Class Notes: Game Genres

How to know if your game is original go to gamespot.com and do a search.

Homework assignment
Extra points for a non-shooting group or serious game


Sites to visit
Magic Pengel Create 2D characters that transform into 3d characters during gameplay
Stretch Panic
Katamari Damasi

Interesting stats for the Entertainment software association that have implications for how to reach markets
Entertainment Software Association (ESA)

• 52% of players are wathcing less tv as a result of playing games (Advertisers are embedding ads into games. spin off market where you can buy clothes for your characters; ebay your characters and buy clothes for yourself)


• 47% are going to the movies less


• adult women make a larger % of players than boys 6-17


• females of all ages are 40% of game-players


• 17% of players are over the age of 50

Interesting interfaces
Playstation ibot is a little camera attached to Playstation that you can use to detect player motion for games like window-washing for kids
Nintendo DS has a microphone you can use to blow into to control the play

Games to check out
City of Heroes
Puzzle Pirates
I love bees - an alternate reality game created to promote the release of Halo 2 also see www.argn.com The collective detective


In class assignment
Little Jack Horner - Puzzle and Racing Game
Summary of Modification
Jack Horner is racing the evil aliens to get to the power plumb. He must get to the plum before the aliens do or they will take it off the planet and destroy the world. Along the way to the plum Jack must pickup weapons to defend him self and keys. During the race there are doors that he must go through and he must use the right key color to go through the door.