intro to computer games
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Intro to Computer gamesTRANSCRIPT
The Computer Games Industry
Exam date
• Friday 5th June (roughly 9 weeks)
• 2.5 hours
• Will need to come in for a FULL day during Easter holidays.
Genre, narrative and representation in video games – Key website for our texts
http://missarcher.weebly.com/ms4---genre-narrative-and-representation.html
The Texts
• The last of us
• Tomb Raider (2013)
• Grand Theft Auto 5
Industry
• The video game industry (sometimes referred to as the interactive entertainment industry) is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sales of video games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and employs thousands of people worldwide.
• HW reading
• What can you say about the industry?
Use Statistics book
Grand Theft Auto V pulled in $800 million in sales in its first 24 hours
• The Avengers was the fastest film in history to hit $1 billion—19 days into its run.
• In fact, both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Avatar hit $1 billion in the same amount of time, but each film had a wider release than The Avengers.
• In other words, Grand Theft Auto V not only hit $1 billion in sales faster than the fastest-grossing video game, it beat the three biggest film launches of all time by 16 days.
UK
• The UK industry is the third largest in the World in terms of developer success and sales of hardware and software by country alone but fourth behind Canada in terms of people employed.
• The UK is home to some of the world's most successful video game franchises, such as Tomb Raider, Grand Theft Auto, Fable, Colin McRae Dirt and Total War.
• Before the tax relief was introduced (2012) there was a fear that the UK games industry could fall behind other leading game industries around the world such as France and Canada
The last of Us
Developer(s) Naughty DogPublisher(s) Sony Computer Entert
ainment
Director(s) Bruce StraleyNeil Druckmann
Designer(s) Jacob MinkoffProgrammer(s) Travis McIntosh
Jason GregoryArtist(s) Erick Pangilinan
Nate WellsWriter(s) Neil DruckmannComposer(s) Gustavo SantaolallaPlatform(s) PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4Release date(s) •PlayStation 3
June 14, 2013PlayStation 4NA July 29, 2014•AUS July 30, 2014•EU July 30, 2014•UK August 1, 2014
Genre(s) Action-adventure, survival horror
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Industry
Developers A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.[1][2] A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks[3] to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programming, design, art, testing, etc.
Publishers A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. As with book publishers or publishers of DVD movies, video game publishers are responsible for their product's manufacturing and marketing, including market research and all aspects of advertising.
DistributorsRetail/ online
Grand Theft Auto 5
Developer(s) Rockstar North[a]
Publisher(s) Rockstar GamesDistributor(s) Take-Two InteractiveProducer(s) Leslie Benzies[2]
Imran Sarwar[3]
Designer(s) Leslie BenziesImran Sarwar
Programmer(s) Adam Fowler[4]
Artist(s) Aaron Garbut[5]
Writer(s) Dan HouserRupert HumphriesMichael Unsworth[6]
Composer(s) •Tangerine Dream•Woody Jackson•The Alchemist•Oh No[7]
Series Grand Theft AutoEngine RAGE, with Euphoria and BulletPlatform(s) Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3PlayStation 4Xbox 360Xbox One
Release date(s) PlayStation 3, Xbox 36017 September 2013[b]
PlayStation 4, Xbox One18 November 2014Microsoft Windows14 April 2015
Genre(s) Action-adventureMode(s) Single-player, multiplayerDistribution Optical disc, download
Genre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnGc3mPkZ38
• Overview published by Rockstar Games and developed by subsidiary companies. The first games were developed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and BMG Interactive (a subsidiary of BMG Records).
• Action-adventure, open world, crime, role-playing • The games allow the player to take on the role of a criminal in a big city, typically
an individual who rises through the ranks of organised crime through the course of the game. Various missions are set for completion by the figureheads of the city underworld, generally criminal, which must be completed to progress through the storyline. Assassinations, and other crimes feature regularly, but occasionally taxi driving, firefighting, pimping, street racing, or learning to fly fixed-wing aircraft are also involved as alternate adventures, which can be done at any time during the game, with the exception of the periods performing main missions.
• The Grand Theft Auto series - free-roaming video games called "sandbox games," grants a large amount of freedom to the player in deciding what to do and how to do it through multiple methods of transport and weapons. Unlike most traditional action games, which are structured as a single track series of levels with linear gameplay, in GTA the player can determine the missions they want to undertake, and their relationships with various characters are changed based on these choices.
Tomb Raider (2013) *reboot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f067cmw7AfQ#t=72GameTap Tomb Raider Retrospective 1: Introduction
Tomb Raider: Official Trailer (E3 2011)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFBrgeSjj-0
Tomb Raider
The series' current logo
Genres Action-adventureDevelopers Core Design
(1996–2004)Crystal Dynamics(2006–present)
Publishers Eidos Interactive(1996–2009)Square Enix(2010–present)
Creators Core Design teamPlatforms Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance,iOS,
Macintosh, Mac OS X, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Mobile phone, N-Gage 2.0, GameCube,Nintendo DS, PlayStation,PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3,PlayStation 4, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Portable,Sega Saturn, Wii, Windows Mobile, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One
GenreAction-adventure, platform
Tomb Raider is the 2013 reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise from developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix. It is the tenth Tomb Raider game, and the first in a new take on the series. Tomb Raider explores the intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a frightened young woman to a hardened survivor. Armed only with raw instincts and the ability to push beyond the limits of human endurance, Lara must fight to unravel the dark history of a forgotten island to escape its relentless hold.
Industry Facts
• What is surprising about ESA findings?
• http://missarcher.weebly.com/ms4---genre-narrative-and-representation.html
• What do Gamers look like?• Read articles• Write a paragraph on gamers!
Watch videoTomb Raider Task sheet