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Game Development Essentials: An Introduction Third Edition. Chapter 3 Goals & Genres what are the possibilities?. ■ What are some non-entertainment goals associated with game development? ■ What are the characteristics associated with popular game genres ?
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■ What are some non-entertainment goals associated with game development? ■ What are the characteristics associated with popular game genres? ■ Which goals and genres work particularly well together? ■ Which particular game content is traditionally associated with certain genres? ■ How are genre hybrids and new types of genres changing the way genres are categorized? Key Chapter Questions
GoalsEntertainment Sony Computer Entertainment America Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GoalsSocial Electronic Arts My Empire
GoalsEducational Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Nintendo Oregon Trail Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
GoalsRecruitment & Training Applied Research Associates HumanSim
Electronic Arts GoalsHealth & Fitness EA Sports Active 2
GoalsConsciousness & Change Newsgaming September 12: A Toy World
GoalsAesthetics & Creativity Sony Computer Entertainment America flOw
GoalsMarketing & Advertising Muskedunder Interactive Pepsi Music Challenge
GenresActionPlatformers Nintendo Super Mario Galaxy 2
GenresActionShooters Activision Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Gears of War 3
GenresActionRacing Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation Forza Motorsport 3
GenresActionFighting THQ UFC 2009
GenresAdventure Telltale Games Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse
GenresAction-Adventure Sony Computer Entertainment America God of War III
GenresCasino Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Casino: Mirage Resort Edition
GenresPuzzle Q Entertainment Lumines
GenresRole-Playing Games Electronic Arts Dragon Age 2
GenresSimulationsVehicle Simulations Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation Flight Simulator X: Acceleration
GenresSimulationsSports & Participatory Simulations Take- Two Interactive MLB 2K11
GenresSimulationsProcess Simulations (Construction & Management) Electronic Arts SimCity Deluxe
GenresStrategyTurn-Based Strategy (TBS) Take- Two Interactive Sid Meier’s Civilization V
GenresStrategyReal-Time Strategy Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation Halo Wars
GenresMassively Multiplayer Online Games Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft
Summary ■ Goals ■ Genres ■ Game Elements: The Significance of Goals & Genres