Digital Content Management: Lecture Notes For
Digital Content Management: Lecture Notes For
Digital Content Management: Lecture Notes For
What is a Game?
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What is a Game?
Hopscotch Rules
Each player has a unique marker Toss marker from starting line
Marker hits squares in sequence Progress to next square each turn
What is a Game?
Disqualification if
Player moves feet Throw leaves trick box
What is a Game?
Instructions Rotate sections of the cube Each face must be solid color
What is a Game?
Amazon.com: Be the first to move your childshaped playing piece from square one to square 100 on the Chutes and Ladders game board-but watch out! If you land on the square that shows you ate too much candy--Ouch!--you get a tummy ache and slide down a chute to a square a few numbers below. But if you end your turn on a good-deed square, such as helping sweep up a mess, you'll be rewarded by a ladder-climb up the board.
What is a Game?
What is a Game?
What is a Game?
What is a Game?
What is a Game?
Game Industry
Former President, International Game Developers Network (now IGDA) GDC & IGDA speaker and roundtable leader E3 panelist and moderator Games-Florida evangelist Writer for GIGnews, Gamasutra, GameWEEK and more
Technical / Executive Producer of several video games
50% of all Americans ages 6+ play computer and video games Women in the game industry earn 89 cents on the dollar versus the national average of 76 cents? The game software industry doubled the growth of the US economy
Unsure 21%
No 13%
* Study Conducted at Columbia University
Yes 66%
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Starting Salaries: Programmers: $ 40,000 60,000 + Bonus Program Artists: $ 35,000 55,000 + Bonus Program
Character Modeler Creates characters Environment Modeler Creates 3D environments Skin/Texture Artist Creates textures Concept Artist Draws 2D Animator Animates boned models Cinematic Artist Creates cut scenes or movies Technical Artist Converts art assets for game engine
Maya
Scripting Languages Flash
Engine/Tools Programmer Creates core game code and tools Graphics Programmer Codes graphic issues
OpenGL, DirectX
Network Physics / Math / 3D
Scripting Experience
Flash
Suggested Curriculums*
Flash
Image Processing
3D Design
Programming Artificial Intelligence
Portfolios
WHATS IN THEM
Game Designer Portfolios Make mods and levels Create design docs Artist Portfolios Always show your best stuff and remember to tailor to the job Keep the length 2-4 minutes Programmer Portfolios Make game creation tool Always show finished work Make complete games illustrating your specialty Show code samples that are clean and well-documented
ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS SHOULD ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND THESE PORTFOLIO NEEDS MODS DESIGN DOCS ART DEMOS GAME CREATION TOOLS CODE SAMPLES
COMPLETE GAMES
Briefly Speaking
Game development is the activity of designing computer, video, or arcade games. Though often engaged in by professional game programmers, many novices may develop games as a hobby. Most software engineering students develop games as exercises for learning a programming language or operating system. Thus, the gaming industry contains a diverse field of jobs that require a number of well-crafted skills and social abilities.
Citations
University of Advanced Technology http://www.gamedegree.com IGN http://www.ign.com Gamespot http://www.gamespot.com Gamasutra http://www.gamasutra.com