CA 190

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See www.studygaming.com for more info about studying game development at MC!

CA 190 - Introduction to Game & Simulation Development

Resources:

Game Industry/General:

• gamesindustry.biz (free news digest)
• gamedev.net
• gamasutra.com (free news summary)
• International Game Developers Association: igda.org
• DFC Intelligence: dfcint.com (excellent biz analysis, free newsletter)
• Escapist Magazine (online mag about gaming culture)

Game Reviews & News

• gamerankings.com (compilation of game review sites)
• gamespot.com
• gamespy.com
• ign.com

Game Studies -- where to continue study gaming?

• List of schools:
  gamecareerguide.com
  gamasutra.com/education
  igda.org/breakingin/resource_schools.php
• Locally: See transfer and scholarship info on studygaming.com

Blogs:

• blogger.com (blog service)
• Blogs by game developers:
  gamedevblog.com
  costik.com/weblog
  and many others

Game History:

• gamearchive.com
• Directory listing of many historical game resources: directory.google.com/Top/Games/Video_Games/History
• Summary of gaming history: designboom.com/eng/education/pong.html &
  emuunlim.com/doteaters/play1sta1.htm (a fun read!)
• Computer History Museum: computerhistory.org
• Intellivision (history & playable games): intellivisionlives.com
• VG Music: gamespot.com/gamespot/features/
  video/vg_music/p2_01.html

Game Tools:

The following list of mostly free game creation tools was created by Daniel Punch of M6.Net (from thetechzone.com): [this is now quite an old list, but will give you a starting point - to work with some of the latest (& non-free) engines, take CA195]

• General Game Creation (Tools that allow easy creation of many different game types):
  • Game Maker: yoyogames.com
  • MegaZeux: megazeux.sourceforge.net
• Adventure Games (Games such as Monkey Island, King’s Quest, Space Quest etc.):
  • Adventure Game Studio: bigbluecup.com (free)
  • AGAST: allitis.com/agast
  • 3D Adventure Studio: 3das.noeska.com
  • ADRIFT (for text adventures): www.adrift.org.uk
• Role Playing Games (RPGs) (Games such as Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire, Diablo):
  • OHRPG: hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce
  • RPG Toolit: toolkitzone.com
• Fighting Games (Games such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Soul Calibur etc.):
  • KOF91: sourceforge.net/projects/kof91
  • MUGEN (French site): streetmugen.com/mugen-us.html
• Side-Scrolling Games (Games such as the 2D Mario Games, Sonic the Hedgehog, Double Dragon etc.):
  • The Scrolling Game Development Kit: gamedev.sourceforge.net
• Other game creation tools listed at ambrosine.com/resource.html
• Non-freeware game creation tools by Clickteam (Klik and Play and The Games Factory) clickteam.com
• Programming resources:
  • Java Game Programming:
    • fivedots.coe.psu.ac.th/~ad/jg
    • gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1262.asp
    • javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/Java_Game_Programming/
  • Visual Basic Game Programming:
    • markbutler.8m.com/vb-tutorial.htm
  • C++ Game Programming:
    • www3.telus.net/alexander_russell/course_dx/introduction_dx.htm
    • www.rit.edu/~jpw9607/tutorial.htm

Additional tools:

• Alice.org – easy for nonprogrammers
  panda3D – slightly more complicated but more functional
• Torque engine (garagegames.com) a cheap engine that’s often used in independent games.
• 3D Game Studio conitec.net/a4info.htm
• Kids Domain kidsdomain.com/down/program.html
• StageCast Creator
• Fundamental Game Programming by Kartoffelsoft
• DarkBasic
• BlitzBasic
• Game Editor
• Second Life

Mods

• About mods: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mod_(computer_gaming)
• Art mods: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
  Artistic_computer_game_modification
• Counter-Strike - a very successful mod: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Counter-Strike

Audio

• Video game music search: vgmusic.com
• Analysis of the evolution of game music: vgmusic.com/information/vgpaper2.html

Jobs

• gamecareerguide.com
• "breaking in" website: igda.org/breakingin
• What testing jobs are really like: penny-arcade.com/porktester.php3
• Jobs are often posted on gamasutra.com (subscribe to their email newsletter)
• Also, subscribe to Game Developer magazine.

Biz & Legal

• IGDA column on legal issues: igda.org/columns/lastwords/lastwords_archive.php

Online Games

• IGDA papers on MMOGS, persistant worlds, etc: igda.org/online
• Mmogchart.com: tracking the growth of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs).

Serious Games

• Serious Games: seriousgames.org (listserv)
• List of serious games: socialimpactgames.org
• Games for Health: gamesforhealth.org/events.html (list of games, listserv)
• Water Cooler games: watercoolergames.org

Exergaming (Take the CA190/HE100 combined class to study health-related games)

• Games & Devices: DDR, Groove, MC Groovz danceCrazy (GameCube), Antigrav, Gamebike, Powergrid, Yourself Fitness, Donkey Konga, QMotions Golf, Golf LaunchPad, Kinetic, etc.
• Weight Loss with DDR: getupmove.com
• Multiplayer Online exercise game: www.humusmog.co.kr/sub2_1e.htm
• Games for Health: gamesforhealth.org/events.html (list of games, listserv)

Accessibility

• IGDA Accessibility SIG: igda.org/accessibility (free listserv)
• Terraformers is the "first 3D game for both seeing and sight disabled gamers" games.softpedia.com/get/Patch/Terraformers-Patch.shtml
• Accessible games (for vision impaired): www.netserv.net.au/doonbank/games.html & allinplay.com/home.html
• Why Closed Captions Are Needed in Video Games http://www.planetdoom.com/doom3cc/why.htm

Leagues & Tournaments

• CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) United States
• ESWC (Electronic Sports World Cup) France
• WCG (World Cyber Games) started in South Korea, now held in different countries each year
• CAL (Cyberathlete Amateur League), United States
• SEL (Swedish E-sports League), Sweden

Advergaming

• Massive Incorporated and IGN.com: ad placement in games
• WildTangent: games to sell products, e.g. Toyota Corolla

Books

• See www.studygaming.com (bottom of resources page)

Just for fun

• Seventh Sanctum "The Page of Generators: Here you'll find tools for writers, gamers, and artists; randomly assembling names, concepts, and more for when you need inspiration, or just a bit of amusement."
• Icon's Story