1. Game Development Essentials: An Introduction Third Edition

2. Chapter 3 Goals & Genres what are the possibilities?

3. Key Chapter Questions ■What are some non-entertainment goals associated with game development? ■What are the characteristics associated with popular game genres? ■Which goals and genres work particularly well together? ■Which particular game content is traditionally associated with certain genres? ■How are genre hybrids and new types of genres changing the way genres are categorized?

4. Goals Entertainment Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Sony Computer Entertainment America

5. Goals Social My Empire Electronic Arts

6. Goals Educational Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day Oregon Trail Houghton Mifflin HarcourtNintendo

7. Goals Recruitment & Training HumanSim Applied Research Associates

8. Goals Health & Fitness EA Sports Active 2 Electronic Arts

9. Goals Consciousness & Change September 12: A Toy World Newsgaming

10. Goals Aesthetics & Creativity flOw Sony Computer Entertainment America

11. Goals Marketing & Advertising Pepsi Music Challenge Muskedunder Interactive

12. Genres Action Platformers Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo

13. Genres Action Shooters Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Gears of War 3 ActivisionReprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation

14. Genres Action Racing Forza Motorsport 3 Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation

15. Genres Action Fighting UFC 2009 THQ

16. Genres Adventure Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Telltale Games

17. Genres Action-Adventure God of War III Sony Computer Entertainment America

18. Genres Casino Microsoft Casino: Mirage Resort Edition Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation

19. Genres Puzzle Lumines Q Entertainment

20. Genres Role-Playing Games Dragon Age 2 Electronic Arts

21. Genres Simulations Vehicle Simulations Flight Simulator X: Acceleration Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation

22. Genres Simulations Sports & Participatory Simulations MLB 2K11 Take- Two Interactive

23. Genres Simulations Process Simulations (Construction & Management) SimCity Deluxe Electronic Arts

24. Genres Strategy Turn-Based Strategy (TBS) Sid Meier’s Civilization V Take- Two Interactive

25. Genres Strategy Real-Time Strategy Halo Wars Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation

26. Genres Massively Multiplayer Online Games World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment

27. Summary ■Goals ■Genres ■Game Elements: The Significance of Goals & Genres