A brief overview of gaming terms and concepts for the non-gamers in CSC 103 course.

1. S
Overview of Gaming
For Everyone
CSC 103 Intro to Computing

2. Topics:
 Consoles
 Terms
 History

3. First, why should I be
familiar with games?
 Kids Play Games
 Students Play Games
 Game Development Majors
 Aspects of Gaming overlaps with
Computer/Web Technology:
Programming, Graphics, 3D Modeling,
Animation, Interface Design

4. My Gaming History

5. Consoles
 Multimedia Consoles
 Handheld Devices
 Playstation 4
 Microsoft Xbox One
 Nintendo Wii U
 Nintendo 3DS XL
 Nintendo 2DS
 Microsoft Xbox 360
 Playstation 3

6. Some Basic
Game Terms:
 Exclusive Games
 Cross-Platform Games
 8-bit, 16-bit Graphics (Processors)
 8-bit color (256 colors) 28
 16-bit Color (65,000 colors) 2562
 Computer screens use 24-bit color
(16.7 million colors) 2563

7. Some Basic
Game Playing Terms:
 Online Multiplayer
 Local Multiplayer – Split Screen
 FPS – First person Shooter
 MMO – Massively Multiplayer Online
 MMMORPG – Massively Multiplayer Online
Role-Playing Game (World of Warcraft)

8. Game Development:
Programming Languages
 C++
 C, C#
 Java
 Python
 JavaScript, Objective C

9. Game Development:
3D Modeling & Animation
 Maya & StudioMax – UV Texture Mapping
Hard Surface Modeling
 Zbrush – Sculpting
 Maya & SoftImage – Character Animation
 Mudbox, Modo
 Blender (Free-open source)
 Unity Game Engine

10. Gaming History
 Atari - Mid 1970 Arcade Games
 Atari VCS – Late 1970’s Home Consoles (Pong)
 Computer Games on PCs 1980’s
 Consoles 1990’s Nintendo, Sega
 Networked Games 1990’s – played on LANs
 Modern Games – 2000’s+