1. Interactive Authoring Final Project
By: Mike Lombino

2. Video Game History-1947
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann patent a “cathode ray tube amusement device”
Players would fire a gun at a virtual target

3. Video Game History-1962 Steve Russell invents Spacewar!
It is the first computer-based video game

4. Video Game History-1966&1967
On September 1, Ralph Baer writes down his idea that turns into the development of tv gaming
Baer designs the “Brown Box,” that lets users play a small variety of games. This is only a prototype
In 1968, Baer patents the interactive television game. Magnavox later releases the first home video game system called “Odyssey,” based on his design

5. Video Game History-1972&1977 Pong is created Atari releases Atari 2600
Features: joystick, cartridges, colored images, and switches

6. Video Game History-1981,1984-85 Nintendo’s Donkey Kong is released
The game includes the first glimpse of the character Jumpman, or as we know him, Mario
Tetris is created
Four years later, Nintendo bundles it with the purchase of every new Game Boy
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is released

7. Video Game History-1987 1987 is a huge year for gaming
Shigeru Miyamoto has created Legend of Zelda
SSI receives the gaming license for Dungeons and Dragons

8. Video Game History-1993&1994
Games like Mortal Kombat creates controversy and the U.S. Senate holds a hearing
The rating system is created
Doom popularizes first person shooters
Blizzard introduces gamers to Warcraft: Orcs and Humans

9. Video Game History- 1995,1996&2000 Sony releases the PlayStation
Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64
Sony releases the PlayStation 2

10. Video Game History -2001,2003,2004&2005 Microsoft debuts the Xbox
Valve develops Steam for PC gamers
Nintendo introduces the Nintendo DS
Two processors, two screens, online gaming, and interactive touchscreen
Microsoft then releases the Xbox 360
Gains millions of fans with it’s advanced graphics and online gameplay

11. Video Game History-2006&2007
Nintendo comes back again with the Nintendo Wii which involves motion sensors
More interactive games like Rock Band are released

12. Video Game History-2012
Experimental gaming systems like the OUYA and Oculus Rift are developed due to the funding from the website Kickstarter

13. How to create a video game1.
Start with a genre
Choose a platform
What will be unique to your game 2.
How will players progress
How will they interact
What kind of audio/music will there be 3.
Know your limits 4.
Find the engine you’ll want to use
Begin creating the content
Release betas 5.
Finish and release the game

14. My Idea
Your character will walk over colored orbs and change to that color. Then you will be able to defeat the enemy that corresponds with that color
Players will use a controller to move
Libraries: Game Control Plus, Minim
The map or layout will resemble Pac-man like barriers

15. Works Cited http://www.museumofplay.org/icheg-game-history/timeline/