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Video games are important. They are a storytelling medium, a place for self-expression, a sandbox for the human imagination, and an extension of an ages old tradition of gaming. We play out some of the most essential aspects of our culture in games, and we learn more about ourselves and the world around us in the process. From the powerful cinematic experiences of mainstream gaming, to the hyper-personal environments of indie games, we are in the midst of an explosion of gaming activity that, as some predict, will continue to define the way we live and interact with information, and each other, far into the future.
Featuring:
Eric Zimmerman, Game Designer
Jesper Juul, Game Studies Scholar
Leigh Alexander, Game Journalist
Syed Salahuddin, Game Designer and Curator
http://www.cengagesites.com/academic/assets/sites/4098/StateOfGaming_Summer2010.pdf
books:
http://cengagesites.com/academic/?site=4098&SecID=1034
http://machin-x.blogspot.com/2012/02/real-time-motion-capture-in-blender-at.html
See more about NI MATE
http://www.ni-mate.com/
NI Mate is software that imports Kinect motion capture data in real-time into 3D apps and they've announced that Blender is the first application that they're supporting. ... It should be really interesting to see what people start doing with this new capability in Blender.
NI Mate is now available in open beta for both Windows and Mac OS X (Linux support is coming soon). You can register to participate in the beta and download all of the necessary software at www.ni-mate.com.
]]>TEASER
1 - Teaser Pitch (one line)
2 - Overview of Concept / Game play type / Audience experience / Story scenerio
(short paragraph)
RESEARCH
3 - Inspiration from Art & Design / image examples
4 - Inspiration from Game world / image examples
5 - Inspiration from Current events, Science, Psychology, Social
Issues / examples
LOOK / SOUND / FEEL
6 - Visual Concept / Style / Mood / Color examples
7 - Settings / Backgrounds / Locations
8 - Main Character / Point of View
9 - Secondary Characters / Creatures / Villains / Forces
10 - Props / Special Objects / Magical elements
AUDIENCE
11- Target Audience / Secondary Audience
12 - Communication with Players (tools for connecting)
13 - Technology audience will need to Play
(what devices, software, online access will your audience need?)
14 - Physical elements needed to Play
(objects, tools, places, transportation needed to play?)
15 - Goals for Game Play / Primary goal / Secondary gains
PRODUCTION:
16 - How does this project proposal make use of available skills and talents?
17- Artistic Skills Needed to Create (be as specific as possible)
18 - Digital Skills Needed to Create (be as specific as possible)
19 - Technology needed to Create (software, hardware, online access)
20 - Materials needed to Create ( art supplies, objects, tools)
LAUNCH / TIMELINE / GAME OVER
21 - Outline briefly the timeline of the game play / phases of play /
start and stop dates
Design your very own games using easy-to-learn drag-and-drop actions - you can create professional-quality games within very little time. You can make games with backgrounds, animated graphics, music and sound effects. And when you've become more experienced, there is an easy built-in programming GameMaker Language (GML), which gives you the full flexibility of creating games with GameMaker.
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/mac
How to Write A Video Game Concept Statement By Lindsay Grace
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lindsay_Grace
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1059522
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Write-A-Video-Game-Concept-Statement&id=1059522
A game concept statement, or premise, is a short, direct description of the situation of a game. It describes the player's goal, the opposition to that goal, and the means through which that goal will be accomplished. When dealing solely with the narrative portion of the script, the game concept statement reads like a screenplay pitch. Realistically, game play is described because it effects some elements of the storytelling. A short example might read as follows:
"In Trick or Treat the player characters have been trapped in the labyrinth of an ancient haunted house. They must escape by destroying adversarial monsters, avoiding traps, and solving the maze. Trick or Treat is a third person perspective action game."
The goal of this writing is to give the reader a sense for the game. It should answer these basic questions:
What is the goal of the game?
How is the goal of the game accomplished?
What are the challenges to the game?
Where does the game take place?
http://makeitbigingames.com/2007/09/how-to-pitch-your-game/
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson11.html
http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/564/what_a_.php
http://www.discovergames.com/concept.html
PITCH DOCUMENTS:
http://www.gamepitches.com/2010/06/tiger-style-games-spider-concept-document/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32609257/Concept-Spider
http://www.scribd.com/doc/55672613/Irrational-Games-Monster-Island-Pitch
http://www.gamepitches.com/2010/05/irrational-games-bioshock-pitch-document/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32211144/Bioshock-Pitch-Document
http://www.scribd.com/doc/53563149/Grand-Theft-Auto-Design-Document
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20482960/ns/technology_and_science-games/t/so-you-think-you-can-make-video-game/#.TzQGo0xWqG8
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19923
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2662/schadenfreudian_slips__das_.php
http://www.theanimationblog.com/
http://www.animationarchive.org/
and more:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-animation-blogs-web-inform-teach-inspire/
Also see:
http://www.synfig.org/cms/
Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people and resources. Synfig Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X.
Books + tutorials:
http://www.desktopacademy.com/store/
Also see: Comic Kinect: for all those who wish life was a comic book
http://youtu.be/9QQW_sPzNNM
A Kinect hack project for Interactive Art and Computational Design at Carnegie Mellon University.
http://golancourses.net/2011spring/projects/project-3-interaction/
Transform yourself to Ultra Seven by Kinect
http://youtu.be/Uuq9SCL_LXY
The code of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUG-Uvq-J-w is now available for download at http://code.google.com/p/kinect-ultra/ .
The video was made using kinect and quartz composer programming with the amazing "Tryplex toolkit" by onesecond. Many thanks to the fantastic help of Sebastian Kox of oneseconds, Developer/interaction designer of the QC toolkit.
onesecond.com
code.google.com/p/tryplex/