John Nordlinger Program Manager Microsoft Research [email_address] Games & Computer Science: The Next Level!

John Nordlinger

Program Manager

Microsoft Research

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Games: The Next Level Historical perspective Trends and Opportunities Focus: Serious Games: Games for Learning Games for Health/Fitness What next!? Summary

Historical perspective

Trends and Opportunities

Focus: Serious Games:

Games for Learning

Games for Health/Fitness

What next!?

Summary

Games of Yesterday Quake 2 - 1997 Far Cry - 2004 Prince of Persia - 1989 Max Payne - 2001 Doom - 1993

PS2/XBOX ‘02 PS1 ‘98 PS3/XBox360 ‘06 SNES ‘94 technical requirements

Xbox 360

Playstation 3

PC

Trends: Computer Gaming -Content Piracy  subscriptions  more art! Demand for larger worlds with more detail Floppies vs CDs vs DVDs -> HALO2 4.2GB Blueray -> 20GB Rising development cost Content creation is the bottleneck $10M content budget Art Pipeline is not scaling Amortize cost over platforms and releases

Piracy  subscriptions  more art!

Demand for larger worlds with more detail

Floppies vs CDs vs DVDs -> HALO2 4.2GB

Blueray -> 20GB

Rising development cost

Content creation is the bottleneck

$10M content budget

Art Pipeline is not scaling

Amortize cost over platforms and releases

Trends: Computer gaming AI & Procedural designs Emergent scenarios

AI & Procedural designs

Emergent scenarios

Trends: Security Lots of money is passing thru MMORPGs Bad guys care about money Organized crime is already using… … identity theft to open accounts on MMOs for Gold Farming … custom malware in internet Cafes to steal MMO accounts … spam bots that push players to websites … bad guys act as bad trolls requiring tolls Compromised accounts are already being sold and traded in the same black market channels that sell identity documents, credit cards and bank accounts.

Lots of money is passing thru MMORPGs

Bad guys care about money

Organized crime is already using…

… identity theft to open accounts on MMOs for Gold Farming

… custom malware in internet Cafes to steal MMO accounts

… spam bots that push players to websites

… bad guys act as bad trolls requiring tolls

Compromised accounts are already being sold and traded in the same black market channels that sell identity documents, credit cards and bank accounts.

Trends: Computer Gaming Multi-core and specialized cards: audio, graphics, physics Very large team effort (3 to 350) Personalization: mods, micro-transactions VOIP: Skype, Ventrillo, Tspeak etc. Mo’ Money, More public scrutiny, More security Serious Games

Multi-core and specialized cards: audio, graphics, physics

Very large team effort (3 to 350)

Personalization: mods, micro-transactions

VOIP: Skype, Ventrillo, Tspeak etc.

Mo’ Money, More public scrutiny, More security

Serious Games

Evolution of the gaming market WW retail revenues for Windows games tripled in a decade The online Windows gaming market has exploded Projections put total WW Windows games revenue over $9B in 2009 XBOX Live reaches 12M WoW surpasses 11M The online Windows gaming market remains strong. Online gaming transactions have increased Chinese gaming market by 68%! China game market:$2.1billion in 2010 gamedaily 9/29/2006 $695M 1995 2004 Sources: NPD Data, DFC Intelligence and Themis Group Windows Retail Revenue $2.0B $2.35B $6.86B 2009 $2.3B Windows Online Revenue

WW retail revenues for Windows games tripled in a decade

The online Windows gaming market has exploded

Projections put total WW Windows games revenue over $9B in 2009

XBOX Live reaches 12M

WoW surpasses 11M

The online Windows gaming market remains strong.

Online gaming transactions have increased Chinese gaming market by 68%!

