The effects and appreciations of the gamers and designers towards the Real-Architecture

The games do effect gamers and let them start to appreciate the beauty of architecture.

Sid Meier Civilization:

·         -  ‘Sid Meier Civilization can let the gamers to learn about how the architecture change and evolve according to changes of the cultures from an era to another era.

·         -  To learn the form of different architecture from era to another era.

·         -  Sample:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ytYw7S9v0o

Assassin Creed:

·         - They could learn the form of the architecture by having the character go through a building to another building. And even jumping, crawling, climbing and etc.

·         - The things that is impressive among this, is their details on those game model, which provide more realism towards the gamers, which allow gamers to look, feel and ran around the area too.

·         - Sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEUQMLz3cfE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhPR0lLqiCg

Grand theft auto:

·         - Game such as grand theft auto allow gamers to run around the city, with the quality of graphic the gamers able to feel and to see and do interactive to the surrounding and interior.

·         - Where to hide where to exit and etc, makes the games able to appreciate the space planning inside the building too.

·         -  Sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkb2ZxaNCww

The Sims:

·         - This game able let player to create their own desire spaces, and tryout different design and space planning at anytime. This help gain the interest of players towards architecture.

·         -  Samples:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPnK9JHoddc

[Building customization start from 1:15min]

Games architecture also can inspire Designer.

Kingdom heart,

·         - It brings the player to a fantasy world with the nice and unique architecture and landscape surrounded throughout the whole game. The beauty of those environments and surrounding sometimes do inspire the designer to have a new thought of concept.

·         - Is also like walking and running around the theme park with those amazing building around.

·         -  Sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZXO_o120c

Devil May Cry

·        -  From the video can see that the architectural inside the game are impressive. The realism and also how the player and enemy effect the surrounding make the architecture inside the games seems to be real yet imaginative.

·         -Samples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYkVGYvhMtI

How games affect the forms and functions of architectures.

-         Why games?
Games nowadays have getting more and more popular. As more and more game console appear on the market. Such as, playstation, computer, x-box and etc and furthermore people playing apps games on their smartphone or tabs are getting popular too.

-         How games show the architecture
Games nowadays have greater and better graphics with the help of the software which make the designers able to create more realistic and creative form of environment and architecture.

-         How player interact with the space
Players have the first player view to directly feel and experience the spaces directly by running around through the interior and exterior spaces. Games such as ‘Sims’ able let player to create their own desire spaces, and tryout different design and space planning at anytime. This help gain the interest of players towards architecture. Besides that, games have to solve to move onwards to another spaces help to give inspiration for designer to think of better design or function for a room and to avoid unnecessary obstacle and etc.

-         Function from  games
From the Games, they show how architecture Function in the environment.  Can show the architecture serve the purpose for shelter and also beautify the surrounding and serve as partition, online game serve location for gathering and meeting.

-         Material
The used of Material in the game often show different feeling and view towards the architecture. Game create huge architecture by using simple material which can be studied by designer to see whether it really works or can have any other materials to replace it.

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