Exercise 2 for DM2232(Pandemic 2)

The game I chose to write a review for is Pandemic 2. A game where players are supposed to control the evolution of a virus, bacteria or parasite, to infect and kill everybody in the world.

In the flash game, players can see breaking news at the left side of the game screen and the world map is displayed while the game is in motion. If the game was to be developed for the DS, the breaking news should be displayed on the top screen while the player can drag and view the world map around in the bottom screen. There should also be a slider bar below the world map such that players can speed up and slow down the game as they wish.

Next is the use for the L and R buttons and the face buttons. In the flash game, there is an additional world and disease tab. The world tab contains information about the amoun of active hospitals and the government efforts at creating a vaccine for the disease the player has created. The disease tab shows all the traits and symptoms the disease can evolve. While the game is in progress, the player can press the L or R buttons to pause the game and bring the world or disease screen up over the world map, while the face buttons can be used to select any options in the selected screen.

To sum things up, any information that is constantly changing such as the breaking news, evolution points and amount of infected people would be shown on the top screen while the bottom screen would be used for the active world map, world tab and disease tab depending on the active screen.