China game market:$2.1billion in 2010 gamedaily 9/29/2006

March 19 th , 2007 US grew by 2% (69% of population) China and Russia grew by 20% (10% of C population) (17 % of R population) China to overtake US. S. Korea (70% of population)

March 31st, 2008 Brazil overtakes UK and Korea to make top six China is now over 211M 16% of pop Economist, Feb 2 nd .. has more internet users … … but usage patterns are different…

Serious Games Enhance Computer Science Learn Language Augment Training Promote Health/Fitness Develop Core skills Promote awareness: USC’s Darfur is dying, Redistricting Persuasive Games’s Fatworld Peacemaker ImpactGames Mother Gaia City Rain

Enhance Computer Science

Learn Language

Augment Training

Promote Health/Fitness

Develop Core skills

Promote awareness:

USC’s Darfur is dying, Redistricting

Persuasive Games’s Fatworld

Peacemaker ImpactGames

Mother Gaia City Rain

DirectX 3

U.S. Gov (finally) takes notice Emergence of Asia as major locus of technical expertise concerns U.S. policymakers. For instance, China produces 4x as many engineers as the U.S. Merrilea Mayo, National Academy of Science

Emergence of Asia as major locus of technical expertise concerns U.S. policymakers.

For instance, China produces 4x as many engineers as the U.S.

Merrilea Mayo, National Academy of Science

One Game Can Reach as Many People as the Entire U.S. Higher Education System Graduates in a Year Across all Science & Engineering Disciplines, M.M. N.A.S . Woodcock, Bruce Sterling (2005). An Analysis of MMOG Subscription Growth. MMOGCHART.COM 21.0. 17 Feb 2007. http://www.mmogchart.com World of Warcraft Lineage Lineage II 390,000 U.S. B.S. S&E’s/year

1 Game Can Reach as Many People as the Entire U.S. Higher Education System Graduates in a Year Across all Science & Engineering Disciplines, M.M. N.A.S. Woodcock, Bruce Sterling (2005). An Analysis of MMOG Subscription Growth. MMOGCHART.COM 21.0. 17 Feb 2007. http://www.mmogchart.com 60,000 U.S. B.S. Engineers/year Final Fantasy XI Everquest Ultima Online 390,000 U.S. B.S. S&E’s/year

MSR Computer Gaming Projects 04 University Project Rochester Institute of Technology Reality and Programming Together : Focus on assessment Jessica Bayliss Northwestern Univ Game Production and Development for Multiple Hardware Platforms Bruce and Amy Gooch University of Sao Paolo Lab for Computer Games Technology Flavio Soares Correa da Silva Prepare and assess material for courses on computer games, which emphasize the application of academic material taught in “traditional” disciplines such as data structures, computer graphics and AI.; thereby motivating students. The College of New Jersey Advanced Interdisciplinary Game Design and Architecture Courses Ursula Wolz, Anita Allyn, Terry Byrne, Jikai Li, Miroslav Martinovic,Robert McMahan, Kim Pearson, Philip Sanders

MSR Computer Gaming Projects 06 University Project Rochester Institute of Technology MUPPETS & RAPT : focus on assessment Andrew Phelps & Jessica Bayliss Univ of Santa Cruz MUPPETS on the beach. Jim Whitehead Daniel Webster College XNA GS for Gaming Thomas Goulding Univ of Washington, Bothell XNA GS Kelvin Sung Aspects of Game Programming in an intro CS Class) Univ of Victoria Build a recumbent bicycle interface to Flight Sim X Everquest 2 for ESL and French Bruce & Amy Gooch & Yolanda Rankin Univ of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts. Build a surface and head mounted displays for Flight Sim X Marc Bolas Univ of Washington Game to cure Aids FOLDIT– combine human game play and computer interpretation to do Protein Folding. Zoran Popovich

Gaming infrastructure from Academics. University Project University of North Texas SAGE Ian Parberry Univ of Michigan DXNA framework John Laird and Jon Voight. Columbia GoblinXNA Steve Feiner et all An engine for Augmented Reality Game Play. Rochester Institute of Technology M.U.P.P.E.T.S . Andy Phelps, Chris Eggert, Kevin Bierre A Multi-user Pervasive Programming Enhancing Traditional Study Carnegie Mellon ( ETC) Alice and Panda3D Randy Pausch, Jessie Schell & Josh Yelon Tools for creating 3D content

Alice and Panda3D: Tools for Creating 3D Content Randy Pausch Caitlen Kelleher, Jessie Schell & Josh Yelon (CMU ETC) At Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center ( etc.cmu.edu ), there are two tools for broad distribution: Alice ( www.alice.org ) is intended for introductory computer programming courses, providing a revolutionary video-game authoring approach. V2 will include EA SIMS assets. Panda3D ( www.panda3d.org ) is a high-end, commercial-grade game engine originally developed by Walt Disney Imagineering and now under joint development with Carnegie Mellon. It is suitable for use in higher-level CS courses.

