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