The IV

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The IVV Perspective

• Ryan McAlinden
• Team 5 LCO ARB
• October 20

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How the Game Industry Does It

• Well, they really dont
• Why?
• What they do instead
• Design it
• Define features, capabilities gameplay
  storyboarding
• Prototype it
• Take a feature and get it working in real
  software
• Develop it
• Test and Ship it
• So are we in trouble?
• No, but this is unchartered territory

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My Main Issues

• Laurels
• Prioritization of game features, Win conditions,
  and technical capabilities
• Mapping of game capabilities with technology
• Thorough initial analysis of game industry
  capabilities
• Complete list of technical features/capabilities
• Use of filters
• Darts
• Authoring
• Evolutionary Capabilities
• Limitations of the current system
• Use of qualitative terms less, most, best
• Too much paper
• not enough prototyping

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Suggestions

• Align the Technical and General Capabilities
  using a standardized format

Settings
Video/audio
Scenario (case study)
Authoring
characters
level
Load/Save
Game Launch
Main Menu
Play
Scene 1
Scene n
Game exit
Level/map
(Inter)actions
Game Play features
characters
UI/HUD
Game Play features
UI/HUD
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Suggestions (contd)

• Define the architecture that satisfies technical
  component interactions
• Asset creation and management should be included
• Include an Authoring section
• Scripting
• World Editor
• Customizable runtime features
• Stronger emphasis on Evolutionary capabilities
  and technology
• Where is the engine company heading?
• PROTOTYPE, PROTOTYPE, PROTOTYPE!!
• Play games