Randy Pausch

Caitlen Kelleher, Jessie Schell & Josh Yelon (CMU ETC)

Alice helps at-risk CS majors CS1 Grade Take CS2? No Alice Class Prior to CS1 C 47% Alice Class Prior to CS1 B 88%

Randy Pausch October 23, 1960 July 25, 2008 www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch

Univ. of California, Santa Cruz Enhancing CS1 and a CS Gateway Course with Computer Game Projects using MUPPETS Virtual pet project in CS1 Create engaging pet behavior Appealing to men and women Increase interest in cs Game programming in CS gateway CS 80K: intro to game design Over 170 students, broad set of majors, many freshman Add programming project to get students interested in CS Take 80K, then go into new BS Computer Science: Computer Game Design degree program Associate Professor Jim Whitehead Professor Charlie McDowell For computer science overall at UCSC, 127 students indicated they will be coming to UCSC in the fall (32 BS:CS + 95 BS:GD). Over the past few years computer science has had about 50 incoming students per year. The new computer game design major has more than doubled the number of CS interested students at UCSC!

Enhancing CS1 and a CS Gateway Course with Computer Game Projects using MUPPETS

Virtual pet project in CS1

Create engaging pet behavior

Appealing to men and women

Increase interest in cs

Game programming in CS gateway

CS 80K: intro to game design

Over 170 students, broad set of majors, many freshman

Add programming project to get students interested in CS

Take 80K, then go into new BS Computer Science: Computer Game Design degree program

RAPT: Jessica Bayliss, PhD Game oriented curriculum and labs (C# and Direct Much better comprehension! … 40% greater A quality students. Published in Feb 2007 Journal of Game Development Results presented at SIGCSE 07 MUPPETS -- Andrew Phelps, PhD Online, pervasive virtual world allows for interpreted programming (C# or Java). Published in May 2007 Journal of Game Development And presented at SIGCSE 06

RAPT: Jessica Bayliss, PhD

Game oriented curriculum and labs (C# and Direct

Much better comprehension!

… 40% greater A quality students.

Published in Feb 2007 Journal of Game Development

Results presented at SIGCSE 07

MUPPETS -- Andrew Phelps, PhD

Online, pervasive virtual world allows for interpreted programming (C# or Java).

Published in May 2007 Journal of Game Development

And presented at SIGCSE 06

XNA GS Academic Adoption United States USC Gamepipe RIT SMU Guildhall Georgia Tech University of Washington Clemson Duke Digipen Institute of Technology IUPUI NC State UNC Chappel Hill UNC Charlotte CSU Fullerton CSU Longbeach CSU Northridge CP San Luis Obispo San Diego State University Spelman College University of South Carolina Elon University North Carolina State University Piedmont Central College ETSU Vanderbilt University Texas A&M University of North Texas Stony Brook University College of New Jersey SUNY Potsdam Cornell University Hampton Univrsity GWU GMU UMD UMBC DePaul University Japan Tokyo University Tokyo Polytechnic University Osaka Electric College Ritsumeikan University Kansei Gakuin Trident Computer Gakuin HAL Human Academy Tohoku Geijyutu Kouka University Canada University of Western Ontario University of Waterloo Algoma College University BCIT Lethbridge McMaster University Carleton University Mexico Universidad Iberoamericana ANIEI UNAM ITAM ITESM Gdl ITESM León ITESM Laguna ITESM MTY Germany Technical University Berlin University of Karlsrughe Brazil University of Sao Paulo (USP) Federal Fluminense Unversity (UFF) University Estacio de Sá Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) PUC-Rio Spain University Rovira y Virgili University Rey Juan Carlos Netherlands University Utrecht TU delft Applied science university Utrecht Applied science university (Holland) HVA applied science Singapore National University of Singapore Temasek Polytechnic Nanyang Polytechnic Belgium HoWest PIH GroepT United States (cont) MIT Oregon State University Utah State University Willamette University University of Idaho Wayne State University UMass Lowell WPI Northeastern New Hampshire Technical Institute Daniel Webster College Allan High School ** Lake Highland Preparatory School ** United Kingdom University of Derby Bradford University Hull University Queen’s University, Belfast University of Nottingham University of Hertfordshire University Campus Suffolk Greenwich University Imperial College, London De Montfort University Glasgow Caledonian University London Metropolitan University Stow College University of the Creative arts Kingston University University of Central Lancashire Portsmouth University Essex University University of the West of England Lincoln University University of Aberystwyth

