level 5

Take Notes!

Web Games

http://nonoba.com/

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So you want to make Games? Art

The pretty stuff

SoundThe loud stuff

DesignThe hard stuff

ProgrammingThe number stuff

2D or 3D

2D art is easy and fast to make.Very few of you grew up on 2D games.

3D looks better but requires:ModelingAnimatingTexturing(Any 3D game needs 2D art)

3D

ModelThe Wire mesh

TextureThe picture that wraps around the model.

AnimationRequired to make the model move.

Engines

The bit of code that runs a part of a game.

Graphics Engines Physics Engines Sound Engines

Game Maker

Free Pro = $20

http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker

Ability to create 2D games Very little programming

Dark Basic

$30-50 2D and 3D http://www.thegamecreators.com/

Requires Basic Programming knowledge.

Lots of tutorials and books.

Blitz / Blitz 3D $100-200 2D and 3D

http://www.blitzbasic.com/

Basic Programming

Very Powerful http://www.tecno-base.com/

Ogre 3D

FreeRead License

http://www.ogre3d.org/

3D engine

Powerful Community

Torque $100

Add-on's cost more

A featured engine that handles just about anything.

http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque/

Wonderful community They will host your game.

Art Tools

Blenderwww.blender.org

○ Free!

Gimpwww.gimp.org

○ Free!Use to make your textures.

Both of these have tutorials everywhere.

Adobe Flash

$699 Free Trial

http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/

www.flashkit.com www.kirupa.com

Adobe Photoshop CS3

$300

www.Adobe.com

What I used to make this piece of art.

Professional 3D Maya

$2000

3D Studio Max~$600

Lightwave~$900

All have free trials on their websites.

Activity A-B

Create a full fledged design of a game.

Tool’s Goal’s Obstacle’s Second ChancesLevelsPower-upsControlsInterfaces

Other Websites

www.Gamedev.net

www.Gamasutra.com

Post comments if you have questions!