Rtl Games Presentation Casual Games Andre Bernh

Casual GamesHistory, Status Quo And Future In 19 Minutes

André Bernhardt26.05.08

5/27/2008 André BernhardtRTL Games

Casual Games

Introduction

Short History of Casual Games

Status Quo

The Future

Overview


Casual Games - History

In The Beginning –1970+

Pong 1972

Nolan Bushnell

Atari



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Pong

Trivia : The first computer game ever was Tennis for two developed 1958 by William Higinbotham



World of Warcraft Manual

Trivia : The unofficial WoW-Wikipedia Wowwiki.com features 56.384 Articles at the moment



1980+

One target audience: Kids & Teens



1990+

Nintendo Game Boy

Windows 3.0: Solitare

Trivia : Tetris sold at the Game Boy over 30.26 million copies.


Civilization

Dune 2

Railroad Tycoon


1990+


Casual Games - Overview

Civilization 1 Advances Chart


Instant accessibility


Hard to learn:i.e. Civilization Easy to learn:

i.e. Guitar Hero

Source: http://www.casualgamedesign.com/


Casual Games – Short Quiz

Instant accessibility and platforms



2000+

Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10681 - Parks Associates Study



Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10681 - Parks Associates Study


Casual Games - Overview


Casual Games - Future


Instant accessibility will get more and more important – even for gaming plattforms:

Casual Games - Conclusio

Easy to use consoles:

Easy to use online services:

…and last but not least the omnipresent devices:


Casual Games

Thanks a lot for your attention!

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