United States

USC Gamepipe

RIT

SMU Guildhall

Georgia Tech

University of Washington

Clemson

Duke

Digipen Institute of Technology

IUPUI

NC State

UNC Chappel Hill

UNC Charlotte

CSU Fullerton

CSU Longbeach

CSU Northridge

CP San Luis Obispo

San Diego State University

Spelman College

University of South Carolina

Elon University

North Carolina State University

Piedmont Central College

ETSU

Vanderbilt University

Texas A&M

University of North Texas

Stony Brook University

College of New Jersey

SUNY Potsdam

Cornell University

Hampton Univrsity

GWU

GMU

UMD

UMBC

DePaul University

Japan

Tokyo University

Tokyo Polytechnic University

Osaka Electric College

Ritsumeikan University

Kansei Gakuin

Trident

Computer Gakuin HAL

Human Academy

Tohoku Geijyutu Kouka University

Canada

University of Western Ontario

University of Waterloo

Algoma College University

BCIT

Lethbridge

McMaster University

Carleton University

Mexico

Universidad Iberoamericana

ANIEI

UNAM

ITAM

ITESM Gdl

ITESM León

ITESM Laguna

ITESM MTY

Germany

Technical University Berlin

University of Karlsrughe

Brazil

University of Sao Paulo (USP)

Federal Fluminense Unversity (UFF)

University Estacio de Sá

Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)

PUC-Rio

Spain

University Rovira y Virgili

University Rey Juan Carlos

Netherlands

University Utrecht

TU delft

Applied science university Utrecht

Applied science university (Holland)

HVA applied science

Singapore

National University of Singapore

Temasek Polytechnic

Nanyang Polytechnic

Belgium

HoWest

PIH

GroepT

United States (cont)

MIT

Oregon State University

Utah State University

Willamette University

University of Idaho

Wayne State University

UMass Lowell

WPI

Northeastern

New Hampshire Technical Institute

Daniel Webster College

Allan High School **

Lake Highland Preparatory School **

United Kingdom

University of Derby

Bradford University

Hull University

Queen’s University, Belfast

University of Nottingham

University of Hertfordshire

University Campus Suffolk

Greenwich University

Imperial College, London

De Montfort University

Glasgow Caledonian University

London Metropolitan University

Stow College

University of the Creative arts

Kingston University

University of Central Lancashire

Portsmouth University

Essex University

University of the West of England

Lincoln University

University of Aberystwyth

XNA GS Academic Adoption Brazil University of Sao Paulo (USP) Federal Fluminense Unversity (UFF) University Estacio de Sá Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) PUC-Rio

Brazil

University of Sao Paulo (USP)

Federal Fluminense Unversity (UFF)

University Estacio de Sá

Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)

PUC-Rio

Games to learn Language: Sony Online’s Everquest 2 for French and ESL Alelo’s Tactical Iraqi Stanford’s Language Proof and Logic (LPL) Sonica Spanish

Sony Online’s Everquest 2 for French and ESL

Alelo’s Tactical Iraqi

Stanford’s Language Proof and Logic (LPL)

Sonica Spanish

Future of Language Learning Dr. Bruce Gooch, University of Victoria Yolanda Rankin Northwestern Univ. Published at SIGGRAPH ’06 "

Stanford’s Language, Proof and Logic with Tarski’s world

www.G4LI.org 1. Discover what works, codify and publish 2. Isolate, prototype, test and refine 3. Incorporate into games, test and refine.

