Player Characters & NPC's

Week 2

Player Characters & Non Player Characters

Player characters are an important element to the visual style of a game.These avatars are controlled by the player.They can represent real or fantastic characters.They can have complex behaviours or simply be a graphic that the player controls.
Non- player characters also inhabit the game world in early games that represented obstacles to avoid.Later these NPC's became more complex characters which you might communicate with or join forces on your quest.
In this post you need to explain about the role of the player character and NPC in your games you are developing.You will need to include examples of player characters and NPC's in existing games that have influenced your ideas.In your reserch you will need to comment on the important features that these charcters bring to the game design.And ask yourself are characters and NPC's important to games and why?