Episode 3: Revenge of the Flow Chart

Flow chart for Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

Episode 2: Attack of the Mock-Ups

In order from left to right: Main menu, New game, Load game, Multiplayer, Options, Load screen, Load screen, Co-op, Controls, Sound, Video, Pause menu, Save & Quit. Mock-up for Dishwasher: Dead Samurai menu layout from Xbox 360 to iPhone.

Episode 1: Phantom Boxes

Control Scheme

Template to convert The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai from XBox 360 to iPhone.

Case Study #2: The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

Developer: Ska Studios

Platform: XBox Live Arcade

Genre: Action/Adventure Side Scroller

Player Mode: Single Player, Multiplayer is available

Controls to the game are simple: Left joystick is used for movement, the right joystick is used for the dash, the X,Y, and B buttons are attack buttons, the A button is the jump button, the D-Pad is to select weapons, and the Start button is used to pause. The other buttons are unused. After converting the game to an iPhone or an iPod Touch the controls would be the 3 attack buttons and the jump button on the bottom right of the screen, the weapon select would be on the top right, to move you would tilt the iPhone or iPod left or right since the game is a side scroller and to dash you would quickly move your thumb or finger left, right, up, or down across the screen.

The Dishwasher provides alot of feedback, in the original version on XBox Live Arcade the health bar and number of lives is located in the upper left hand side of the screen, in the bottom left it shows you your available weapons during that mission, in the center there is a blue arrow which shows you where your character is, and in the upper right hand side it shows your accumulated score, your number of kills, and your number of hits.