Game Design Digital game-based learning

Need Obsession with playing variety of games Digital game-based learning Student involvement in own learning Future career choices as creative- minded game designers/developers Proactive training prior to higher education offerings

Research Contributors – A.S. Douglas – William Higginbotham – Ralph Baer, “Father of Video Games” – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Video Game Systems – Odyssey – Atari – Nintendo – Sega Genesis – Playstation – Xbox – Wii Game Development Schools Public School Education

1952 – AS Douglas wrote Noughts & Crosses, first documented video game, as part of his doctoral dissertation 1958 – William Higginbotham built first interactive computer game, Tennis for Two 1962 – Steven Russell, MIT, created Spacewar! 1968 – Ralph Baer applied for first patent; sold to Magnavox 1972 – Magnavox created first home game console, Odyssey, with 12 games 1975 – PONG created by Atari; 1976 – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed games for Atari; 1977 – Atari 2600 created 1980 – Pac-Man, created by Namco, in Japan, debuts in US 1981 – Nintendo created Donkey Kong, introducing “Mario” 1982 – Microsoft produced Flight Simulator 1985 – Alexey Pajitnov, mathematician, developed Tetris 1989 – Will Wright, created Sim City and other similar Sim games followed 2000 – Sony releases Playstation 2, the first console using DVD technology 2002 – US Army releases Army, recruitment tool which becomes #1 action game Development

Commercialization Production – Story conception – Writers and artists create storyboard, detailed sketches of game sequencing, outlining all possible outcomes – Character development; computer animation; 3-D environment creation – Custom code, computer language, applied Manufacturing Packaging Marketing Distribution

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