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| - | ======The Reality of Gaming====== | + | ======The Reality of Making Games====== |
| By [[/ | By [[/ | ||
| Instructor\\ | Instructor\\ | ||
| - | Computer & Information | + | Computer & Info Science\\ |
| Corning Community College\\ | Corning Community College\\ | ||
| - | contact: | + | haas@corning-cc.edu |
| =====Creating Games Requires===== | =====Creating Games Requires===== | ||
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| * A plan: what are you making? | * A plan: what are you making? | ||
| * is it feasible? | * is it feasible? | ||
| + | * are you sure? Especially if you've never done it before. | ||
| ====A particular set of skills==== | ====A particular set of skills==== | ||
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| * This semester, I chose (well, I asked, the class enthusiastically agreed) to explore the 1980's Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), where the aim was to create games (ROMs) as a demonstration of concepts learned and efforts expended. | * This semester, I chose (well, I asked, the class enthusiastically agreed) to explore the 1980's Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), where the aim was to create games (ROMs) as a demonstration of concepts learned and efforts expended. | ||
| * We weren' | * We weren' | ||
| - | * https:// | + | * https:// |
| + | * https:// | ||
| * There are other efforts underway as well: | * There are other efforts underway as well: | ||
| * https:// | * https:// | ||
| * And in my Spring 2019 Systems Programming class, we also explored applying concepts through games (using SDL): | * And in my Spring 2019 Systems Programming class, we also explored applying concepts through games (using SDL): | ||
| * https:// | * https:// | ||
| - | * want to see them in action? | ||
| ====HOW do I start?==== | ====HOW do I start?==== | ||
| * established and refined reading, writing, thinking, mathematical skills | * established and refined reading, writing, thinking, mathematical skills | ||
| - | * | + | * find an interest and gain further understanding of other fundamental concepts |
| + | * physics: gravity, mechanics | ||
| + | * economics: in-game currencies and economies | ||
| + | * earth science: meteorology, | ||
| + | * geography: maps, map-making | ||
| + | * writing: storytelling, | ||
| + | * language: the more languages you know, the more tools you have for expression. You'll become better at communicating. | ||
| + | * philosophy / logic | ||
| + | * humanities | ||
| + | * music | ||
| + | * learn how to program | ||
| + | * dabble, experiment, and explore with all these skills | ||
| + | * writing games is a form of expression. The more fluent you are in the arts of expression, the better your game writing efforts will be. | ||
| + | * while there are an increasing number of "Game Design" | ||
| + | * competition is EXTREMELY high. EVERYONE is wanting to get into these programs. | ||
| + | * high competition means you need to stand out from the crowd. The more capable you are in all these skills (especially the seemingly unrelated ones to gaming) the more valuable you will be. | ||
| + | * competition in the game industry is even higher. There' | ||
| + | * professional game design jobs are abusing and grueling. 80+ hour work weeks, tight schedules, and burn-out is very high. Roll-over is not uncommon (and with the excessive supply, replacing a vacancy is practically effortless). | ||
| + | * Perhaps consider an alternative/ | ||
| + | * My typical recommendation, | ||
| + | * CCC has a 2 year transfer degree in Computer Science. | ||
| + | * https:// | ||
| + | * I like to call it "the fine art of thinking" | ||
| + | * It is the ultimate umbrella degree, because everything else out there is basically " | ||
| + | * at the rate technology and the world changes, do you want to be caught up in an endless, stressful cycle of continually needing to be retrained, or do you want to take control and be able to learn how to learn (on your own), and adapt to changing patterns? | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Want a taste? | ||
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| + | * Let us explore some basic concepts of problem solving: | ||
| + | * Logic Puzzles are very useful in cultivating these abilities. A beneficial class activity I utilize is [[/ | ||
| + | * And also programming: | ||
| + | * https:// | ||
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| + | ====Questions? | ||
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| + | =====Resources===== | ||
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| + | * Want to play the NES ROMs on your own system? You can download them [[https:// | ||
| + | * [[http:// | ||
| + | * [[http:// | ||
| + | * [[http:// | ||
| + | * [[http:// | ||
| + | * Send them an e-mail with questions or compliment them on their efforts. | ||
| + | * Want to play but cannot install an NES emulator on your computer? Try [[https:// | ||
| + | * Want more letter division puzzles? My growing collection can be found [[https:// | ||
| + | * very much a work in progress, reorganizations may happen over time | ||
| + | * various categories of difficulty: | ||
| + | * easy - basic level letter divisions | ||
| + | * med - medium level letter divisions | ||
| + | * hard - challenging letter divisions (requiring more indirection) | ||
| + | * bases - letter divisions of all difficulties encoded in number bases OTHER than base 10 | ||
| + | * superhard - puzzles I haven' | ||
| + | * todo.tmp - puzzles I have generated but haven' | ||
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