Story is the actual life of movie / game / animation etc... With out story there is no game/movie. The story may be small or big but with out it, they are nothing. The story / concept drives the life of a game / movie. So, their is always a prominent role for a story board writer in game / movie production.
Writing just a plain story is not a big deal for any one. But writing a story in such a way to bring interactions in the middle of story without breaking the user / audience interest and creating / placing the puzzles accordingly is the main challenge. So, for a story board writer in games industry should have additional knowledge and creativity to write such a story which makes the user to stick to his play with out rising out of his seat.
As every one is aware of the fact that story telling is not a simple job for every one to handle. It's again a unique art and very few people has such talent. Story writing involves many ingredients such as concept, screenplay, point of direction(first person / third person narration), twists, time line, key characters etc.... Stories can be of wide varieties such as drama, suspense, thriller, horror, science friction, devotional, action etc... So, one must create a story of his choice type but with proper level of puzzle ingredients.
There are a number of games that got huge market just because of proper story board. Games such as Prince of Persia, God of War, Max Payne, Just Cause, Need for Speed, Assassin's Creed, Tomb Raider etc... were some of all time big hits. Even in the area of casual game development games like Mario, Donkey kong, Contra, Tekken, DigDug, Pacman etc...were some of the all time biggest hits that collected huge money and still collecting. The story may be small or big but it is all the point that how interactive way the puzzles were involved in the story.
A good game play story writer has a great demand in today's world. A huge number of job opportunities are creating every day. So if you are interested in this kind of job then focus on how to develop story writing skills for games. It's always better to refer lot of games available today in the market which will help in creating new methods / puzzles in the story that you write.
For any other queries related to this topic please mail me to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Logical and Creative Ideas
Hi there,
Lets get today into the discussion of most important things to create a game content. As we all are aware of the fact that game is nothing but a puzzle created with many integrated logics and presented with creativity. So, from this fact we can know how important are these 2 things, that is "logics" and "Creativity". In order to make games one should know how to bring out game logics with creative ideas.
Many of us are very good puzzle solvers but only few will be good puzzle creaters. This variation you can easily find out. This is because the good puzzle creators are the best puzzle solvers. It is very obvious from this that in order to increase our skill level in puzzle creation, we should make our brain fed by ideas by solving more and more puzzles every day. And how does this happen? Only just by playing a lot of games. I have seen many sites display that they a category of games called "puzzle games". But it's really pity for such statements. Because any game that is made or build uses a puzzle or we can say game is a puzzle. so their is no such thing that they are puzzle games and non puzzle games. Some games may have lot of puzzles to solve and some may have less. It all matters with how beautifull and interesting the puzzles are made.
The game may be a simple casual game to highend graphics based 3d game but it is common that a set of logics are required to create to make game. If the game logic is good it goes'nt matter whether the game is a casual game or hifi 3d game. So a game developer must have good level of observation along with creation.
Why Observation? Observing other game ideas will help in creating new type of puzzles every time. It is very tough for some one to create from scratch an out and out topic and very new idea which does'nt exist before. Despite creating new is nothing but taking parts of existing ideas and changing their proposions of logics and mixing them in a way to produce a wide different idea from others. In order to make such unique different ideas one should observe lot of other ideas.
for example:
you are planning to cook a new dish and present to customers so that to make a good business out. If you have less ingredients then the possiblity of making a very wide creation will be less. But if you have a lot of ingredients then you will be sure to create a very unique dish. So,in the same way game developers also needs to observe and learn more logics to produce good games.
Info:
Please check the free game sites post so that you can make use of this to learn more.
for any queries on this mail please mail to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Lets get today into the discussion of most important things to create a game content. As we all are aware of the fact that game is nothing but a puzzle created with many integrated logics and presented with creativity. So, from this fact we can know how important are these 2 things, that is "logics" and "Creativity". In order to make games one should know how to bring out game logics with creative ideas.
Many of us are very good puzzle solvers but only few will be good puzzle creaters. This variation you can easily find out. This is because the good puzzle creators are the best puzzle solvers. It is very obvious from this that in order to increase our skill level in puzzle creation, we should make our brain fed by ideas by solving more and more puzzles every day. And how does this happen? Only just by playing a lot of games. I have seen many sites display that they a category of games called "puzzle games". But it's really pity for such statements. Because any game that is made or build uses a puzzle or we can say game is a puzzle. so their is no such thing that they are puzzle games and non puzzle games. Some games may have lot of puzzles to solve and some may have less. It all matters with how beautifull and interesting the puzzles are made.
