Game Name

Moving forward with the project we wanted to give the game an official name. This is something we have decided on after having a story and a good idea on what we want the game to be.

We had multiple concepts for the name however we managed to bring it down to 4.

Morphogenesis

Shadows of the Wounded

Complications of Terror

Specimen

In order to get feedback on what name seems to work the best I spoke to a class of game design students and asked each of them what they thought was the best name.

Using Survey Monkey I was able to get every persons response on an easy to read format.

I was able to speak to an entire class at once, I was not planning to speak to everyone so everything I said was improvised. I did not wish to go into too much detail nor did I wish to push my ideal name onto other people.

As I was unaware of the presentation we were unprepared and I noticed I was being filmed after a few sentences in. Therefore there are some minor things missed out however this video was to show how I presented the story and asked for feedback.

Using this we can see that the most popular name was Specimen.

The feedback we received on each name was

Morphogenisis - Brings across exactly what the game is about however it also sounds like a science fiction or futuristic style name.

Shadows of the Wounded - Great for story and sets out the plot however it also sounds like a Chinese movie.

Complications of Terror - sounds like a very appropriate name for a horror game but it also sounds like a bad horror movie.

Specimen - Short and to the point with the idea for the character but also sounds generic.

Even though Specimen was a working title it seems to be the most popular. It was made with just a questionnaire for 16 people however the people asked were of the correct target audience meaning the results cannot be ignored.