Boku Boku is a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games. It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone. The programming environment runs on XNA GS, allowing rapid design iteration using only a game controller for input.

Boku is a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games. It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone. The programming environment runs on XNA GS, allowing rapid design iteration using only a game controller for input.

Games for Training: HAZMAT Hotzone Full Spectrum Warrior America’s Army Close Combat Navy Submariner Cold Stone Flight Sim ESP

HAZMAT Hotzone

Full Spectrum Warrior

America’s Army

Close Combat

Navy Submariner

Cold Stone

Flight Sim ESP

Games for Fitness: Dance Dance Revolution Sony Eye-Toy Nintendo Wii Future of Exercise

Dance Dance Revolution

Sony Eye-Toy

Nintendo Wii

Future of Exercise

Dance Dance Revolution .

Bruce Gooch University of Victoria Future of Exercise Using Flight Sim ESP and recumbent bicycles to make exercise and programming more compelling. Flight Sim is less sedentary and more fun. Programming is less abstract and more fun.

Games for Health Second Life Game to cure disease Snowworld – pain and fear therapy/mitigation

Second Life

Game to cure disease

Snowworld – pain and fear therapy/mitigation

Games for Scientific Discovery Zoran Popović, University of Washington Very large user-assisted optimization disguised as a competitive game Deployed to millions of casual-game players BioCraft: Protein folding phrased as a 3D-puzzle Could lead to discoveries with deep implications to fighting viral diseases and cancer

Very large user-assisted optimization disguised as a competitive game

Deployed to millions of casual-game players

BioCraft: Protein folding phrased as a 3D-puzzle

Could lead to discoveries with deep implications to fighting viral diseases and cancer

Hunter Hoffman, U Washington Snow World Allowing therapy for burn victims

Imagine Cup 08 winners! Brazil Mother Gaia City Rain 2. Belgium Drunken Puppy Future Flow 3. Korea Gomz

Brazil

Mother Gaia

City Rain

2. Belgium

Drunken Puppy

Future Flow

3. Korea

Gomz

Eduardo Morgado mentor Guilherme Campos game design Helena van Kampen game art Rafael Fantini game developer Tulio Sória game developer

Economic + Social + Environment = Sustainable City

Make Earth’s Cities Last. Kenny Deriemaeker Filip Van Bouwel Timothy Vanherberghen Jeroen Van Raevels University College of West-Flanders, Belgium

Next steps Participate in the Community! Serious Games Listserve Annual Academic Days Gaming in CS Develop or mod a serious game, assess and publish the results.

Participate in the Community!

Serious Games Listserve

Annual Academic Days Gaming in CS

Develop or mod a serious game, assess and publish the results.

Next steps Foundations of Digital Games Conference Call for Papers –Dec 19 th 08 April 26 th to April 30 th , 2009 Disney Wonder

Foundations of Digital Games Conference

Call for Papers –Dec 19 th 08

April 26 th to April 30 th , 2009

Disney Wonder

Categorias Desenvolvimento de Softwares Sistemas Embarcados Desenvolvimento de Jogos Robotica Desafio IT MashUp Fotografia Filme de Curta Metragem Design

Desenvolvimento de Softwares

Sistemas Embarcados

Desenvolvimento de Jogos

Robotica

Desafio IT

MashUp

Fotografia

Filme de Curta Metragem

Design

Summary Games are entering a new age Social tool- health, learning, community Immersive experience - addictive Cultural phenomenon Online opportunity – Zune Marketplace, Iphone Apps Network: Game Cruise, GDC, IGDA, game contests

Games are entering a new age

Social tool- health, learning, community

Immersive experience - addictive

Cultural phenomenon

Online opportunity – Zune Marketplace, Iphone Apps

Network: Game Cruise, GDC, IGDA, game contests

Thank you! [email_address] http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/gamesinstitute.aspx SR Program Manager Microsoft Research

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