Coltness HS – Computer Games Development
BGE & NPA
How blockbuster games are written is a look at how narrative design is used create the plot of AAA games.
A great story can carry a poor game and a bad story can destroy a good game. Take for example Portal which is a fairly standard puzzle game but the story lifts it to a whole new level.
There are plenty of great games out there with great stories, often you find them in the last place you look. However, you could start here.
Look at the game above. Create a new word document with the following headings.
Consider the following under each heading
Continue reading “Five-A-Day (day 3) Testing, Evaluation & Improvements”
Day 3 – Added a scoring and lives system using variables.
Day 2 – Added sprites and costumes for the food.
Day 1 – Create the game interface by adding player sprite and control mechanisim.
Welcome back, in fourth year this year we will be undertaking the National Progression Award in Computer Games Development. This qualification is delivered in three units;
I have started updating this site with the new content.
This post has been lifted from the cube wikispaces, thanks for sharing.
Tutorials by Dr. Penny de Byl, Senior Lecturer (Computer Games and Graphics Programming), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia.
Cube 2: Sauerbraten is a free multiplayer & singleplayer first person shooter, the successor of the Cube FPS.
Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is fun, old school deathmatch gameplay and also to allow map/geometry editing to be done cooperatively in-game.
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Super TuxKart has release a new version and I have now upgraded the ICT 3 suite with this.
I found this great little game, which shows how computer games have developed over the years and how changes in technology as well as styles of gaming have evolved .
Have a play through and make sure and read the messages that appear, I wish these went slower but that is just the teacher in me.
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