Game Design Concept Pertemuan 6 Matakuliah: T0944-Game Design and Programming Tahun: 2010
Game Genre Action Games Strategy Games Role-Playing Games Simulations –Sports Games –Vehicle Simulations –Construction and Management Simulations –Artificial Life Adventure Games Puzzle Games
Action games or “twitch” games, is speed and reflex oriented. Shooter: Quake (id Software), Half-Life (Sierra Studios). Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat (Midways), Soul Calibur (Namco) Side-scroller games, over-the-shoulder games such as Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive). Music: Bust A Groove (989 Studios), Dance Dance Revolution (Konami).
Strategy Games Logic and planning oriented. Real time Strategy: Civilization (Microprose), Starcraft (Blizzard), Age of Empires (Ensemble Studio).
Role-Playing Games Can be classified as adventure, but rather focus on character development, statistic, conversation, strategic battle, puzzle solving, epic quest, nonlinear storyline, more fantasy with non-player character (NPC). Diablo (Blizzard), Final Fantasy (Squaresoft). Older RPG referred to as Multi-user Domain or Multi-user Dungeon (MUD)
Simulations Sport: Warzone (Acclaim), NFL Blitz 2000 (Midway). First-person perspective and re-create machinery such as airplane, tank, helicopter, and submarines. Mig Alley (Interplay), Armored Fist (NovaLogic), The Sims (Maxis). Vehicle Racing or Driving: Need for Speed (Electronic Arts), Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulations 2 (UbiSoft), NASCAR Racing 3 (Sierra Sports).
Adventure Games Adventure. Journey, exploration, including character and inventory manipulation. Grim Fandango (LucasArts), Myst (Brøderbund).
Puzzle Games Mahjong, Solitaire, Minesweeper, Tetris, Bust-A-Move
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Playing Perspective First-person Perspective. Third-person Perspective, Over-the-shoulder, usually in 3D mode. Tomb Raider, Mario 64, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil. Top-Down Perspective, camera over the game. Pinball simulation. Isometric, actually 2D but seen 3D likely. Diablo, The Sims. Flat, Side-View, traditional 2D game, usually side-scrolled and platform game. Mario Bros, Sonic the Hedgehog. Text-Based, no graphic. Quiz.
Game Arena Circular Linear Location Based Theme Center