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CSC 343/642. Interactive 3D Game Development George J. Grevera, Ph.D. Many different aspects of game development. Concepts Programming Game Engine Textures Models Sound and music Integration. Game genres. Genre. Main Entry: genre Function: noun

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CSC 343/642

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  1. CSC 343/642 Interactive 3D Game Development George J. Grevera, Ph.D.

  2. Many different aspects of game development • Concepts • Programming • Game Engine • Textures • Models • Sound and music • Integration

  3. Game genres

  4. Genre Main Entry: genre Function: noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, kind, gender 1: a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content 2: KIND, SORT 3: painting that depicts scenes or events from everyday life usually realistically from webster.com

  5. 3D game genres and styles • Action games • Adventure games • Role-playing games • Maze and puzzle games • Simulator games • Sports games • Strategy games

  6. 3D game genres and styles • Action games • 1st person point of view (POV) • first person shooter • weapons • 3rd person POV • require: • good reflexes • eye-hand coordination • some online (multiplayer)

  7. 3D game genres and styles • Action game: Turret Wars

  8. 3D game genres and styles • Action game: Dark Horizons:Lore Invasion

  9. 3D game genres and styles • Action games, FPS: Tubetti World

  10. 3D game genres and styles • Action game, 3rd person POV: Think Tanks

  11. 3D game genres and styles • Action game, 3rd person POV: Foreign Legion – Buckets of Blood

  12. 3D game genres and styles • Adventure games • exploration • where player-characters go on a quest, find things, and solve puzzles • like interactive books or stories • heavily story based and typically linear • first person or third person • Where do I go next? • single player/offline or multiplayer

  13. 3D game genres and styles • Adventure game: Dukateers – The Treacherous Treasure

  14. 3D game genres and styles • Adventure game: Sickhead Games: TGB Adventure Kit

  15. 3D game genres and styles • Role-playing games (RPGs) • usually science fiction or fantasy based • some historically based • Player is usually responsible for the development of his game character’s skills, physical appearance, loyalties, and other characteristics.

  16. 3D game genres and styles • Role-playing game (RPG): Betwixt Folly & Faith

  17. 3D game genres and styles • Role-playing game (RPG): Minions of Mirth

  18. 3D game genres and styles • Maze and puzzle games • 2D or 3D maze of physical barriers • Puzzles may involve problems other than physical barriers that must be surmounted.

  19. 3D game genres and styles • Maze and puzzle game: Bouncy Bouncy

  20. 3D game genres and styles • Maze and puzzle game: Max and the Magic Marker

  21. 3D game genres and styles • Maze and puzzle game: Rollster

  22. 3D game genres and styles • Maze and puzzle game: Marble Blast

  23. 3D game genres and styles • Simulator games • reproduce a real-world situation as accurately as possible • fidelity = measure of simulator’s accuracy • emphasis on: • visual appearance • sounds • physics

  24. 3D game genres and styles • Simulator game: Seamulator

  25. 3D game genres and styles • Simulator game: Monster Roll Cage

  26. 3D game genres and styles • Sports games • variation of simulator games

  27. 3D game genres and styles • Sports game: Downhill Bowling

  28. 3D game genres and styles • Sports game: Golden Fairway

  29. 3D game genres and styles • Sports game: Ultimate Duck Hunting

  30. 3D game genres and styles • Strategy games • battlefield (but also business or politics) • issue orders (plan battles), see results (with randomicity), repeat… • some realtime

  31. 3D game genres and styles • Strategy game: Epic Tower of Defense

  32. 3D game genres and styles • Strategy game: Tribal Trouble

  33. Game platforms • Desktop/laptop computers • Windows, Linux, Mac • Windows – big market but lots of competition • Dedicated game systems • Wii, Xbox, Playstation, Gamecube • Also PDAs, cellphones, etc.

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