The game may be a simple casual game to highend graphics based 3d game but it is common that a set of logics are required to create to make game. If the game logic is good it goes'nt matter whether the game is a casual game or hifi 3d game. So a game developer must have good level of observation along with creation.
Why Observation? Observing other game ideas will help in creating new type of puzzles every time. It is very tough for some one to create from scratch an out and out topic and very new idea which does'nt exist before. Despite creating new is nothing but taking parts of existing ideas and changing their proposions of logics and mixing them in a way to produce a wide different idea from others. In order to make such unique different ideas one should observe lot of other ideas.
for example:
you are planning to cook a new dish and present to customers so that to make a good business out. If you have less ingredients then the possiblity of making a very wide creation will be less. But if you have a lot of ingredients then you will be sure to create a very unique dish. So,in the same way game developers also needs to observe and learn more logics to produce good games.
Info:
Please check the free game sites post so that you can make use of this to learn more.
for any queries on this mail please mail to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Essence of Audio/Music in Gaming
Hi there,
We have been discussing over various topics on gaming over the period. Now I would like to bring the topic of Audio/Music in gaming, which is very essential part. Lets say, you are playing a game with out music / audio for an hour and now start playing a game which has audio then you will feel a beautiful difference which is nothing but audio. Audio / Music gives life for the visual applications like games, movies etc... So, like in movie production, in gaming also their is always an audio department involved.
If you wanna be a good game maker then you should have a good knowledge or taste in music. In general most of gamers are music lovers. You can always check this out. Most popular games like Prince Of Persia, Need for Speed, F.E.A.R, God of War, Sim City, Age Of Empires, etc... all these games have a prominent importance of music in their games.
How does this work in gaming? if you have this question then here is the answer. The game music is a combination of background music, event based music tracks, Voice overs, Audio effects etc.... Working on music is the most lovable and easiest thing than any other part of game. All you have to do is to find the right music for your game and then start working on it.
Their are lot of free tools available for editing, mixing and compositing musics. I recommend to start with open source tools.
We have been discussing over various topics on gaming over the period. Now I would like to bring the topic of Audio/Music in gaming, which is very essential part. Lets say, you are playing a game with out music / audio for an hour and now start playing a game which has audio then you will feel a beautiful difference which is nothing but audio. Audio / Music gives life for the visual applications like games, movies etc... So, like in movie production, in gaming also their is always an audio department involved.
If you wanna be a good game maker then you should have a good knowledge or taste in music. In general most of gamers are music lovers. You can always check this out. Most popular games like Prince Of Persia, Need for Speed, F.E.A.R, God of War, Sim City, Age Of Empires, etc... all these games have a prominent importance of music in their games.
How does this work in gaming? if you have this question then here is the answer. The game music is a combination of background music, event based music tracks, Voice overs, Audio effects etc.... Working on music is the most lovable and easiest thing than any other part of game. All you have to do is to find the right music for your game and then start working on it.
Their are lot of free tools available for editing, mixing and compositing musics. I recommend to start with open source tools.
- For Music composing use free tools like "Easy Music Composer","Virtual Music Composer"
- For Music recording and editing use free tools like "Audacity"
Its quite easy to learn and use this tools and more over freeware so no license issues too.
Your game may be racing, strategy, puzzle, action adventure, horror, scientific etc... music identification is based on screen play and over all concept. Adding music is not just an ingredient, but it is the voice of your game.
Regarding job opportunity in game music their are openings like
Regarding job opportunity in game music their are openings like
- Music Technician
- Music Composer
- Musician
- Music Director
For any queries please mail to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Monday, June 14, 2010
Essence Of Physics in Gaming
Hi there,
Lets speak about the use of physics in gaming today. Most of the games that are developed today are having the promenent part of physics involued inorder to have good gameplay feel. Physics brings the realism to the virtual game world (computer graphics world). The games which are made out of no physics were always bounded to specific borders so that to avoid complexity in game play. But now a days all games meet the basic physics rules so that player is given the joy of real game play.
