Game Development II
Platforms and Genres
Yingcai Xiao
Video Game
Interactive animation:
user->
interface (look) ->
action (feel) ->
feedback (A/V, haptic)
Video Game Platforms
(1) PC Games
(2) Console Games
(3) Handhold Games
(4) Arcade Games
(5) App Games
Video Game Platforms
http://jeffthomastech.com/blog/?p=2554
Video Game Genres
(1) Casual Games
Video Game Genres
(2) Serious Games
Video Game Genres
(3) Educational Games (STEM NATIONAL VIDEO
GAME COMPETITION, Imagine Cup)
http://www.stemchallenge.org/Default.aspx
Entries open November.
http://www.imaginecup.us
Game Design, Software Design, IT Challenges
Video Game Genres
(4) Indie (Independent) Games
http://indiegames.com/index.html
Video Game Genres
(5) App Games
http://www.apple.com/webapps/games/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds
(2nd largest company in Finland after Nokia)
Video Game Genres
(6) Social Games
http://www.farmville.com/
Zynga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_gaming
Local Game Development Clubs
Akron Film+Pixel
140 E. Market St. 2nd Floor, Akron, Ohio 44308
http://akronfilm.com
Cleveland Game Developers
http://www.meetup.com/clevelandgamedev/