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Game Production Basics Amanda Lange | Technical Evangelist Tobiah Marks | Games Evangelist

Meet Amanda Lange | ‏@second_truth Microsoft Technical Evangelist Philadelphia/Baltimore Game Teacher and Researcher Harrisburg University of Science and Technology International Academy of Design and Technology MSU/WVU Game Critic www.Tap-Repeatedly.com www.secondtruth.com

Meet Tobiah Marks | ‏@TobiahMarks Game Evangelist, Microsoft Focused on indie game development and startups Based out of Mountain View, California 5+ years indie game development experience Contact information: Blog: www.TobiahMarks.com Podcast: www.BeIndieNow.com

Course Topics 01 | Introductions and Overview 04 | Business Models 02 | What do you need? 05 | Where can I go from here? 03 | Game Assets

Setting Expectations Target Audience Students who want to learn about game development Beginning indie game devs Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material Interest in video games of any type!

Join the MVA Community! Microsoft Virtual Academy Free online learning tailored for IT Pros and Developers Over 2M registered users Up-to-date, relevant training on variety of Microsoft products “Earn while you learn!” Get 50 MVA Points for this event! Visit http://aka.ms/MVA-Voucher Enter this code: GameProdBasics Exp: 12/8/2014

Amanda Lange | Technical Evangelist Tobiah Marks | Games Evangelist 01 | Introductions and Overview Amanda Lange | Technical Evangelist Tobiah Marks | Games Evangelist

Module Overview The Evolving Game Industry Roles in Game Development

The Evolving Game Industry

Changing Devices In the Past… But now also… Arcades Game Consoles PCs/Home computers But now also… Handhelds Smartphones Tablets

New Business Models Premium Free / Ad-supported “Freemium”

Rise of Indies

Roles in Game Development

Roles in Game Development Designer Developer Artist Others Producer Marketing etc

Designer’s Role Designs Levels Characters Statistics Gameplay Values Dialog

Designer Tools Excel Word

Artist’s Role Creates 2D Art 3D Art Music Animations

Artist’s Tools Photoshop / Gimp / Pixlr 3D Studio Max/ Blender/ Maya/ Z Brush Audacity / Sound Recorder

Developer Programs Game Functionality AI

Developer tools Visual Studio