In either the case like 2D games or 3D games physcis have its importance. The very essential part comes at collisions between the object's that are created inside the game. Simple box physics to complex physics calculations are used to bring the realism in games.
So one should have basic knowledge in physics so that he/she can start working on required physics in games. Basic physics concepts such as mass, gravity, force, damping, elasticity, torque etc... calculations should be learned throughly.
In the later stages during the project development as per required one can learn the deeper physics concepts to bring out the quality output.
Areas Of Use:
As a starter one should start with ODE so that it will be convenient in learning complex physics calculations at later stage.
for more info please do visit the following link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_physics
note:
Almost all Game engines provide either ODE physics or Ageia Physx.
For any queries please post to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Lets speak about the use of physics in gaming today. Most of the games that are developed today are having the promenent part of physics involued inorder to have good gameplay feel. Physics brings the realism to the virtual game world (computer graphics world). The games which are made out of no physics were always bounded to specific borders so that to avoid complexity in game play. But now a days all games meet the basic physics rules so that player is given the joy of real game play.
In either the case like 2D games or 3D games physcis have its importance. The very essential part comes at collisions between the object's that are created inside the game. Simple box physics to complex physics calculations are used to bring the realism in games.
So one should have basic knowledge in physics so that he/she can start working on required physics in games. Basic physics concepts such as mass, gravity, force, damping, elasticity, torque etc... calculations should be learned throughly.
In the later stages during the project development as per required one can learn the deeper physics concepts to bring out the quality output.
Areas Of Use:
- Realistic Simulation development
- Realistic 3d Games
- Realistic 2d Games
- Realistic Virtual Walks
As a starter one should start with ODE so that it will be convenient in learning complex physics calculations at later stage.
for more info please do visit the following link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_physics
note:
Almost all Game engines provide either ODE physics or Ageia Physx.
For any queries please post to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Gaming Colleges/Institutes in India
India has been focusing on emerging technologies like Video Games, Simulations, online apps etc... now. There is lot of demand in the market for some one who persue a degree or relevent knowledge in game production / programming / art. Since it is a very new technology for us their are only a very few colleges or institutes that give a good level of knowledge for the candidates. Some of the institutes which maintain good infrastructure are:
It's not recommended complsory to do a gaming course but taking up so in a good college helps in understanding the basics before going into production.
for any queries mail to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
- Image College of Arts and Animation Technology ( ICAT ) - http://www.icat.ac.in/
- Zee Institute of Creative Arts ( ZICA ) - http://www.zica.org/
- International Institute of gaming and animation ( IIGA ) - http://www.iiga.in/
- Asian Institute of Gaming and Animation ( AIGA ) - http://www.aiga.in/
- Picasso Animation and Gaming College - http://www.picasso.co.in/
- Global Institute of Gaming and Animation - http://www.giga.ac.in/
- Aakriti Institute of Animation and Gaming - http://www.aakritiinstitute.com/
- Global School of Gaming and Animation - http://www.animation.globalschool.co.in/
It's not recommended complsory to do a gaming course but taking up so in a good college helps in understanding the basics before going into production.
for any queries mail to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Essence of Maths in Gaming ( chapter 2 ) for beginners
It's quite clear to most of all that gaming is just a logic written and driven by means of simple math calculations. Games is all about calculations, to meet points, to achieve a target, to meet constraints etc.... Every component of gaming has maths involued in greater portions. So, one should be good at math basics before starting game programming.
Dimensions, positions, values, logics etc... are all actual entities that keep calculating through out game while visuals give you moke or representation of that. Knowledge on the following is very crucial to begin in game programming.
So we strongly recommend people to have good grip on this topics before stepping into game programming.
for queries please mail to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Dimensions, positions, values, logics etc... are all actual entities that keep calculating through out game while visuals give you moke or representation of that. Knowledge on the following is very crucial to begin in game programming.
- Geometry
- Vectors
- Matrices
- Algebric Equations
- Calculus ( not complesory )
- Permutations and combinations ( not complesory )
So we strongly recommend people to have good grip on this topics before stepping into game programming.
for queries please mail to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
regards,
Editor
Friday, April 23, 2010
Basic Knowledge ( Chapter - 1) For Beginners
One should aware of basic things that we use in every day life so that you will be clear when implementing games/simulations/virtual walks etc... Let me tell you in the following manner.
