This document provides an overview of gaming, including consoles, terms, and history. It discusses why familiarity with games is important, such as for kids, students, and game development majors. It then covers various consoles, basic game terms like exclusive/cross-platform games and graphics capabilities. Gameplay terms like online/local multiplayer and genres like FPS and MMOs are defined. The document concludes by discussing game development aspects like programming languages, 3D modeling/animation software, and a brief history of gaming from the 1970s to modern games.

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+