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Democratizing Game Development (2007)
The document discusses the concept of democratizing game development to make it accessible to a broader audience while promoting social equality. It emphasizes the importance of technology and tools in simplifying the creation and distribution of games, likening games to a new form of media that can convey messages and experiences. The text highlights the evolution of game technology and distribution methods, proposing that as these become easier, more people can create and share games.
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- 1. Democratizing Game Development Mark DeLoura
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- 3. Democratizing Game Development Whatdoes THAT mean?
- 4. Democratizing Game Development Whatdoes THAT mean?
- 5. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic
- 6. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: of, relating to, or favoring government by the people, rule of the majority
- 7. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: of, relating to, or favoring government by the people, rule of the majority
- 8. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: of, relating to, or favoring government by the people, rule of the majority
- 9. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: of or relating to the Democratic party in the United States
- 10. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: of or relating to the Democratic party in the United States
- 11. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: of or relating to the Democratic party in the United States
- 12. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: relating to, appealing to, or available to broad masses of people
- 13. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: relating to, appealing to, or available to broad masses of people
- 14. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: relating to, appealing to, or available to broad masses of people Democratic: favoring social equality, not snobbish
- 15. Democratizing Game Development Democratize:to make democratic Democratic: relating to, appealing to, or available to broad masses of people Democratic: favoring social equality, not snobbish
- 16. Making game development “availableto broad masses of people” while “favoring social equality” Democratize: to make democratic Democratic: relating to, appealing to, or available to broad masses of people Democratic: favoring social equality, not snobbish
- 17. Making game development available to broad masses of people while favoring social equality Mark DeLoura
- 18. Making game development available to broad masses of people while favoring social equality Mark DeLoura
- 19. • Making gamedevelopment available!
- 20. • Making gamedevelopment available! • What about distribution?
- 21. • Making gamedevelopment available! • What about distribution? • We want development AND distribution
- 22. Making game developmentAND DISTRIBUTION “available to broad masses of people” while “favoring social equality”
- 23. Making game developmentAND DISTRIBUTION “available to broad masses of people” while “favoring social equality”
- 24. Giving Everyone the Abilityto Make and Share Games Mark DeLoura
- 25. Giving Everyone the Abilityto Make and Share Games Mark DeLoura
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- 34. Other roles • GameDevelopers Conference • Independent Games Festival • Siggraph Sandbox • Journal of Game Development
- 35. • Sharing information •Making game development easier • Keeping people from recreating the same work
- 36. • Why dowe keep recreating everything? • What if we could make game development easier?
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- 38. What if itwere easy?
- 39. What if itwere easy?
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- 45. For that matter,why?? • Should it BE easy?
- 46. Why games? • Whyis this important?
- 47. The Newest Communication Medium • They have infused into all parts of our culture, and our world
- 48. The Newest Communication Medium • For many people, games have always been a part of their lives – These people are used to seeing games around, they are part of their vocabulary
- 49. The Newest Communication Medium • Games aren’t solely for kids
- 50. The Newest Communication Medium • Games aren’t just for entertainment
- 51. Games = Entertainment+ ... • Games can make learning more fun
- 52. Games = Entertainment+ ... • When something is made fun through a game, it can also be used to educate, inform, tell stories
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- 55. Games = Entertainment+ ... • But really, games are neither “good” nor “bad” – they simply are a medium for a message • And the message... can be whatever you want!
- 56. Games CAN ConveyMessages • Games tell a story through an experience – Player gets engaged, immersed – And player then controls the outcome, so can learn from mistakes and successes
- 57. Games Can ConveyMessages • Games are the best way to EXPERIENCE someone else’s world or viewpoint
- 58. Games Can ConveyMessages • And most importantly – Games are fun! So the player wants to keep playing!
- 59. Games Can ConveyMessages • And most importantly – Games are fun! So the player wants to keep playing!
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- 65. Messages • Modern gamesincreasingly carry messages • Whereas older games did not • Evolution of game as media
- 66. Why everyone? • Gettingmany perspectives can be very valuable • You can EXPERIENCE another person’s viewpoint
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- 71. The Participatory Culture •The new phenomenon on the Internet – Web 2.0 – Everyone is sampling their world and sharing their viewpoint • Blogs, flickr, youtube, facebook, etc
- 72. Blogging – Thoughtsharing
- 73. Flickr – Picturesharing
- 74. Youtube – Videosharing
- 75. Facebook – Friendsharing
- 76. Game sharing? • Whyshouldn’t we all make and share games, too?
- 77. “Web 2.0 forGames” • Like Rock’n’Roll was in the 1960’s, videogames are this generation’s media
- 78. Web 2.0 –it’s hot! • Old media are evolving • New media are expanding • Fewer mainstream media outlets, more new media – New media gaining more attention
- 79. More Voices • Ifwe can enable many voices, we can experience many perspectives • When it is easy to create the media, everyone can share their perspective
- 80. Game Development forEveryone • It sounds like a good idea! But what do we get out of it?
- 81. Old Media Today •TV today: mainstream – CNN – Fox News – NHK • Publicly supported channels – PBS • And then... – 500 other channels!
- 82. Games Today • Gamestoday: mainstream publisher titles – Big budget, big reach • And... And... • Well, we have a small hobbyist community – Flash games
- 83. Media Comparison • Someof the nice things we get on U.S. TV – Comedy Central, with Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert – LinkTV – Current • What about in games?
