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Title: Games and Virtual Worlds


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Games and Virtual Worlds
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Definitions
  • Game an activity where a player or players act
    to achieve some useful outcome
  • Virtual World a representation of a space and
    its contents with which participants can interact

3
Games Rational
  • Entertainment Industry
  • Electronic Games
  • Television
  • Movies
  • Gambling
  • Education
  • In Class
  • Online
  • Engineering
  • Design Walkthroughs
  • Training

4
Game Market
  • Amazon
  • 45,198 Video Games
  • eBay
  • 278,729 Video Games/Consoles/Components

5
Course Goals
  • Learn How Computer Games Are Designed and
    Programmed
  • Create a Game

6
Game Creation
  • Individual
  • Garage
  • Production
  • Teams
  • Specialization
  • Managed Environment
  • Code
  • Interconnectivity
  • Embedded

7
Game Play
  • Entertainment
  • Educational
  • Functional

8
Virtual World
  • Fantasy
  • Real
  • Mixed

9
Game Types
  • Non-Electronic
  • Electronic
  • Augmented

10
Games
  • Part of Human Activity
  • Adjuncts
  • Boards
  • Tokens/Pieces
  • Graphics
  • Avatars
  • AI

11
Game Characteristics
  • Simple Mechanics (Minimal startup time)
  • Myriad of Plays
  • Engaging
  • Well Established

12
Scientific Element Classifications
  • Deterministic
  • Statistical
  • Competitive
  • Team

13
Chance Creators
  • Dice
  • Cards
  • Tiles/Tokens
  • Spinner
  • Random Number Generator
  • Other

14
Game Elements
  • Goals
  • Scoring
  • Rewards/Punishments
  • Time
  • Point of View
  • Players
  • Strategies
  • Arena
  • Audio

15
Checkers Example
  • Board 8 X 8 Squares
  • Pieces 8 Red, 8 Black
  • Types
  • Checker
  • King
  • Moves
  • Checker
  • Forward
  • Jump
  • King
  • All Directions
  • Jump
  • Turns (Diplomacy)
  • Alternating
  • Goal Eliminate Opponents Pieces
  • Scoring Jumping (Eliminate Piece)
  • Strategy

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Pre-Digital
  • Board Games
  • Monopoly
  • Risk
  • Parchesi
  • Card Games
  • Blackjack
  • Old Maid
  • Uno
  • Dice Games
  • Yahtzee
  • Token Games
  • Scrabble
  • Sports Games
  • Football
  • Baseball
  • Tennis
  • Role Playing Games
  • Dungeons Dragons
  • War
  • Tabletop

17
Game Graphics
  • 2D
  • 3D
  • Mixed

18
Game Players
  • Single
  • Multiplayer
  • Teams

19
Game Hardware
  • Arcade
  • PC
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Console
  • Tapes/Cartridges
  • Handheld
  • Cell Phones
  • Internet
  • Other

20
Computer Game Genres (Text)
  • Shoot em Ups (Schmups)
  • First Person Shooter
  • Platform Games
  • Strategy Games
  • Puzzle Games

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Computer Game Genres (GameStop)
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Crime
  • Flight
  • Horror
  • Platform
  • Tactical
  • Fighting
  • Music Party
  • Puzzle Cards
  • Role Playing
  • Massively Multiplayer
  • Shooter
  • First Person
  • Simulation
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Strategy
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