#one-sheet

As I navigate the exciting world of game development, creating a compelling one-sheet and one-page to function as a pitch has been both challenging and rewarding. My recent efforts have focused on developing a concise yet captivating one-sheet and a detailed one-pager, to promote my ideas outlined in week 2.

The One-Sheet I focused on maintaining a cyberpunk aesthetic, with striking neon colors and a gritty urban backdrop to set the tone. I have included 2 screenshots to convey the player idle and in combat, which demonstrates the environment and gameplay potentials.

The One-Page The goal for creating this one-page was to communicate the depth of gameplay clearly and effectively. By outlining elements like NPC roles and death mechanics, I aimed to provide a thorough preview of the game dynamics to fellow game developers.

I'm excited to share the one-sheet poster for my game, JumpWheels!

This poster is designed to give potential developers, publishers, investors, and other interested parties a quick overview of my game. It includes the title, a brief x-statement, defining details, three unique selling points, game art, and my contact information.

I'm really proud of how this poster turned out, and I think it's a great way to represent my game. Check out the poster below.

For assignment 2 I had to make a one-sheet and a one-page for one of the games I had made from the previous weeks. A one-sheet document is an A4 page that is designed to help the viewers understand the vision of the game being made and to achieve buy-ins. This includes the name of the game, an X statement and important defining details that can help sell the game. The one-page is an A3 document that a team can use as a reference tool to understand what they will be developing. The one page includes the name of the game, version and details; whitespace for developers to write on; illustration of the game; description of what can be interacted with and a description explaining the X statement. I choose to use my platformer game “Escape the Cage” (originally called “Run! Chicken” but was changed due to copyright issues), to use for this assignment as I thought it would be interesting to explore further.   

One-sheet:

One-page:

In her book, Fullerton (2018) refers to the one-page as a sell sheet. The purpose of the sell sheet is to succinctly explain the game idea as well as the target market. The core game idea of Drill Till Still revolves around destroying asteroids and battling aliens using a redirectable drill. I started on paper, sketching potential layouts to communicate the core game idea. Using a physical medium, allowed me to quickly ideate one-sheet layouts.

I felt that out of my sketches, the one pictured in Figure 10 best visualises the game idea behind Drill Till Still. As the drill and asteroids play a large part of the game, they constitute the focal point of the layout. The asteroid has noticeable crystals protruding out of it, which allude to the resources which are collectable in game. The destroyed state of the drill invites the viewer to question how the drill ended up that way. The space setting of the game is communicated by the background image. I used a bold font with a high contrasting bounding box to make the text stand out against the background. The short description of the game ends with a call to action to further entice the viewer and to indicate the existence of the final boss. The digital version of the one-sheet is pictured in Figure 11.

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So I’ve had this original Return of the Jedi poster for a big chunk of my life. A friend gave it to me in my teens, and it’s been on various apartment walls since 1997.

I fixed up the wiring on a poster lightbox I had been keeping at the cinema and while I’ve got some other original one-sheets, this is the one I want to showcase.

(via Kin Movie Poster (#1 of 4) - IMP Awards)

Poster designed by LA

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