1. Course Introduction CGDD 2002

2. Early board games… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28game%29

3. … and a little later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutes_and_Ladders

4. Early PCs… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/02/18/the-games-we-played-radar-rat-race-c64/

5. PCs a little later… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D

6. And now… http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/archives/2008/04/dogmeat-joining.html

7. Early consoles… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong http://www.thegamerag.com/

8. Later … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.

9. And now… http://playstationlifestyle.net/2009/12/17/heavy-rain-will-receive-dlc-episodes/

10. Web-based games… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmville

11. Mobile gaming… http://games.venturebeat.com/2009/02/02/iphone-owners-account-for-14-percent-of-mobile-game-downloaders/

12. A different approach… Façade Milo the Virtual Boy

13. Fundamental Questions Why were/are these games so popular? What makes a game good? –Better question: what makes a game bad? Why is a game considered fun? How are games designed?

14. What this course isn’t A traditional, lecture-based class –Requires reading –Requires creativity A programming class A game engine class A “let’s make fun of Farmville” class. Well…

15. What this class is Fun A vocabulary lesson A look at the design of games in general –Board –Digital games A look at the industry A chance to see how creative you are…

16. Questions? Course Website: –http://cse.spsu.edu/jchastin/cgdd2002 Instructor: –Name:Jeff Chastine –Email: jchastin@spsu.edu –Office: J-383 (temporarily); soon to be J-226 –Phone: 678-915-6868