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Unit 8 - Video Games - Coggle Diagram
Unit 8 - Video Games
Trends
Genres
Themes
How does a genre differ from a theme?
Racing
Strategy
RPG
Is Dark Souls an RPG?
Popularity of genres is partly based upon the success of existing games
Games often no longer fit into a single genre
Modern games have aspects of many genres incorporated
Platforms
Popular Platforms
What Platforms are Trending Amongst Game Developers?
Age Ratings
3D
3D in Video Games
Micro Transactions
Multiplayer
Online Tutorials
Reduces Barriers of Entry
Free Game Engines
Reduces Barriers of Entry
Allows anyone to make video games
How does this affect games design both positively and negatively?
Digital Distribution of Video Games
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
You Don't Own the Game (In some case)
The company manages the servers
You can lose access to the game if the servers shut down
Existing Technologies
Game Engines
VR
Procedural Generation
AI
Tutorials
Gamemaker tutorial
GML
Objects
Sprites
OOP
Maps
Variables
Global Variables
Inheritance
Methods (Functions)
Blender Tutorial
Mesh
Texturing
Lighting
Objects
Unreal Engine Tutorial
Map Creation
3D Objects
Lighting
Podcasts
Charlie Brooker Podcast
Elite
Pong
CD Projekt Podcast
Translated Games to Local Language
Emerging Technologies
Ray Tracing
Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Inheritance
Shared Methods
Shared Attributes