Game Technology and Platform - How Does This Affect Your Project

8/6/2019 Game Technology and Platform - How Does This Affect Your Project

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International Game Developers Association


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Who am I?

Bazil Akmal Bin Bidin, call me BuZz.

Game developer specializing in game

programming. Nearly 3 years plus of Industry related

experience.


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Todays Topic

Game Technology

&Platform

How does this affect your project


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Flash Games

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Infectionator NanacaCrash

RocketbirdsRevolution


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Flash Games

SerembanStone

BallisticWars

The LastCanopy

IceBlast


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Flash

Advantage

Web deployment (Most modern browsers have Flash Player)

Multiplatform (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris, Symbian, and etc)

Very fast for prototyping gameplay

Supported by tonnes of external libraries box2dflash and etc

Abundant proficient local flash developers

Monetization opportunities through MochiAds, FlashGameLicense and etc


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Flash

Disadvantage

ActionScript 2.0 vs ActionScript 3.0

Input limitations & problems

Not supported on iPhone

It is not natively 3D


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Unity3D Games

Tumble

Drop

EnerCities

Colorbind

GooBall


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Unity3D Games

Art Excite


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Unity3D

Advantage

Web deployment (Unity Web Player)

Multiplatform (Windows, MacOS, Nintendo Wii, iPhone)

Natively a 3D game authoring tool

Programmed using C# or JavaScript

Free version of the SDK + favourable licensing structure


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Unity3D

Disadvantage

It is not easy to find local Unity3D developer

Most of local C# and JavaScript programmers are not game programmers

It is a middleware, the future is not certain


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XNA Games

DuoTrix

ArkedoSeries - 01

JUMP

CarneyValeShowtime

GooBall


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XNA Games

TotemMania

SmogBusters


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XNA

Advantage

Multiplatform (Windows + Xbox360 + Zune)

Easily portable to Xbox360, with minor changes.

Programmed using C#

Free to use SDK

Monetization opportunities through Xbox LIVE Arcade and Xbox LIVE Indie Games


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XNA

Disadvantage

It is not easy to find local XNA developer

Most of local C# programmers are not game programmers

Xbox LIVE Indie Games sales record has been very disappointing


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Other Technologies

Programming Based

Ogre3D

Irrlicht

Torque Game Engine

Panda3D

PopCap Games Framework


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Other Technologies

Tool Based

Unreal Development Kit (UDK)

Torque Game Builder

Torque 3D

Virtools

NeoAxis Game Engine

GameSalad

Game Maker


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Links

http://www.devmaster.net/engines/

http://www.gamemiddleware.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines


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How do you choose a technology?

IMHO, there are 2 ways to approach game

development

Top down approach

Bottom up approach


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Top Down

Originates from the game idea

Identify the features and functionalities

required Find suitable technologies

Hire people to do the job (I tell ya, it aint

gonna be easy and its gonna cost you money)


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Bottom Up

Originates from resources available at hand

Identify capabilities of team members

Scope down the functionality and featuresthat CAN be implemented by your team

members

Come up with a game idea that realisticallycould be developed based on the resources

you have


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Pro-Tips

Dont get carried away with technology and

platform fights HTML5 vs Flash, Android vs

iPhone vs Symbian vs Windows Mobile, Xbox

Live Arcade vs PlayStation Network vs

WiiWare. Do what you can and what you are

comfortable with

Get to know AS MUCH people today, OFFERthem help if you can, and ASKthem for help if

you need.


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Q& A

Email : [email protected]

Website : http://www.igda.org.my

Forum : http://www.mgdc.com.my

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