Types of Video games:
- RPG
-Sports
-Strategy
-Action/adventure
-Puzzle solving
-Construction
-FPS
-Simulation
-Horror
-Children's
Examples:
- Fortnite -Cooking Mama -Sims
-Nintendogs -Dinner Dash -Far Cry-Fifa -Big Brain academy -Rainbow 6 Siege
-GTA -Sky Rim -Fable
-NBA -Mario Sonic -WWE
-UFC -F1 -Assassin's Creed
-Wii Fit -Just Dance -Wii Sports resort
-Crash Bandicoot -Rachet and Clank -We Sing
-Moshi Monsters -Guitar Hero -Monkey Ball
-Call of Duty -Watch Dogs -Battlefield
Terminology:
-Games Consoles - A unit accommodating a set of controls for electronic or mechanical equipment.
-Sandbox Game - Construction; building from scratch. Changing roles of the 'look down generation.' Collaboration through gaming; multi-player
-Microsoft - Institution which owns videogames; Xbox and Minecraft
-Platforms - Different levels of gaming. Online Vs Moving images Vs Audio. Ways you can play (App, physically etc.). Multi-Platform - More than one way of playing; more platforms = wider variety.
-Servers - How the games run, where info is kept, enables games to be played.
Intro to Minecraft...
- Minecraft development - from 'online Lego'
- Multi - platform = more available
- Open Sandbox - no limit
- Started as an 'indie'
- Critically and commercially successful
- From independent to mainstream - 125 million copies sold.
-Minecraft was created by Marcus 'Notch' Persson and developed by Mojang.
-These were independent, separate to and not financed by a big commercial company.-But, as small independent products become successful, it is usual for larger organisations/owners to want to buy them.
6 reasons why Minecraft is successful...
- Infinite replayability - Sandbox (No limits)
-Strong community - creations are the marketing campaign
-Platform agnostic - Released on everything
-Co-opted by children - Household name
-Not limited by genre
-Fulfils human instinct to bring order to chaotic wilderness
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