1. Alexander Talbott

2.  Collection Origins  Why did we need Collection in Prehistoric times?  Collection allowed us to gather materials crucial to survival, such as:  Food  Water  Wood  Stone

3.  Collection Origin Cont.  Wood and Stone allowed us to construct structures for warmth and protection.  Water and Food would allow us to survive by giving us the nutrients we need as well as keep us from dying of thirst or starvation.

4.  Collection Playing Cards  Simple game where players must collect cards into their hand from the deck, looking for the superior combination of cards, to win against others.  Uses:  A deck of cards.  Hand to organize or hold cards collected.  Hand to shuffle deck of cards.  Sometimes tokens to dictate wins versus losses.  Multiple players  2-player games  Rarely 3 or more player games

5.  Collection Trading Card Games  Evolved from traditional Playing Cards  Uses:  Collected cards to make custom, personal decks.  Multiple players  2-player games  Rarely 3 or more player games  Hand to hold cards collected from main deck  Hand to shuffle deck of cards  Tokens to indicate damage or health points

6.  Collection Trading Card Games Cont.  Trading Cards incorporated other skills.  Communication  Indicate player turns, player moves  Card trading  Arithmetic  Determine damage amounts, hit-points left requires simple mathematics

7.  Collection Miniature Games  Miniature Games evolved from Trading Card Games, incorporating more parts to gameplay  Uses:  Collected Miniatures  Cards detailing stats of Miniature  Game boards, maps  Hands to move pieces and take away pieces  Tokens to indicate health amounts  Multiplayer  2 or more players involved  Player-versus-Player

8.  Collection Miniature Games Cont.  Miniature Games incorporated other skills as well  Risk Assessment  Form strategies to move about the map, but realize risks that may arise  Resource Management  Control multiple characters/miniatures on the playing field  Continued Mechanics:  Arithmetic  Used to process statistics and combat  Communication  Determine player turn and combat engagements

9.  Collection Pac-Man 1970 - 1983  Pac-Man is one of the first arcade games.  Uses:  Joystick or Arcade controls  Movement  Movement limited to the 4 cardinal directions: north, east, south and west.

10.  Collection Pac-Man Cont.  Encouraged players to collect pellets to increase their scores. Incorporated fruit as well as more powerful bonuses.  Pac-Man also taught other skills:  Evasion  Avoid ghosts to avoid being damaged  Chasing  Pursuing ghosts to consume them when ‘powered-up’  Utilized mechanics from analog games that used the Collection mechanic  Risk Assessment  Knowing if it’s wise to go in a certain direction based on the position of all the ghosts.  Resource Management  Deciding whether or not to consume a large pellet, a limited access power-up

11.  Collection The Legend of Zelda 1984 - 1989  Improved the Collection mechanic from Pac-Man by incorporating it in a variety of ways  Uses:  D-pad  Movement, Aiming Link’s Sword by changing which way he was facing  Two buttons  One to throw sword  One to use special items  Movement limited to up, down, left and right.

12.  Collection The Legend of Zelda Cont.  Players would need to collect different items to proceed in the quest. Players could also collect a currency to buy items, as well as hearts to increase life.  Legend of Zelda utilized mechanics from past Collection games  Risk Assessment, Resource Management, Evasion and Chasing  Legend of Zelda taught other skills as well  Aiming  Knowing where to throw harmful weapons at enemies  Pattern recognition  Enemy movement  Recognizing patterns to unlocking hidden areas

13.  Collection Super Mario World 1990 - 1994  Improved on Legend of Zelda’s collection system by also incorporating elements from Pac-Man  Uses:  D-pad  Movement of character  Three buttons  Jumping  Spinning  Firing projectiles

14.  Collection Super Mario World Cont.  Players encouraged to collect Power-ups to increase effectiveness in beating levels.  Used mechanics from previous games  Resource Management, Evasion and Chasing  Introduced new mechanics that work alongside Collection  Reaction timing (pressing button)  When to jump obstacles  When to use projectiles against enemies  Pack Mentality  Inclusion of two players taking turns defeating levels

15.  Collection Pokémon Red 1995 - 1999  Improved teaching Collection by making it a center stage mechanic  Uses:  D-Pad  Movement up, down, left and right  Two buttons  Confirm action  Cancel action  Combat wasn’t in the over world, instead it was ‘instanced’

16.  Collection Pokémon Red Cont.  Players needed to collect Pokémon to advance in the game as well collect experience to power-up their Pokémon  Skills carried over from previous Collection games  Risk Assessment  Resource Management  Taught other skills as well  Exploration  Find new Pokémon  Find hidden items  Spatial Relationships  Solve puzzles requiring movement of objects

17.  Collection The Sims 2000 - 2003  Taught Collection with a resemblance to reality with an isometric camera  Uses  Computer Mouse  Moving character and selecting interface buttons  Mouse Button  Confirming a selection  Keyboard keys  Pan camera across landscape

