these in
game enemies.
Once the player has survived the in game challenges of starvation, threat
of predators ete… they will come to the end of the level where they are
Rewarded a mate/Partner for their achievement which is accurate to what
real Whio do in the wild.