1) How do you find a person/thing in the real world?
a) By finding the person's/thing's current location.
2) How do you call a person/thing in the real world?
a) By the person's name/ thing's name.
3) How do you identify any thing in the real world ?
a) By common properties such as dimensions, color, smell and other properties
4) How do you find directions in the real world ?
a) By comparing our head direction with respect to sun's direction.
This above said questions look very funny but always remembering this will help you to start efficiently in gaming. In gaming all you need to know is where to create an object, how to place it(in which direction), what dimensions are to be set and what properties are to be given. This is the most common step that take places for every object that is implemented in every game.
In game development, you always need to know how to track an object, how to get its direction, scale,properties and change them on need. Most common terms used in gaming are
- Getposition ( to find the current position of an object )
- SetPosition ( to set the position of an object )
- Getdirection ( to find the current direction of an object )
- Setdirection ( to set the direction of an object )
- GetTransform ( to find the current transform of an object )
- SetTransform ( to set the transform of an object )
- Getscale ( to find the current scale of an object )
- Setscale ( to set the scale of an object )
Any way we will discuss in details of gaming in later sessions. But as a basic one should know the above said things as they are the key things for game development on any platform.
For queries on this topic please mail to schoolofgaming@gmail.com.
Regards,
Editor
Thursday, April 22, 2010
How/where to Start in Gaming ?
One should know where to start his/her career in gaming. Some may be very creative in creating puzzles, some may be good at solving puzzles, some may be good at art and etc... Depending on his/her own area of interest one should make a clever choice in gaming in order to head up with out any break in future.
The main question is that when should one start a career in gaming? Well, this question can be answered in more detail manner.
For someone to start as an artist in gaming/animation should accomplish art related degree so that when takes up specialization he/she feels comfortable and learns faster and proper. The art related degrees are B.Tech multimedia, B.C.A(Bachelor of Creative Arts), B.F.A(Bachelor of Fine Arts), Diploma in Multimedia, Diploma in Fine Arts.
For someone to start as an programmer/technologist should accomplish science degree so that when he/she goes to game development specialization, could understand the actual underlying concepts clearly and can further learn and practice the methods of development efficiently. The science related degrees are B.Sc Computers, B.Tech/B.E Computer/IT, IIT Computer/IT, etc...
For the people who are interested in Game Testing should do diploma in testing tools so that basic knowledge in testing can be useful to start a fresh career.I also have a very good suggestion. that is you play more games and try to screw the game in all possible ways and find out the mistakes/mischievous things in game play. Also participate in gaming competitions when ever it is possible.
Once you are out of your degree, the very first step is to find where to do specialization so that company's will take up you. Specialization is recommended as it lays a very strong base to one's success in future career.
For artist he/she should take up either one of the following as choice of specializing.
- Texturing
- Modeling
- Rigging and Animation
- Lighting and Rendering
- Concept Art ( B.F.A people will come to this category mostly, hence no specialization required)
For a programmer, their is no such sub choices in particular but needs to concentrate on all elements of gaming. Specially a programmer should have the following skills.
- Good grip on any one language
- Good debugging skills
- Fast learning skills
- Adoptable to new development environments.
- Good problem solving skills
- Command on Maths, Physics and Basic Art.
For a Game Tester, he/she is expected to be more avid towards gaming and should learn manual testing procedures as well as automated testing procedures.Specialization in testing is a good for any one before going into game testing. Similarly, their are some more fields in gaming like
- story writing,
- Game designing,
- Producing,
- Marketing
- Audio making.
Most common tools/software's used by different people during game development are listed below.
For Art:
- 3DsMax, Maya, Soft-image, Blender, Z brush, Adobe Photoshop etc....
For Programmer:
- DirectX, Opengl, ODE, Ageia Physx, Opengl, Game Engine(not compulsory). OpenAl, etc....
For Tester:
- Test Director, Win-runner, Load Runner, Q.T.P,etc...
Their is an excellent idea for some one to start career in gaming, that is just join bachelor's course in gaming if you are a +12 passed person. For some one who completed Graduation should go for masters degree in gaming.