18.  Collection The Sims Cont.  Players encouraged to collect furniture to build ‘dream house’ and mange character health.  Mechanics from previous Collection incarnations  Resource management  Money, Health, Jobs  Risk Management  Knowing when it’s worth upgrading house or buying better furniture  New Mechanics  Territory  Continually building your home

19.  Collection Newer Digital Games 2004 - Future  Popular genre sprouted based off of the Collection mechanic. MMORPGs utilize collection to keep players interested in the game.  Examples:  World of Warcraft  RuneScape  Maplestory  Common Control Scheme  Mouse and Keyboard  Full worlds that contain quests and various to better teach collection  Collection taught through various methods rather than few such as:  Experience  Items  Quests  Achievements

20.  Collection Newer Digital Games Cont.  RPG genre also sprouted off of Collection mechanic  Examples:  Final Fantasy  Super Mario RPG  Utilizes common Control Scheme  Controller  Handheld Controllers  Put emphasis on game story and lore  Emphasized on leveling up and gaining strength by collecting:  Items  Experience  Skills/Moves

21.   Collection will continue to evolve in scale  The number of things players will be able to collect will increase  Social interaction will make games more immersive  Social interaction combined with Collection will bring engaging, competitive gameplay The Future of Collection

22.   Origins  http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2075 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2075  http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5787139 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5787139  http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp- content/uploads/2009/02/doug_bamforth100.jpg http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp- content/uploads/2009/02/doug_bamforth100.jpg  Playing Cards  http://www.wopc.co.uk/history/ http://www.wopc.co.uk/history/  Trading Card Games  http://lovely-dreamcatcher.deviantart.com/art/Pokemon-Cards- 4Sale-75Each-P6-NeedNewHomes-312036993 http://lovely-dreamcatcher.deviantart.com/art/Pokemon-Cards- 4Sale-75Each-P6-NeedNewHomes-312036993  http://www.superdataresearch.com/content/uploads/2009/08/TCG 2010.pdf http://www.superdataresearch.com/content/uploads/2009/08/TCG 2010.pdf  http://flushing-newyork.olx.com/yu-gi-oh-cards-in-a-binder-all-for- sale-iid-289453238 http://flushing-newyork.olx.com/yu-gi-oh-cards-in-a-binder-all-for- sale-iid-289453238 References

23.   Miniature Games  http://marvel.com/news/story/19354/the_heroclix_10th_anniversar y_retrospective_qa http://marvel.com/news/story/19354/the_heroclix_10th_anniversar y_retrospective_qa  Pac-Man  http://pacman.com/en/pac-man-history/ http://pacman.com/en/pac-man-history/  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/Pac-man.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/Pac-man.png  http://www.rotheblog.com/images/arcade/artwork/mspacman/tw obitsbezel_fruit.jpg http://www.rotheblog.com/images/arcade/artwork/mspacman/tw obitsbezel_fruit.jpg  The Legend of Zelda  http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/06/ign-presents-the-history- of-the-legend-of-zelda http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/06/ign-presents-the-history- of-the-legend-of-zelda  http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2010/04/28/the-legend-of- zelda-1-walkthrough-video-guide-wii-virtual-console-nes-gba- gamecube.htm http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2010/04/28/the-legend-of- zelda-1-walkthrough-video-guide-wii-virtual-console-nes-gba- gamecube.htm References

24.   Super Mario World  http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/games/smw http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/games/smw  http://selectstartgames.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/supe r-mario-worldb.jpg http://selectstartgames.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/supe r-mario-worldb.jpg  http://thegameage.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/super- mario-world-super-mario-world-112617_580_435.jpg http://thegameage.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/super- mario-world-super-mario-world-112617_580_435.jpg  Pokémon Red Version  http://www.ign.com/games/pokemon-blue-version/gb- 9846 http://www.ign.com/games/pokemon-blue-version/gb- 9846  The Sims  http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-history-of-the- sims-article http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-history-of-the- sims-article References

25.   Final Fantasy  http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/18/ign- presents-the-history-of-final-fantasy http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/18/ign- presents-the-history-of-final-fantasy  http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/06/30- minute-square-doc-details-the-history-of-final- fantasy/ http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/06/30- minute-square-doc-details-the-history-of-final- fantasy/  Super Mario RPG  http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/smrpg http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/smrpg References

26.   World of Warcraft  http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/ed itorials/misc/8015-World-of-Warcraft-Visual-History http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/ed itorials/misc/8015-World-of-Warcraft-Visual-History  RuneScape  http://www.runescape.com/timeline http://www.runescape.com/timeline  http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/runescape-classic/ http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/runescape-classic/  Maplestory  http://maplestory.nexon.net/ http://maplestory.nexon.net/ References