The Game Development Field By: Gabriel Goldstein

The Game Development Field What is it? –The field where we create Video Games We as Developers like to create games we would enjoy playing ourselves. –That’s why most Job Applications have a requirement of being an advocate consumer of the Video Game Industry. –A team size can be anywhere from 1 person to more then 200 people

What is a Video Game? Definition –A Game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a display. BORING. –Mine: An interactive computer program used for Entertainment, Education, etc. –We Play For Fun.

Reasons we play Video Games There are many different reasons people play video games. Mine are: –For the Story –Escape from Reality –Entertainment –For Fun –Etc.

Different Type of Video Games There are many different type of Video Games out there. And a lot of these games fall under different genres. Examples of Genres: –Action –Sports –Educational –Story

Game Sales by Genre

Action

Story

Educational

Statistics

Possibilities with VR and AR Very exciting new technology used to create unique experiances. AR –Pokemon Go VR –Star Citizen –EVE: Valkyrie

Pokemon Go & Star Citizen

How Games advance Technology Star Citizen –Talk about the most graphically intensive game yet. –Has graphics where texture resolution is above what we currently have in display field. VR –A lot of attention towards VR Games.

How Games advance Technology As time goes on. Video Games get more and more intensive on the computer

How do we Make Games Most people use a Game Engine. –A 3D/2D platform with built in function's to help streamline the process of creation. –Like a Engine on a Car. –On AAA titles, Companies make their own. Examples: –Unity Engine –Unreal –RPG Maker

Unity

Unreal

RPG Maker

Aspects to Creating Games Story Art Design GamePlay

Personal Experiance Game Design Internship Kinect Research Project Emotion Recognition Research Project Club Game Combat Convoy Simulator