1. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming History and Technology of Computer Games

2. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Game Genres Shooters (FPS) Strategy Sports Adventure World Control Many early games were space-based scenarios

3. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Elements of Game Content Environment Players and Enemies Animation Visuals and Textures Sound FX A.I. Deployment

4. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Some Game History

5. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Late 1970s saw the emergence of dedicated arcade consoles

6. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Atari Games System

7. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming The 1980s gave rise to the ‘Home Micro’ Market – often used by enthusiast / hobbyist programmers – which led to lone coding wizards creating some of the classic 8-bit games of the era. The 1980s

8. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s - microcomputers Atari BBC Microcomputer system Commodore 16 & 64 machines able to be programmed by user - many arcade games ported to 8 bit platform. ‘home micro’ largest selling item for Christmas 1986

9. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s

10. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s:Sinclair ZX Spectrum

11. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s: Commodore 64

12. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s: BBC Micro

13. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s: BBC Master 128 (1986)

14. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s:Games: Chuckie Egg

15. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s:Games:Felix

16. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s:Games:Pole Position

17. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1980s:Games:Frogger

18. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Nintendo Game Boy (1989)

19. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1990s- Technology Driven 16 Bit, consoles- Nintendo, Sega PC emerges as a gaming platform (DOS) - Wolfenstein 3D, Doom 32 bit Sony Playstation - software now in CD format - console also CD Player Microsoft develop DirectX in an attempt to challenge the games console market Internet provides for on-line games culture

20. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1990s:Nintendo Entertainment System

21. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1990s Nintendo Games

22. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Nintendo Games: Tetris

23. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Super Nintendo (SNES) 16 Bit

24. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Sega Mega Drive

25. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Sega Games: Sonic the Hedgehog

26. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Sega:Batman Drive the Batmobile Then fly the Batwing

27. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1990s:Sony PlayStation 32-bit + CD Player

28. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Sony PlayStation games

29. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1990s:Sega Saturn

30. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Game Consoles Know capabilities for developers Standard graphics environment Standard sound No deployment issues But not scaleable

31. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 1990s What about the PC? 1990 still an ‘MSDOS world’ on the PC Game complexity increases and even require start-up disc to load game. Windows 3.1.1 (1992) - no real gaming Mid 1990s sees move towards better game support on PC under the new Windows 95 OS via ‘Game SDK’

32. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Game SDK Microsoft's solution to gaming for the Windows 32bit OS First appeared in 1995 as the ‘Game SDK’ Renamed to DirectX where X stands for a number of related ‘to the metal’ technologies.

33. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming DirectX Direct3D (Real-time 3D) DirectShow (Media Streaming) DirectInput -force feedback joystick DirectSound DirectPlay (network gaming)

34. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Principles of DirectX Fast low-level libraries Framework established by DirectX had to shift the burden of hardware support from developers to hardware manufacturers Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) Hardware Emulation Layer (HEL) Provides developers with a known, dependable set of features they can use

35. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Examples of DirectX DirectX SDK version 9.0 (XP) DirectX SDK version 10.0 (Vista) http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/

36. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming PC Gaming provides for user -created content development - so called ‘MODS ’ Creating new levels, players, and game scenarios The game Counter Strike developed as MOD of the commercial game Half-Life

37. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Open GL (Apple Mac) Introduced in 1992 Open GL = Open Graphics Library High performance cross-platform graphics API Specification and evolution guided by the OpenGL Architecture Review Board Integrates with several languages Open source code for developers

38. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 21st Century:State of the Art...

39. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 21st Century:Sony PlayStation 2

40. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 21st Century :Microsoft X Box

41. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 21st Century :Nintendo Game Cube

42. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 21st Century :Mobile Gaming

43. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming 21st Century :2005 Sony PSP

44. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming The “Next Generation” of Game Consoles Xbox 360 Playstation 3

45. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Techno Wars: Blue Ray v HD DVD Xbox 360 Playstation 3 HD DVDBlue Ray

46. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Picture Slide The Nintendo Wii Innovative - aims at wider appeal Lots of research projects based around using the Wii controller See links on my website at www.barrydean.net

47. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming Suggested Reading High Score The illustrated History of Electronic Games - 2nd Edition DeMaria R. Wilson J. Osborne 2004

48. UFCEKU-20-3Web Games Programming URLs http://msdn.microsoft.com http://www.genesis3d.com http://www.openwatcom.org http://www.darkbasic.com http://www.brackeen.com/javagamebook/