Noisyboy

BACKGROUND: The completed work was reviewed and published by Apple in February 2014 and Amazon in October 2013. The international app development market continues to evolve and enables the self-publishing designer to explore and define these opportunities. This research explores these dynamics within the children's game/app markets. This research explored these questions: • Can a game be designed and communicated with as little text based content as possible? • Would the style of game be more successful within the Asian children's markets where the 'cute' genre reigns supreme? • Could the 3D tool within the production software Illustrator be used to construct all the graphic elements? CONTRIBUTION: The work contributes to new knowledge in the artists self-development working within a particular genre and graphic styles. The illustrations within the work display new methods of visual development and design using specific software methods not normally associated with character design. SIGNIFICANCE: The significance of this research is that overcomes language barriers to allow multi-lingual consumers, specifically children to access the product, especially within the Asian markets. This is ratified by its ranking in the top 100 for children aged 6-8 in in China, Korea and Japan on its release. The product is available globally. The work will contribute to my pending doctoral research into the self-publishing markets.

研究背景：本研究成果已于2013年10月及2014年2月分别由亚马逊（Amazon）与苹果（Apple）审核并发布。当前国际应用开发市场持续演进，为自主出版设计师提供了探索并明确行业机遇的路径。本研究聚焦儿童游戏/应用程序市场中的产业动态，围绕以下问题展开探索：
1. 是否可以在尽可能减少文本内容的前提下完成游戏设计与信息传递？
2. 在以“萌系”风格为主导的亚洲儿童市场中，该类游戏的设计风格是否能取得更佳市场表现？
3. 制作软件Illustrator内置的3D工具是否可用于构建全部图形元素？

研究贡献：本研究为特定创作品类与图形风格领域内的创作者自主成长提供了全新知识参考。研究中展示的插画作品，探索了依托非常规角色设计常用软件方法实现视觉开发与设计的全新路径。

研究意义：本研究的核心价值在于突破语言壁垒，使多语言受众（尤其是儿童）能够无障碍使用该产品，在亚洲市场表现尤为突出。该成果发布后，在中国、韩国、日本三国6-8岁儿童应用榜单中跻身百强，验证了这一研究价值。目前该产品已面向全球发行。此外，本研究将为笔者正在推进的自主出版领域博士阶段研究提供重要支撑。