Audience

According to Gamespot's 'What Gamer Are You?' video, there are up to 16 different types of gamer that could all be considered in my research as I wanted to narrow down my audience to a select type of gamer so that I knew what market I would be selling to, if the game was actually being produced.

Completionist
When it comes to the completionist they like any game where achievements can be unlocked and things can be collected in order to reach 100% completion in a game. They will stop at nothing until they have successfully completed it ensuring every bit of treasure is collected or every enemy on a level is killed.

Analyst
The analyst takes comfort in problem solving and will often throw themselves into adventure games that have logical puzzles involves to test themselves further. They enjoy difficult puzzles and like to challenge themselves on high difficulty levels.

Exterminator
The exterminator likes nothing more than getting stuck into combat and they can usually be found playing action RPGs as this way they can really get stuck into fighting and annihilating everything that gets in their way. They usually so not care how fast they play through a game as long as they can destroy everything in sight.

Speed Runner
The speed runner enjoys games that are fast paced and the only thing they care about is the end goal, whether they collect everything along the way is no concern to them as long as they unlock the ending they are looking to see as quickly as possible.

The Extrovert
Extrovert's are the type of gamer who can rarely be found in single player games as they feel more comfortable playing as part of a team and like to share the reward amoungst fellow team mates as they enjoy the social side to the game more.

The Introvert
The introvert's are completely the opposite to the extrovert and are generally quieter people enjoying the solitude of single player games and rarely venture into muliplayer or co op games as they enjoy the glory of defeating enemies by themselves and they don't like sharing the reward either.

Builder
A builder can usually found on simulation and real time games like The Sims and SimCity. They enjoy nothing more than building a house or creating a family that can be customised to the max and the more options available the better for this gamer. They can also be found on strategy game where planning is involved and they can also build up an empire to the highest level.

The Character Builder
Some games are all about character creation and some games are brilliant for this. This gamer wants to be able to create a character that looks exactly right and they want to be able to add as much detail as possible into there creations so they are playing with the perfect character.

The Reader
The reader will go out of there way to get involved in every piece of dialog on offer even if means listening to someones life story for 20 minutes *cough* Mass Effect 2 *cough* The reader like playing adventure based games with lots of stories but are generally very bad co op gamers as they tend to get left behind reading every piece of information possible and also love to read instructional manuals before even playing the game.

Difficulty Snob
The difficulty snob is something to behold and does not believe in easy modes. They will play every game on the highest difficulty setting possible just to show off there skill. They will only play games that have difficulty settings and if they are seen on a game that doesn't they will only be playing it if they believe the game is worthy of there skill level.

The Ghoster
The ghoster's are generally happier playing as assassins or silent killers and will always opt for a stealth attack over just charging in and hoping for the best. They will always plan out there moves carefully and ensure they have tactics in there kills; by going for a slit of the throat or one shot death by bow and arrow.

The Hoarder 
Hoarders are a strange type of gamer in a way that they will go out of there way to collect a large amount of loot from either bodies or stealing them from different camps. They will have a massive amount of prizes and will be loaded with money; not spending any of it unless it is to further there collection of loot and will not be a friendly co op in some cases as they will leave the fighting to others and run around collecting all the loot for themselves.

The Min/Max
The min/maxer gamer is all about the stats and do not care for much else. They will want to make sure that they carefully plan out what stats to improve in each place and will ensure that they upgrade everything correctly and according to a specific plan.

The White Knight
The white knight is always going out of their way to help people; they enjoy nothing more than going out of their way to heal the injured or completing side quests for others even if it puts there own life at risk. They are generally found playing any game but action RPGs are a favourite as they have side quest options that help the general public.

The Ultimate Evil Doer
Completely the opposite to the white knight this gamer will go out of there way to cause misery in the world and will do anything to get in trouble with the law. They enjoy the trill of trying to go unnoticed through a town that has bounty on them and love the excitement of causing trouble to make others miserable. 

The Apologist
The apologist has the tendency to get very involved in certain series whether the next game is good or bad. They will ensure that they have completed every game that the series has to offer even if it means playing through an awful game to get to the next one as they don't want to miss any of the story.

After looking at all of the different options of what gamer I could please by creating this game I decided that I wanted to go with a slightly different approach. Even though the idea of The Reader isn't my kind of game I thought that this would be perfect for mine as I wanted to be able to create a back story for the game first and then have the gamer play through the game, already knowing what has happened in past. This gives me lots of ideas that could be added into the game along the way as well to make it more appealing to this genre of gamer and also fits in well with my brief of just creating a visual environment.