- 84. Social Commentary • Popularin many art forms • Old graffiti: AD 79 • Books: “Animal Farm”, AD 1945 • Music: Rock music, AD 1960’s • Comics: “Maus”, AD 1973 • Movies: Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” • Games
- 85. Social Commentary • Whyuse games? – Games are the new media for our generation – The most immersive and educational form – You can gain understanding of other people’s worlds by EXPERIENCING them – Of course, they can be used for “good” and “bad”... • So they are the best media format to use! – But games are hard to make…
- 86. How Do WeDo It? • How do we enable everyone to make games? How do we actually do it? – Make games as easy to create as possible – Game development must be made less expensive
- 88. Giving Everyone theAbility to Make and Share Games • Making the creating and sharing of games simpler, and less expensive!
- 89. How? • How canwe make games simple to create and share? – Technology • Tools and Game Engines – Distribution • Platforms
- 90. Important Technology • Whatis important in technology to make games easy to create and share? – Simple to use tools, game engines, and development environments – Inexpensive – free is good • What do other media forms use?
- 91. Movie Technology • Professional – Avid Media Composer, Media 100 HD Suite
- 92. Movie Technology • Mid-range – Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro
- 93. Movie Technology • Hobbyist – Windows Movie Maker, iMovie
- 94. Music Technology • Professional – Music: Avid ProTools|HD, Cakewalk Sonar
- 95. Music Technology • Mid-range – Music: Cakewalk Music Creator, Encore
- 96. Music Technology • Hobbyist – Music: GarageBand, Band in a Box
- 97. Game Technology • Weuse a LOT of tools – Programming tools • Game engines and libraries • Development environments – Art tools • 2D art • 3D modeling – Video tools – Audio tools
- 98. Game Engines • Professional – Unreal Engine 3, Id Tech 5, CryEngine 2
- 99. Game Engines • Hobbyist – Garage Games’ Torque, PopCap Games Framework, OGRE 3D, and a lot of freeware libraries
- 100. Development Environments • Professional – MS Visual Studio (C/C++/C#) • Hobbyist – MS Visual Studio Express (C/C++/C#) – Flash – Silverlight
- 101. Hobbyist Environments • MultimediaFusion 2 – Pretty interesting, designed mostly for 2D – Interface still a little complex
- 102. Hobbyist Environments • Scratch – MIT research
- 103. 3D Art Tools •Professional – 3DS Max, Maya, Softimage, Lightwave
- 104. 3D Art Tools •Hobbyist – Blender, Wings3D
- 105. Hobbyist 3D ArtTools • Google Sketchup
- 106. Hobbyist 3D ArtTools • Google Sketchup
- 107. 2D Art Tools •Professional – Photoshop, ZBrush, Deep Paint
- 108. 2D Art Tools •Hobbyist – GIMP, Paint Shop Pro
- 109. Free Art • Assetlibraries – Google 3D Warehouse
- 110. Free Tools • Environments – MS Visual Studio Express • Video Editing – VirtualDub • Audio Editing – Audacity
- 111. Game Technology • Whatwe need: – Easy to use game engines and environments – Free and simple tools • Draw art and go • Sample or create audio and go – More art asset libraries • Upload and download capability • What we have: – Hmmm…
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- 113. Movie Distribution • Oldstyle – Videotapes, DVDs • New style – AVI, Flash, streaming • Professional channels and hobbyist channels – All formats can be created and shared by everyone!
- 114. Music Distribution • Oldstyle – Records, CDs, tapes • New style – MP3, iTunes, streaming • Professional channels and hobbyist channels – All formats can be created and shared by everyone!
- 115. Game Distribution • PC/ Mac Games – Create whatever you want! – Distribution • Via Media or Internet, easy – Installation • Hard for grandma! • People should just be able to click and play
- 116. Game Distribution • ConsoleGames – Xbox360: XNA Creators Club. – PS3: No access. Little Big Planet? Home? – Wii: No access. WiiWare? – Distribution • Hard! Expensive! • XNA Creators Club only good for people in the club. – Installation • Easy via disc, harder via download • Ideally we want a clickable site to download from (youtube)
- 117. Game Distribution • HandheldGames – Sony PSP: Nothing – Nintendo DS: Nothing • Mobile Games – Varies significantly by region – Variable handset capabilities – Java applications – Distribution, Installation: Hard
- 118. Game Distribution • PC/ Mac is the easiest format right now – Distribution easy – Installation hard • Web-based Flash games make it easier • Consoles – Still hard, but some progress (X360) • Others –
- 119. Web Flash Games •Sites – www.jayisgames.com – MSN Games, Oberon Games, Real Arcade, etc • User-created games – www.kongregate.com • Engines, tools? • Nothing complete… lots of little sites.
- 120. How do youmake a game? • One final area we haven’t touched on is education
- 121. Game Design Education •496 schools worldwide • http://www.gamecareerguide.com/schools • Lots of books are available (unlike ten years ago)
- 122. Game Design Education •Borrow ideas from others!
- 123. In Conclusion • Gamescan communicate messages as experiences – They are excellent for education and information sharing, in a fun way – Games are difficult to make, distribute, and install – Current game development tools and technology are too complex for hobbyists – Web Flash games are the best option at the moment • It is slowly improving; please try to make your own games to share!
- 124. Thanks! • Resources inthe translated handout • Contact information – Email: mdeloura@satori.org – Blog: http://www.satori.org – LinkedIn, Facebook • Thanks to camstudio, audacity, virtualdub, media-convert.com, K- Lite Codec Pack