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Game Development Essentials: An Introduction
Third Edition
Chapter 3Goals & Genres
what are the possibilities?
Key Chapter Questions
■ What are some non-entertainment goals associated with game development?
■ What are the characteristics associated with popular game genres?
■ Which goals and genres work particularly well together?
■ Which particular game content is traditionally associated with certain genres?
■ How are genre hybrids and new types of genres changing the way genres are categorized?
GoalsEntertainment
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment America
GoalsSocial
My Empire
Electronic Arts
GoalsEducational
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
Oregon Trail
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Nintendo
GoalsRecruitment & Training
HumanSim
Applied Research Associates
GoalsHealth & Fitness
EA Sports Active 2
Electronic Arts
GoalsConsciousness & Change
September 12: A Toy World
Newsgaming
GoalsAesthetics & Creativity
flOw
Sony Computer Entertainment America
GoalsMarketing & Advertising
Pepsi Music Challenge
Muskedunder Interactive
GenresAction
Platformers
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Nintendo
GenresAction
Shooters
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Gears of War 3
Activision Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
GenresActionRacing
Forza Motorsport 3
Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
GenresActionFighting
UFC 2009
THQ
GenresAdventure
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse
Telltale Games
GenresAction-Adventure
God of War III
Sony Computer Entertainment America
GenresCasino
Microsoft Casino: Mirage Resort Edition
Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
GenresPuzzle
Lumines
Q Entertainment
GenresRole-Playing Games
Dragon Age 2
Electronic Arts
GenresSimulations
Vehicle Simulations
Flight Simulator X: Acceleration
Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
GenresSimulations
Sports & Participatory Simulations
MLB 2K11
Take- Two Interactive
GenresSimulations
Process Simulations (Construction & Management)
SimCity Deluxe
Electronic Arts
GenresStrategy
Turn-Based Strategy (TBS)
Sid Meier’s Civilization V
Take- Two Interactive
GenresStrategy
Real-Time Strategy
Halo Wars
Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation
GenresMassively Multiplayer Online Games
World of Warcraft
Blizzard Entertainment
Summary
■ Goals
■ Genres
■ Game Elements: The Significance of Goals & Genres