game designers

Jeffrey AbreyClaire RadfordAlan Pedisich

An individual who develops gamespace by creating and modifying concepts, rules, visual interfaces and scripts for computers, televisions and arcades.

Scripts

Storyboards

Programming

Graphic Concepts

Sound

Bachelor of Arts Degree Computer Skills

◦ Programming◦ Graphic Rendering◦ Sound

Diligent Self-Educator Visual Aptitude

Starting – $40,000 3 years – $55,000 Lead Designer – $70,000+ Highest Reported – $180,000

All Above are Per year

Nurture the creative process Have an idea Grow the idea Involve others

Before SPACEWARS!!!◦ India developed Dice◦ Senet is buried with Pharaohs◦ Playing Cards Emerge from Asia

All Encompassing Designers Hobbies not Industry 1940’s and 50’s

◦ Conversation to Computer Games 1960’s

◦ First Designers Physicists Electricians

1961◦ Steve Russell (MIT)

Companies & Studios

◦ Emerged in the 70’s

◦ Garage Corporations

Crumbs combine to make Cookies

◦ Increased to major corporations

◦ Independents still survive

Tōru Iwatani (PacMan)

Shiguru Miyamoto (Mario Brothers)

Nolan Bushnell (Pong)

Yuji Naka (Sonic)

Sid Meier (Civilization)

Tetsuya Nomura & Hironobu Sakaguchi (FF Series)

John Romero (Deathmatch)

Will Wright (SimCity)

Stieg Hedlund (Starcraft, Diablo)

Spread to the Public?◦ Base Components◦ Games◦ Side Quests◦ Downloadable Content

Specialization◦ Fields of Study◦ Expanding Industries

Kohler, Chris (2005) Power Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life

Wolf, Mark (2001) The medium of the video game

Dovey, Jon & Kennedy, Helen (2006) Game cultures: Computer games as new media

Natkin, Stephane (2006) Video games and interactive media

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