Miss Laili Farhana Md Ibharim

MMX3043Game Design And Development

Lecture 1Introduction of Games Design and

Development

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CONTENT

Definition of gameOverview of design theory

The game evolutionGame genres

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A PLAY is an activity which proceeds within certain limits of time and space according to rules freely accepted.

A GAME is structured playing for enjoyment or amusement and often establishing a situation that involves a contest or rivalry.

What is a GAME ?

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A SPORT is an activity involving physical exertion and expertise skills in which an individual or team competes another or others professionally.

A VIDEO GAME is an electronic game or digital game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback.

What is a GAME ?

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A COMPUTER GAME is a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a screen or display.

What is a GAME ?

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Overview of design theory

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PRIMARY GAME DESIGN SCHEMAS

RULES: contains formal game design schemas that focus on the essential logical and mathematical structures of a game.

PLAY: contains contextual game design schemas that foreground the player’s to participation with the game and with other players.

CULTURE: contains contextual game design schemas that investigate the larger cultural contexts within which games are designed and played

Overview of design theory

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GAME FUNDAMENTALS

•Understanding design, system and interactivity as well as player choice, action and outcome.

•A study of rule-making and rule-breaking, complexity and emergence, game experience, game representation and social game interaction.

•The power connection between the rules of a game, the pleasures games invoke, and the stories they tell.

WHAT GAMES ARE ?

HOW THEY WORK ?

Overview of design theory

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GAME COMPONENTS

•PLAYERS: who are willing to participate the game (e.g. for enjoyment, diversion or amusement)

•RULES: which define the limits of the game

•GOALS: which give arise to conflicts and rivalry among the players.

Overview of design theory

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THE GAME EVOLUTION

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Progress in the areas of GRAPHICS, SOUND, CONTROLLERS, TECHNOLOGY and MULTIPLAYER have affected the way players experience games.

For these five different categories, a milestone from the classic and contemporary eras has been selected, along with a title that best represents that period.

THE GAME EVOLUTION: VECTOR GRAPHIC

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First introduced in 1978’s SPACE WARS, vector graphics were a popular alternative to sprite-based rendering.

Instead of dividing the screen area into pixels, vector-based games used a light beam that drew bright and complex images (both 2D and 3D) onto the screen by rapidly creating a series of connected lines.

The downside was that these visuals had to be composed of wire frames rather than of solid objects.

Gaming Graphic Evolution

THE GAME EVOLUTION: SOUND

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Sound effects and music heighten the realism of the overall experience by drawing you in ways you often don’t realize.

In the early days, video games’ sound effects consisted of little more than ELECTRONIC BEEPS, but soon these beeps were strung together to form simple tunes.

The THEME SONG from Donkey Kong and Pac Man, as basic they are have become ingrained in the minds of many gamers who grew up in the early 80s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF0zbfVCuOw

THE GAME EVOLUTION: CONTROLLER

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A game controller is a device used with games or entertainment systems to provide input to a video game, typically to control an object or character in the game.

THE GAME EVOLUTION: TECHNOLOGY

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The development and release of laser-disc technology occurred at a time when video games were just beginning to take off. In just a few years, the industry had transformed from a “fad” to a full-blown craze.

Arcades were still where you could find the best games, with home systems striving to catch up. In hindsight, it was only a matter of time before someone made the CONNECTION BETWEEN LASER DISCS AND VIDEO GAMES.

Console evolution

THE GAME EVOLUTION: TECHNOLOGY

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THE GAME EVOLUTION: MULTIPLAYER

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Multiplayer is a mode of play for computer games and video games where two or more gamers can play in the same game at the same time, co-operatively as a clan (or team) or head-to-head competitively (often referred to as deathmatch)

GAME EVOLUTION

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GAME EVOLUTION

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GAME EVOLUTION

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GAME EVOLUTION

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GAME EVOLUTION

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GAME EVOLUTION

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Candy Crush (2013)

Flappy Bird (2014)

GAME GENRES: ADVENTURE

• Games focusing on SOLVING MISSION within a NARRATIVE.

• Will typically demand strict and logical thoughts.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Adventure Island

GAME GENRES: BOARD/CARD

• Games which are virtual versions of CLASSIC CARD / BOARD GAMES

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Solitaire

Mahjong

GAME GENRES: PUZZLE

• Games which offers or represent a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve: CHALLENGE MENTALLY

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Tetris

Bejewaled

GAME GENRES: PLATFORM

• Games focusing on finding rewards and moving forward on a DIFFERENT PLATFORMS.

• Objectives are speed and score.

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Super Mario Brothers

Prince of Persia

GAME GENRES: STRATEGY

• Games focusing on the ability to make deal or MAKING DECISION with dynamic priorities, typically in a context of resources shortage.

• Strategy games may be divided into REAL TIME strategy and TURN BASED strategy games.

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Warcraft

Dota 2

GAME GENRES: SPORT

• These games usually MIMIC POPULAR SPORTS.

• These games are unrealistic simulation

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Tiger Woods PGA Tour

Winning ElevenNBA Live

GAME GENRES: ACTION

• Games which won by an ACCELARATION contest between vehicles (racing games) or COMPETITION between competitors.

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Fast & FuriousMoto GP2

GAME GENRES: SHOOTING

• Action games in which the action is seen through the EYES OF THE MAIN CHARACTER (protagonist) and where the graphics are 3D (and often constructed by polygons)

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Counter StrikeDoom

GAME GENRES: SIMULATION

• Games focusing on realism.

• Typically they set heavy demands on the player’s ability to understand and remember COMPLEX PRINCIPLES AND RELATIONS.

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Flight Sim

GAME GENRES: ROLE-PLAYING GAME (RPG)

• Games focusing on acting or ROLE-PLAYING the thoughts and feelings of the main character (protagonist).

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Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Final Fantasy

GAME GENRES: MUSIC/DANCE ACTION

• Games that incorporate MUSIC AND DANCE for total-entertainment

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Karaoke Revolution Dance Dance Revolution

Just Dance XBox

GAME GENRES: CROSS GENRES

• Games taking the best of other games and putting them TOGETHER to create a new experience.

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Prince of Persia – Sands of Time

Grand Theft Auto 3 – Vice City