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Game Development Essentials: An Introduction Third Edition
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Chapter 3 Goals & Genres what are the possibilities?
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Key Chapter Questions ■What are some non-entertainment goals associated with game development? ■What are the characteristics associated with popular game genres? ■Which goals and genres work particularly well together? ■Which particular game content is traditionally associated with certain genres? ■How are genre hybrids and new types of genres changing the way genres are categorized?
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Goals Entertainment Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Sony Computer Entertainment America
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Goals Social My Empire Electronic Arts
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Goals Educational Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day Oregon Trail Houghton Mifflin HarcourtNintendo
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Goals Recruitment & Training HumanSim Applied Research Associates
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Goals Health & Fitness EA Sports Active 2 Electronic Arts
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Goals Consciousness & Change September 12: A Toy World Newsgaming
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Goals Aesthetics & Creativity flOw Sony Computer Entertainment America
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Goals Marketing & Advertising Pepsi Music Challenge Muskedunder Interactive
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Genres Action Platformers Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo
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Genres Action Shooters Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Gears of War 3 ActivisionReprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
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Genres Action Racing Forza Motorsport 3 Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
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Genres Action Fighting UFC 2009 THQ
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Genres Adventure Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Telltale Games
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Genres Action-Adventure God of War III Sony Computer Entertainment America
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Genres Casino Microsoft Casino: Mirage Resort Edition Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
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Genres Puzzle Lumines Q Entertainment
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Genres Role-Playing Games Dragon Age 2 Electronic Arts
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Genres Simulations Vehicle Simulations Flight Simulator X: Acceleration Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
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Genres Simulations Sports & Participatory Simulations MLB 2K11 Take- Two Interactive
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Genres Simulations Process Simulations (Construction & Management) SimCity Deluxe Electronic Arts
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Genres Strategy Turn-Based Strategy (TBS) Sid Meier’s Civilization V Take- Two Interactive
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Genres Strategy Real-Time Strategy Halo Wars Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
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Genres Massively Multiplayer Online Games World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment
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Summary ■Goals ■Genres ■Game Elements: The Significance of Goals & Genres
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