3D First Person Shooter PC Game

ABSTRACT

Monsters Within is a fun 3D FPS horror survival game on the Windows platform that demands its players to have fast reflexes, quick thinking and deductive skills to survive in the game environment they have been thrust into; distorted humanoid creatures have overrun the city and continue to rapidly multiply. The player’s main objective is to circumvent this by destroying all nests in the vicinity.

The quantitative research methodology was used to analyse the feasibility for the success for such a project on the Steam platform (the online store that the project will be published on). Competitive benchmarking and Open Web research were conducted to observe the success of competitors on the platform; their success and failures, as well as pricing structures, game mechanics and customer reviews were analysed to discover the core problems that needed to be solved to create a contending project.

Quantitative research is a systematic investigation that makes use of quantifiable data and verifiable facts to measure variables (reviews, sales numbers, etc.) and form generalizations from a large population size. The goal of this type of research is to outline specific research patterns.

The reviews, pricing structures, genres, date of release and overall game quality of the following titles were observed. Among Us, Phasmophobia, Titanfall, Call of Duty, Little Nightmares.

Games that had excessive micro-transactions were frowned upon by the gaming community regardless of whether it had a price or was free-to-play. Games that were of relatively low quality that had a multiplayer functionality still found success. The results showed that gamers deeply appreciated games with detailed level design and ambience, games that portrayed a puzzle like story were critically acclaimed among the audience. Games with detailed, atmospheric environments greatly appeal to gamers of the horror genre.

✔ People who play FPS games enjoy challenging gameplay over other aspects of game mechanics

✔ Uniqueness is the main factor that helps games stand out from other titles on the platform