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Title: How to Make a Computer Game (the Easy Way) An Introduction to 3rd-Person Perspective Game Creation Software


1
How to Make a Computer Game (the Easy Way)An
Introduction to 3rd-Person Perspective Game
Creation Software
  • Jonathan Martin

2
Introduction
  • What 3rd-person perspective is
  • As opposed to 1st person (Doom)
  • Show a video an actual game in 3rd person
    perspective (NWN?)
  • Examples of games
  • Famous ones and recent!

3
Game Development
Free
Trade-offs of the two extremes
  • Write from scratch
  • Use middleware package
  • Modify existing game engine
  • Specialized game construction software
  • Genre-specific construction software

more
Renderware
Doom, Source (Half Life), Unreal
Programming intensive
Game Maker, Torque 2D
less
RPG Maker XP, AGS, NWN
Restrictive
4
Genre-Specific Construction Software
  • No Need to Reinvent the Wheel
  • Requires the least amount of programming
  • Tend to have the nicest user interfaces
  • This all comes at the expense of freedom

5
Adventure Game Studio
  • What can you do with it?
  • Adventure games (point-and-click)
  • 2D only
  • Can import art
  • Descriptive Meaningful play
  • Example games
  • Maniac mansion (remake)
  • Kings quest (remake)

6
Adventure Game Studio
  • Easily create point-and-click interfaces
  • Extra- feat (but not required) C-like
    scripting language for advanced functions
  • Lucasarts-style conversation system should you
    want to use it.
  • Supports wide variety of file types
  • Audio OGG, MP3, WAV, MOD, XM, MIDI
  • Video BMP, PCX, PNG, GIF, TGA
  • Distribute your game on Windows, Linux or OSX
    (Mac)

7
Adventure Game Studio
  • Supports a multitude of display modes
  • 320x200, 320x240, 640x400, 640x480, 800x600
  • 256-color, 16-bit color and 32-bit color
  • Anti-aliasing and alpha blending supported in
    certain modes
  • Inventory Support Built-In
  • Plugin System for Advanced Users

8
Adventure Game Studio
  • Demo
  • What is going to be shown?
  • And create a room
  • What we are going to do?

9
RPG Maker XP
  • What can you do with it?
  • Adventure games (point-and-click)
  • 2D only
  • Can import art
  • Descriptive Meaningful play
  • Example games
  • Maniac mansion (remake)
  • Kings quest (remake)

10
Also see
  • RPG Maker XP
  • Create 2D tile-based RPGs
  • Point and Click interface similar to AGS
  • Also has databases for Monsters, Weapons, Items,
    Stats, Characters, Skillsjust about anything
    youve seen in a 16-bit era RPG

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Now Lets Get a Little More Advanced
  • Game Maker
  • Room/object paradigm
  • Doesnt have built-in functions like RPG Maker
    and AGS
  • Simple but powerful scripting language

13
Also see
  • Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolkit
  • Create RPG scenarios in the 3D Neverwinter Nights
    engine
  • Possible to create original content, but requires
    a lot of work

14
NVW
  • http//nwn.bioware.com/players/profile_uofa.html
  • Talk about its popularity estimate of number of
    games created
  • Mention the U. Alberta thing

15
NVW
  • Example scenario

16
Remember
  • 3D graphics not necessary!!
  • Use the tools you are most comfortable with, not
    what you believe is inherently better
  • Small amount of programming knowledge still
    required
  • Test your game as you are making itIterative
    Design!

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Resources
  • http//www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/
  • http//www.gamemaker.nl/
  • http//www.enterbrain.co.jp/tkool/RPG_XP/eng/
  • http//nwn.bioware.com/builders/
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