Aim

Objectives

1.      Age?

Below 18

18-24

25-30

30-40

Above 40

2.      Occupation?

Student

Worker

Boss

3.      Do you play video games?

YES/NO

4.      What are video games to you?

Hobby

Leisure activity

Wasting time

5.      What game have u played before?

______________________________________________________________________

6.      Do you enjoy playing games?

YES/NO

7.      Do you play online games?

YES/NO

8.      What type of online games do u play?

Shooting

Adventure

Legend

Decoration

Others

9.      What do you enjoy the most in the online game?

________________________________________________________________________

10.  What is the reason that you didn’t enjoy the game?

_________________________________________________________________________

11.  How do you think about the communication in online game?

Real

Imagination

Friend Zone

12.  Does the architecture/ spaces in game gives a different experience than real world architecture/spaces?

Which architecture give more attraction? Game or real world?

13.  Do you think both architects and game developer related to one another? Why?

14.  Based on your opinion, is the architecture in the game important? Why?

15.  Are you are able to visualize a space easier in game?

YES/NO

16.  Do you think game architecture can help architects in future architecture development?

YES/NO

17.  Based on the previous question, why do you say so?

18.  In your opinion, do you think communication in game can lead architect to come out new inspiration?

19.  Do you think is it important for architect to communicate with gamers to know how they feel toward the architecture in game?

20.  Do you agree that architecture in game can help architects generates new ideas for our future world?

YES/NO

21.  Based on answer above If no , why?

Interview Question

Interview name:

Current Occupation:

Date of interview:

Game Designer

1.      How long had u work as a game designer?

2.      Do a game designer take part in designing the architecture in game?

3.      Normally, how do you get inspiration in creating a new game?

4.      Do you refer to real architecture when you create the game architecture?

5.      Do you ask architect for help and take part in designing the game architecture?

6.      Do you play online games? (MMO) what kind of online game do you play?

7.      Based on your opinion, why do you prefer or not prefer to play online game?

what make you prefer online games?

8.      In your opinion do you think communication in MMO helped in your game design?

9.      Are there any points to show your previous statement?

10.  Do you think communication between architects, game designer, gamer is important to help architects generate new idea in future architecture? Why?

Interior Designer

1.      How long had you work as an  interior designer?

2.      Do you play online games?

3.      In your opinion, beside from visualize game architecture, do you think communication in games can contribute in generating idea for architect?

4.      Are there any points to show your previous statement?

5.      Do you think architect can come out with idea in future architecture by referring game architecture and communicate in the game world?

Architect

1.      How long have you been as an architect?

2.      Do you play online games?

3.      Normally do you get your inspiration by visualize the game architecture?

4.      How do you think of the game architecture?

5.      Based on your answer, do you think game architecture have the potential to play a role in developing architecture idea in future?

6.      In your opinion, beside from visualize game architecture, do you think communication in games can contribute in generating idea for architect?

7.      Are there any points to show your previous statement?

8.      Do you think architect can come out with idea in future architecture by referring game architecture and communicate in the game world?

Hardcode Gamer

1.      How long have you been playing video games?

2.      Do u often play online game (MMO)?

3.      What kind of online games you usually play?

4.      What makes you started to play online games?

5.      Normally how do you communicate with gamers in game?

6.      How do you think of the online friend? Is it real friendship or just a person to talk with?

7.      Do you think the communication in games can influence in game creator to collect ideas?

8.      In your opinion, do you think an architect can get inspiration of architecture by communication in games?

9.      Based on your answer above, why?

10.  Do you think architects can get new inspiration of architecture for future in game by visualize and communicate with game creator and gamers?

11.  Are there any points to show your previous statement?

12.  Do you agree that communication in MMO can help architects to generate idea in future architecture?

Survey Question
1. Aim
2. Objectives

3.  Age

4.  Occupation

5.  Do you play video games?

6.  What are video games to you?

7.  What game have u played before?

8.  Do you enjoy playing games?

9.  Do you play online games?

10. What type of online games do u play?

11. What do you enjoy the most in the online game?

12. What is the reason that you didn’t enjoy the game/?

13. How do you think about the communication in online game?

14. Does the architecture/ spaces in game gives a different experience than real world architecture/spaces?

Based on the question, how do you feel of architecture in game?

16. Do you think both architects and game developer are related to one another? Why?

Based on your opinion, is the architecture in the game important? Why?

17. Do you think by playing games, you are able to visualize a space easier?

18. Do you think game architecture can help architects in future architecture evelopment?

 Based on the previous question, why do you say so?

19. In your opinion, how can architecture in game help architect on their idea developing?

20. Do you agree that architecture in game can help architects generates new ideas for our future world?

JUDY LEE SHIN YIN A1804

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1  WHAT IS GAME ARCHITECTURE

The game architecture is been created by the code necessary to create modem games in anything but simple. Gone are the days when the source code for a full game was just a couple of files and we didn’t have to worry about overall structure and architecture. In today’s games, code bases exceeding a million lines of code, it is vitally important to have a well defined architecture in order to let the players have a good visualize of the game and experience the architecture and spaces in the game.

1.2  WHAT IS ONLINE GAME

An online game is a video game played through some form of computer network. This network can usually the internet or advance technology, games have always used whatever current technology such as modems before internet, and hard wired terminals before modems. The development of online gaming had reflected the overall expansion of computer networks from small local networks to the internet and the growth of internet access itself. Many online games have associated online communities, making online games a form of social activity beyond single player games. Thus, the video games played over internet can let the multiple players in different locations across the worlds played game together, communicated, knowing new friends, team works, and helped each other in game. This type of online gaming is named as Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) that allow a large number of players to participate simultaneously over an internet connection. MMOG showed the good socialize and communication between human and human thus I choose this type of game to support my issue in dissertation. The picture below show the multiple players gather together in order to communicate and done their quest in the game.

Figure 1.0 Aika online game

1.3  AIM AND OBJECTIVES

The aim of my dissertation is to understand how the online game architecture influence in future world architecture movement.

My objective is to study about relationship between online games architecture and real world architecture. Secondly is to examine the development of online game architecture and real world architecture. Then, will be examined the influence between game architecture and real world architecture between each others. To investigate the communication between game world and real world, in order to help in generating ideas for people. Lastly will be investigated how does game architecture interact with architects toward future architecture development.

1.4  HYPOTHESIS

The game architecture is an element to improve real world architecture and create new architecture in future.

1.5  SCOPE OF STUDY

The people that I will be interview will be game designer, interior designer, architects, hardcode gamer and gamers. Besides, I will be doing survey on different age people to support the dissertation statement.

1.6  RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The research methodology that had been carried out is to detailed study about the relationship between game architecture and real world architecture, and influence between both game architecture and real world architecture from historical to now. Besides, reading from websites, forum, articles where gamers and game developer discussion, experience, on gaming architecture should be carried out.  In addition, surveys must be conducted to get major info in how people and architects reach towards game and visualize the game towards future. Furthermore, interview will be carried out to get the view of future architecture from different related firm. Lastly, personal experience and analysis on online games will be carried out to understand better on the issue.