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Game Development Essentials An Introduction

Game Development Essentials An Introduction. Chapter 3. Game Elements what are the possibilities?. Key Chapter Questions. ■ What are some non-entertainment goals associated with game development?

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Game Development Essentials An Introduction

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  1. Game Development Essentials An Introduction

  2. Chapter 3 Game Elements what are the possibilities?

  3. Key Chapter Questions ■ What are some non-entertainment goals associated with game development? ■ What platforms are available for games, and what are the specific elements associated with each? ■ What are the characteristics of popular game genres? ■ How do modes based on number of players affect the way games are created? ■ What are time interval options, and how do they change how a game is played?

  4. Goals & Applications • Entertainment • Community-building • Education • Recruitment & training • Marketing & advertising • Health & fitness

  5. PlatformsArcade Mach 3

  6. PlatformsConsole Sony PS2 Microsoft Xbox Nintendo GameCube

  7. PlatformsComputer

  8. PlatformsOnline (Multiplayer)

  9. PlatformsOnline (Multiplayer)

  10. PlatformsHandheld Game Boy Advance SP Game Boy Color Game Boy Advance

  11. PlatformsTabletop • Pen & paper • Dice • Board • Card • Tile

  12. Time Interval Turn-based Real-time Time-limited

  13. Player Mode Two-player (Bubbles) Single-player (Solitaire) Local two-player (Dance Dance Revolution)

  14. Player Mode (cont’d) LAN-based multiplayer Online multiplayer (Toontown Online) Local multiplayer (Gauntlet)

  15. GenresAction Platformer (Donkey Kong) Racing (GravRally) Fighting (Tekken)

  16. GenresAction (cont’d) First-Person Shooter [FPS] (Deus Ex) Third-Person Shooter (Tomb Raider)

  17. GenresSimulation Vehicle (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004) Process (Sim City 4) Participatory – Sports (All-Star Baseball 2005)

  18. GenresStrategy Turn-based strategy (Civilization III) Real-time strategy (RTS) (Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour)

  19. GenresMassively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) MMOFPS (Planetside) MMORPG (EverQuest) MMORTS (Shattered Galaxy) MMOPG (Puzzle Pirates)

  20. Genres Casino (Prestige Casino) Adventure (Myst) Action-Adventure (Beyond Good & Evil) Puzzle (Tetris)

  21. Genres (cont’d) Role-playing (RPG) (Wizardry 8) Bemani (DDR) Trivia (Quia) Survival-horror (Silent Hill)

  22. Summary • Goals & applications • Platforms • Time interval • Player mode • Genres

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