UNDERSTANDING
VIDEO GAMES
What we will be doing
History of video games
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Who? What? When?
Where? Why? How?
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Types of video games
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How Games Work
What are the different
games out on the internet
and game stores
Why are games Entertaining?
Why are they costly? Why
some games become popular
Positives and Negatives
Good and Bad of Video
Games
INTRODUCTION
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PART OF OUR LIVES
Many of us who have been playing video games know, how we
can not get tired of playing them. We enjoy playing video games
and they take up a big part of our lives
CONNECTION
We connect with the main character and play as if we are
the main character. We spend time connecting with the
main character
BACKGROUND
Every game has a history. Why games are made the way
they are made. The story behind the main game.
PURPOSE AND MESSAGE
They always have a purpose and a message for the player.
We need to understand the message .
HISTORY
“Prof. William created the first videogame (a prototype of the present-day videogame) on October
1958. It was the highlight of Brookhaven National Laboratory Visitor Open House that year. “The
game Tennis for Two, was played on an small screen, and showed thin blue lines that looked a lot
like PONG.
Relation of Video Games and
Reality
In the book, Reality is Broken, Jane
McGonigal speaks of four traits that
make a game. They are:
1) A Goal
2) Rules
3) A Feedback Mechanism
4) Voluntary Participation.
TYPES OF GAMES
ACTION
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STRATERGY
Here we have platformer games,
shooter, Survival, Fighting and
Stealth
Here games like Chess, Metal gear
solid, COD and similar games where
planning is needed are present
ADVENTURE
Games like Mario world,
Minecraft etc. come in this
category
ROLE PLAYING (RPG)
Most of the games are in this
category. From games like PUBG to
NFS payback to Halo
SPORTS AND PUZZLE
TYPES
Games like FIFA, NBA, WWE,
Golf etc. fall in this category.
Even games like Mario kart are
considered
IDLE AND CASUAL
GAMES
Candy Crush, Clash of Clans and
similar games are found here
MOTVIE TO MAKE GAMES
ENTERTAINMENT
TO MAKE PEOPLE PLAYING
THE GAME ENJOY IT
BUSINESS
TO EARN A LIVING AND
ALSO BECOME RICH
COMMUNICATION
You can replace the image on
the screen with your own
Understand the
of
the
A good story line, some
plot twists, a good hero,
a badass villain and
some really cool powers
are some basic features
that make the game
interesting
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REALITY IN GAMES FEEDBACK
GOALS
A primary goal e.g.
Be the last one to
survive And secondary
goals
e.g.
collect
tokens to get this
new hat
RULES
They
define
how
to
play the game e.g. you
cannot kill innocent
people
MECHANISM
Every
action
has
Reaction e.g. if you
kill
more
than
two
innocents in Assassins
creed, your game ends
there
VOLUNTARY
PARTICIPATION
You choose to play the
game. No one forces you to
play it. If you are forced
to play a game then its not
playing.
HOW TO PLAY GAMES
BASIC
CHOOSE A SET AMOUNT OF TIME
TO PLAY. BEST TO PLAY WHEN
AT A BREAK AND NOT LATE
NIGHT
PRO
SELECT AND PLAY GAMES THAT
ARE GOOD AND CREATIVE
LEGEND
PLAY GAMES TO RELAX AND
DECREASE STRESS. DON’T LET
YOUR GAME EMOTIONS AFFECT
YOUR REAL LIFE
GAME OVER!!!
YOU WIN