Coltness HS – Computer Games Development – Page 6

OpenTTD

Next weeks review game is a biggie, there is no way you can get the full play experience in 55 minutes.

You can download it from the main site for the game, tutorials and other information can also be found there.

The game is based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe which was a resource management game from the 1990s.

OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon the popular Microprose game “Transport Tycoon Deluxe”, written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.

OpenTTD is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.0. For more information, see the file included with every release and source download of the game.

Hardware Specifications

The class was split into pairs and set to finding the hardware specifications of some of the main computer game platforms.

Microsoft Xbox 360

Sony PlayStation 3

Nintendo Wii

Apple iPod/iPad/iPhone

Nintendo DS/DSi/3DS

Sandbox genre

OK! So today’s discussion was on the classification of a game as a sandbox.

Wikipedia has this to say

An open world is a type of video game level design where a player can roam freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how to approach objectives.Video games that include such level design often are referred to as “free roam” games.

The term is sometimes used interchangeably with “sandbox” and “free-roaming”;however, the terms open world and free-roaming describe the game environment itself and allude more to the absence of artificial barriers,^[4] in contrast to the invisible walls and loading screens that are common in linear level designs. The term sandbox refers more to the mechanics of a game and how, as in a physical sandbox, the user is entertained by his ability to play creatively and with there being “no right way”of playing the game.

So is GTA sand box or open world?

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