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Video Game Genre

Video Game Genre. INFO111 Macquarie University S2 2010. What is Genre?. Before or After. Genre can be a plan or blueprint for a story Celebrations of a theme or ideal Characters will be functional and static Stories will be predictable – or its not the genre. Generic Paradox.

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Video Game Genre

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  1. Video Game Genre INFO111 Macquarie University S2 2010

  2. What is Genre?

  3. Before or After • Genre can be a plan or blueprint for a story • Celebrations of a theme or ideal • Characters will be functional and static • Stories will be predictable – or its not the genre

  4. Generic Paradox • The act of defining any particular genre is: “defining a Western on the basis of analysing a body of films that cannot possibly be said to be Westerns until after the analysis.”

  5. Game Genre • Adds a new dimension: • Style of gameplay • The actions available to the player • Point of View • Control style/options • Object of the game Interactivity

  6. Supremacy of Gameplay • “Game Universes” • Mario as the all-purpose player • Dr Mario and other visual themes Does it matter?

  7. Questions to Ponder • Are certain game styles suited to particular platforms? Why? • Are certain themes suited to particular game styles? How? • Do different platforms suit certain themes? • Can you think of any game that is only 1 genre? • Do any game styles tell a story?

  8. Genre Mechanics

  9. Genre and PoV • Position of the player/character is significant • FIRST-PERSON Shooter • THIRD-PERSON Adventure • Would a game still work if we change the PoV?

  10. Genre and Control Style • What is the relationship between PoV and the control of the game? • Do certain genres require a type of control?

  11. Light Guns

  12. Joysticks

  13. Keyboard and Mouse

  14. 3 Style Genres for this Course • RTS – Real-Time Strategy • RPG – Role-Playing Game • FPS – First-Person Shooter • More?

  15. Real-time Strategy • Harvest • Build • Destroy • RTS vs God-Game/SimGame

  16. Starcraft

  17. 3 ‘Factions’

  18. Role-Playing Games • Durable character evolves over time • Complex attribute system • Extensive item & inventory system • Contiguous world to explore

  19. The RPG Character Diablo

  20. Other Character Sheets • World of Warcraft

  21. Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls

  22. First-Person Shooter • Wolfenstein 3D

  23. Unreal 3

  24. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

  25. First Person Shooter

  26. The Power of Genre • What stays the same? And Why? • What changes, how, why? • New Genres?

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