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Online Gaming and it’s History. Online gaming is playing videogames with opponents through the use of networks. It all began in the early nineties. A small software producer, id software, that developed a trail-blazing action game concept. Online Gaming Alliance.
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Online Gaming and it’s History • Online gaming is playing videogames with opponents through the use of networks. • It all began in the early nineties. A small software producer, id software, that developed a trail-blazing action game concept.
Online Gaming Alliance • The Online Gaming Alliance™ (OGA) was established to monitor the thousands of worldwide licensees of Grand Virtual™ technology • The Online Gaming Alliance is a positive force for online gaming, providing benefits to players, casinos and the industry.
The online gaming market already generates significant profits for established operators, and despite a complex legal and political environment, it continues to attract new ones Online Gaming in the Market 2002 statistics • As the market develops and broadens its appeal to a wider range of customers, the uptake of online gaming will continue to rise. This graph shows the dramatic increase in regular online gamblers over just five years. • With online casinos taking the biggest share of the industry, Data monitor estimates that online gamblers currently spend more than $30 billion
Different Multiplayer Games Action Games Kid/Family Games Sport Games Puzzle Games Racing Games Casino Games Thinking Games Strategies Games
A Theory of Fun for Game Design Book • This is a novel that shows ways of teaching interactive designers how to create and improve their designs to incorporate the highest degree of fun. • This book also shows detailed game description and other aspects of the product design.
Multiplayer Online Video Games • Revolutionized gaming • Played through computer networks usually the internet • Video games are played against human opponents rather than Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence • Definition: The ability of a computer or other machine to perform those activities that are normally thought to require intelligence • Main component of modern gaming • Also, largest component missing from online multiplayer gaming
Multiplayer generalizations • Uses internet connection to play other people from around the world • All PC’s and most Consoles now have ability to play online multiplayer • Different experience from traditional game playing
Multiplayer PC Gaming • PC’s were the first multiplayer platform • Easiest to get on and play online • Interaction with other players is easy through keyboard • RPG and Strategy are best on a PC
Multiplayer Console Gaming • Considered future of gaming • Play games head to head with people around the globe • Easier to use for games like sports, racing, and shooters.