I hope this post has cleared most of your basic doubts. In my next post I will give the information about colleges around the global where one can do graduation/post graduation in gaming and step into gaming industry efficiently.
Regards,
Editor :)
Monday, April 12, 2010
Contents for Beginners
Hi there,
As a start I will follow up basic concepts which will be helpful for beginners in gaming. The concepts are listed below.
Contents:
regards,
Editor
As a start I will follow up basic concepts which will be helpful for beginners in gaming. The concepts are listed below.
Contents:
- Basic knowledge.( Basic/Chapter - 1)
- Essence of Maths in gaming.( Basic/Chapter - 2)
- Essence of Physics in gaming.( Basic/Chapter - 3)
- Logical and Creative thinking.( Basic/Chapter - 4)
- Story writing.( Basic/Chapter - 5)
- Game Designing.( Basic/Chapter - 6)
- Market Valuation.( Basic/Chapter - 7)
- Pre-Production.( Basic/Chapter - 8)
- Production Cycle.( Basic/Chapter - 9)
- Post-Production.( Basic/Chapter - 10)
- Marketing and Distributing.( Basic/Chapter - 11)
note:
All this content provided here are absolutely free of charge and miss using the info will be strictly in-acceptable and action on such civilians will be taken.
regards,
Editor
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Download Full Games For Free
Hi there,
I am back again with some interesting information, which you will definitly love to know. This time we have a list of web sites which give us free complete game downloads and are not any pirate sites or torrents. These sites provide absolutly free download of games.
Keep playing in this hot summer holidays with more cool games.
regards,
Editor
I am back again with some interesting information, which you will definitly love to know. This time we have a list of web sites which give us free complete game downloads and are not any pirate sites or torrents. These sites provide absolutly free download of games.
- http://www.nowstat.com/
- http://www.myplaybus.com/
- http://www.download-free-games.com/
- http://www.freegamepick.com/en/
- http://www.myplaycity.com/
- http://www.bgames.com/downloads/
- http://www.downloadgames2008.com/
- http://www.astatix.com/
- http://www.myrealgames.com/
- http://www.bugfreegames.com/
Keep playing in this hot summer holidays with more cool games.
regards,
Editor
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Play Free Online Flash Games
Hi All,
I just thought of updating info about flash game sites where user can absolutely play online flash games for free of charge absolutely. No pre-download and installation is required. So when you get bored just visit these sites and have fun for a while. Many interesting puzzles and game play is available. Some of famous sites are:
- www.miniclip.com
- www.zapak.com
- www.onlinerealgames.com
- www.flash-game.net
- www.knibble.com
- www.iskullgames.com
- www.games24x7.org
- www.games2win.com
- www.bigfishgames.com
Though there are plenty of sites available, the above mentioned sites are safe and got good collections. If any one knows some more sites please add your comments to this post. Hope this post gives you a good break of online flash games.
Stay tuned for next post....
regards,
Editor
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Important Websites
For any new comer or existing game developer, updating information on gaming industry market is very essential. For this reason their are many web sites which provide daily updates/news that are happening around the world. Some of them play a prominent role in keeping track on industry. Now here i am providing there links for you.
- www.gamesindustry.biz
- www.gamasutra.com
- www.kotaku.com
- www.gamespot.com
- www.animationxpress.com
- www.ign.com
- www.gamespy.com
- www.n4g.com
Hope this post will help those who are unaware of this sites.
regards,
Editor
Welcome Note
Dear All,
This is created with an intention to help all those who are interested to make games, play games and make a business in gaming. This site is planned with good future plans with a strong intension to help the growth of gaming industry on its side. Some of the plans include:
- Weekly update information on gaming industry.
- How one can make business in gaming?
- Learning Materials on how to build games.
- Popular Softwares/Engines used to build games.
- Colleges/Institutes that provide full time certified curriculum.
- Sites that provide online free games.
- Companies that rule the markets every year.
- Job opportunities around the world.
- Games available to download from various sites.
- Google's role in Gaming Industry.
etc.... So, all I say is stay tuned to get more out this blog. Keep posting comments and interested people to join the blog posting please mail your email id's to schoolofgaming@gmail.com
Finally, I would like to thank google for providing this blog.
regards,
Editor
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