Platform a platform is a combination of electronic components, software and computer hardware which will allow video games to work on them, there is four main platforms there is Mobile, Consoles, pc and online Mobile
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A Platform is a combination of electronic components, software and computer hardware which will allow video games to work on them, there is four main platforms there is Mobile, Consoles, PC and online Mobile Flash- is a multimedia and software platform used for creating graphics Speaker- is used to play sound out loud Touch screen- a touch screen is an input device Java-Java is a general-purpose computer programming language Memory- is the ram Hard drive- is where data is stored
Power- is what powers the console Monitor- is what the console outputs to Audio- the audio goes through the monitor Controller- is the thing that controls the console Memory- is the ram Hard drive- is where data is stored
Power- is what powers the PC Audio the audio goes through the speaker Input like Keyboard Mouse Components Java- Java is a general-purpose computer programming language Memory- is the ram Hard drive- is where data is stored Online Flash Player-is freeware software for using content created on the Adobe Flash platform Hard drive- is where data is stored Java- Java is a general-purpose computer programming language Memory- is the ram
The components required for console are Power, an interface so a monitor or a TV, Audio will be through speakers or headphones. There are many input devices but the main one for the console is the controller. PC The different component parts required for console are again Power so a power supply will be built into the PC/Laptop, An Interface will be used with a Monitor or built in screen if it is a Laptop. Mobile The components required to run game is the adobe Flash Player, The sound comes through the mobiles speaker or a headset. The touchscreen allows the user to use the phone easier than like a number pad. Online All you need for gaming online is an internet connection, java and flash so it can run the game and a hard drive and memory so you can store the data for the game TimeLine 1971- The first computer game was Computer Space 1972- Magnavox’s Odyssey was the first home video game system 1975- The Atari’s Pong was released 1977- Atari released the Atari 2600 with a retail price of $249.95 1980- Pac-Man is released by Namco 1981- Mario was debuted as “Jumpman” on the game Donkey Kong 1982-Atari released the 5200 1985- Tetris was developed by a Russian programmer Alex Pajitnov and it was played on a PC 1986- Nintendo’s NES was released in the US and Sega released the Sega Master System also Atari came out with the Atari 7800 1989- Nintendo releases the handheld Game Boy for $109 and Atari came out with its handheld Lynx 1991- Nintendo releases the Super NES for $249.95 1993- Atari releases the Jaguar, which was the first 64-bit console on the market as the product ran two 32-bit processors 1994- Sony come into the gaming market releasing the PlayStation 1995- Sony released it PlayStation in the US for $299 and Nintendo released the Nintendo 64 in japan 1996- The Nintendo 64 comes out in the US and the Tamagotchi virtual pet becomes an instant sensation in Japan and then it was released in the US selling out in 3 days 1997- Sony sold 20 million units of its PlayStation 1998- Sega brings out the Dreamcast in Japan 1999- The highest score you can get on Pac-man was done by Billy Mitchell with a score of 3,333,360 2000- Sony brings out its PlayStation 2 for $299.99 and it was sold out by early morning and the Sims was released 2001- The GameCube and the Xbox was released and Nintendo comes out with the Game Boy Advanced 2004- Nintendo comes out with the Nintendo DS 2005- Sony releases the PSP and Microsoft comes out with the Xbox 360 2006- Nintendo releases the Wii and Sony brings out the PlayStation 3 2007-Nintendo releases Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii 2008- GTA 4 breaks records on its first week after gamers bought 6 million copies 2009-Nintendo sold over 40 million of its Wii and Wii sports becomes the best-selling video games of all time 2010- Sony brings out the PlayStation Move and Microsoft comes out the Kinect 2011- Elder Scrolls V comes out 2013- Sony and Xbox bring out their next gen console the PS4 and the Xbox one 2014- Microsoft Buys Mojang and its immensely popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion From the 1970s to today the gaming console have changed in every single way possible, with the PS4 there is now much better graphics even the new Xbox can’t match, The gaming industry is so big today, much much bigger than it was back in 1970s every teenager in most countries in the world will have a gaming console or PC. The technology of the game industry has improved so much with better graphic more complex games and it’s not just given gaming companies or designers a job but as most games have different parts to it, it’s given people like storytellers and writers a chance to create their creations in a virtual world.
Code Re-use In computer games code is often re-used to make the game more efficient and to reduce the overall size and processing. There are two forms of code re-use: inheritance and instantiation. Re-using code also reduced the amount of time spent on the program and also allows less bugs in the program as you have used that code before and know it doesn’t have any bugs in it. It also make things much simpler as well as they don’t have to write new code from scratch as that takes a while and costs the companies more time and money which they might not have. Re-using code is saves time and money as re-using code allows programmers to be quicker while making a program and while in video games like FIFA 15 the programmers for that game will use the code for every player, badge, stadium and kits and all they will do is change the design of the players, badges, stadiums and kits so it looks like what they want it to. They won’t get create new code for every player as there are 1000s of players of FIFA all they will do is create a base for every player that they can add to later that way it saves time on rewriting the code for over a million things on FIFA. The Game Loop The game loop will restart the game from the end to the beginning again so people can play the game more than once, it will also update the game leader boards so it doesn’t reset the game it just restarts the game. A game loop is important for a game unless you just allowing the user one go of the game. The game loop will allow the user to play the game more than once so It, for example in FIFA 15 you can’t just play one game than you are struck forever at the end of the game and the only way to play again is to buy another copy or delete the game of your system and re-download it. So using a game loop is crucial to a game so the user can have fun playing your game over and over again. This is an example of a game loop bool game_is_running = true; while( game_is_running ) { update_game(); display_game(); } Assets These are artwork, sounds, video, backgrounds and other stuff, these are all stuff that is added in the game to make it better. Video Reel A video reel is where there is a series of pictures that all come together to make it look like a video but it is just a series of pictures and it’s like those notepad drawings in the bottom corner and your flick through the pages and it looks like it’s moving .
SFX
Is the audio type that will be in the game, there is a lot of SFX audio files for free online and SFX is the sound effects in a game, as in my game every time you click the ball it will make a sound effect that is what SFX is. Images Background A background image is just your background of your game and it’s what you will see while playing a game but different scenes like the menu and the game can have different background images but if it’s in a game you would what your menus to stick with the same theme as your background image. Images Characters The images characters are the characters the game is going to have so they are basically like in game salad they would be the actors, for example in my game you have to keep the ball up in the air the character would be the ball as it interacts with the user. Directory: 2015 2015 -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 2015 -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d 2015 -> Police Militarization 2015 -> Medical Radiography Program 2015 -> 2015 ihbb championships: hs history Bowl Round 4 – Prelims First Quarter 2015 -> Desk review yemen 2015 -> Wrtp/big step · 3841 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, wi 53208 2015 -> 1. naclo 2015 – North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad 2015 -> Rao bulletin 1 December 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Volume Ⅴ (2015) On The 2015 China Victory Day Parade Download 49.86 Kb. Share with your friends:
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