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Game ProgrammingChapter 1 Review
Part OneJuniors
March 11, 2011
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Agenda
• Review Vocabulary Words• Video Game Designer Description –
Part One!• Page 65 in workbook/Mouse Game
For Monday• Team Player – Part Two!• Study for Test on Tuesday – Chapter
One!
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Video Game
• Electronic software product that has all the elements of a game!
• Played by combining a computer-generated game environment with a video graphic display and a user interface.
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Video Game Designer• Is a person involved in creating a video
game.
• Video game designers create the concept as well as the game play of a computer game.
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Virtual World
• Imaginary world created by a video game!
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Storyboard• Is a graphical plan
of action.• Is a simple drawing
of a scene and a quick detail about the action.
• It’s like a cartoon strip of what you
are going to create.
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Specialist• Refers to an expert in a profession.• Possesses strong hard skill attributes (the
technical requirements) and unique strengths, often achieved through special training.
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Project Manager
• Coordinates all lead managers and ensures all project components are on task and well managed.
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Gantt Chart• Is a type of bar chart that illustrates a
project schedule. • Gantt charts illustrate the start and
finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project.
• Displays the timeline for completion for each task needed by each department and employees.
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Audio Engineer• Creates all sound assets.• The job of the audio engineer is to
create all of the sounds that add depth to the game.
• Examples:– Active sounds (door cracking)– Background music (set the mood of the
level)– Voice-overs (used in dialogue and
narrations)– Ambient sounds (like the buzzing of a bee)
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Avatar
• Player’s online persona represented in a game.
• Virtual Character
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Role of a Video Game Designer
• Game designers need artistic abilities for creating graphical and animated components of the games.
• The ability to work well in a team and time management skills are also necessary
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Role of a Video Game Designer
• A game designer is responsible for designing the layout and gameplay of a video game, including the characters, plot, different levels, and scoring of the game.
• Heavy coding and programming skills are often a requirement.
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Role of a Video Game Designer
• Need to have well developed visual and design skills.
• An understanding of technology.
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Education?
• Video game designers often have a degree in art or graphic design as well as computer skills.
• Individuals who program the game will need a computer science or computer engineering background and have a heavy background in writing software code
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Work Environment?
• Video game designers often work for a large organization in an office setting.
• Need the ability to work well both with others and alone is necessary.
• Most of the day is spent in meetings or on the computer
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Salary Range?• Video game designer salaries range from $40,695
up to $60,931 per year as reported from www.payscale.com.
• Video game designers can earn a pretty good salary – especially if they’re part of the design team that creates a hit game. However, the salary for video game designers varies greatly depending on which aspect of the video game industry you work in.
• Easily bring in $40,000/year and may make as
much as $75,000/year or more a year.
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For Today:
• Page 65 in workbook/Mouse Game • Just follow the steps! Call me when
finished for credit.