Video Game Design: Archetypes: An Open Learning Guide
There are many genres (type classification) of games, each one within its own defined domain, that commonly will have sub-domains (in a tree like form). All the games in a particular genre t
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Video Game Design: Chapters: Getting Started: An Open Learning Guide
Video games have many different forms, from old arcade games to small hand held devices, simple flash games you play online to the newest hit for one of the big names in the industry that ca
Video Game Design: Chapters: Getting Started: Print Version: An Open Learning Guide
You can verify who has contributed to this book by examining the history logs at Wikibooks (http://en.wikibooks.org/). Video games have many different forms, from old arcade games to small h
Keyboard Cat: History and Key Facts
Keyboard Cat is a viral video and internet meme.
Rare (company): History and Key Facts
Rare Limited is a British video game developer and a studio of Activision based in Twycross.
Atari, Inc.: History and Key Facts
Atari, Inc.
Neo Geo: History and Key Facts
The Neo Geo (Greek for 'New World'), stylized as NEO•GEO, is a video game platform released in 1990 by Japanese game company SNK Corporation.
Dreamcast: History and Key Facts
The Dreamcast is the final home video game console manufactured by Sega.
Nintendo Switch: History and Key Facts
The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.
Steam Deck: History and Key Facts
The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer produced by Valve Corporation, designed to run games available on its Steam storefront.
All your base are belong to us: History and Key Facts
"All your base are belong to us" is an Internet meme based on a poorly translated phrase from the opening cutscene of the Japanese video game Zero Wing.
Hide the Pain Harold: History and Key Facts
Hide the Pain Harold is an Internet meme based on a series of stock photos of András István Arató (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɒndraːʃ ˈiʃtvaːn ˈɒrɒtoː]; born 11 July 1945), a Hungarian retired el
List of cross and circle games: History and Key Facts
Cross and circle is a board game design used for race games played throughout the world.
History of arcade video games: History and Key Facts
An arcade video game is an arcade game where the player's inputs from the game's controllers are processed through electronic or computerized components and displayed to a video device, typically
Video game console: History and Key Facts
A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller.
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy: History and Key Facts
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy is a radio show and podcast on the BBC World Service.
Pepe the Frog: History and Key Facts
Pepe the Frog ( PEP-ay) is a comic character and Internet meme created by cartoonist Matt Furie.
1-Up Studio: History and Key Facts
1-Up Studio Inc.
.Gears: History and Key Facts
.Gears (DotGears Company Limited) is a Vietnamese video game developer based in Hanoi that specialises in hypercasual mobile games.
List of commercial failures in video and arcade games: History and Key Facts
As a hit-driven business, the great majority of the video game industry's software releases have been commercial disappointments.
Atari Democrat: History and Key Facts
In 1980s and 1990s American politics, "Atari Democrat" referred to Democratic legislators who suggested that the support and development of high tech and related businesses would stimulate the ec
Bushnell's Law: History and Key Facts
Bushnell's Law or Nolan's Law is an aphorism often attributed to Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, on the subject of video game design: All the best games are easy to learn and difficult to master.
Buy-to-play: History and Key Facts
Buy-to-play (B2P) is a revenue model for video games where a game can be played after a one-time purchase, as opposed to a subscription model where the player must pay a subscription at regular i
History of video game consoles: History and Key Facts
The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s.
Gameroom Tele-Pong: History and Key Facts
The Gameroom Tele-Pong (sometimes also called Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong or ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console developed, published and marketed by En
Mr. Beat: Biography and Background
Matthew Alan Beat (born November 6, 1981), better known online as Mr.
Console war: History and Key Facts
A console war is the competition between two or more video game console manufacturers.
Video Game Design: Chapters: Implementation: An Open Learning Guide
Before you consider implementing your design one thing that you should ponder as you consider implementation is how costly it will be, in time and money. You can monetize you game design (co
Video Game Design: Chapters: Theory: An Open Learning Guide
Game creators are by definition artists since they produce creative works. To say games have no utilitarian use is a misconception of the art. Video games go above art and have a particulari
Video Game Design: Components: An Open Learning Guide
Game creators are by definition artists since they produce creative works. To say games have no utilitarian use is a misconception of the art. Video games go above art and have a particulari
Video Game Design: Conventions: An Open Learning Guide
If not stated otherwise here as a general rule, all guidelines from Wikibooks:Manual_of_Style are in effect. There are two indexed: A chapter-by-chapter version and a all-in-one page version
Video Game Design: Distribution: An Open Learning Guide
With the advent of full digital distribution, allied to the pay-to-play meme born in the WEB and extended into a art form in Massively multi-player on-line games, the concepts fast overtook
Video Game Design: Game content: An Open Learning Guide
The importance of having a good portfolio of conceptual art in the early steps of game implementation is extremely important not only to permit a richer visualization of the concept but to c
Video Game Design: Introduction: An Open Learning Guide
Video games have many different forms, from old arcade games to small hand held devices, simple flash games you play online to the newest hit for one of the big names in the industry that ca
Video Game Design: Introduction: Rat race: An Open Learning Guide
In today's world no one does large commercial level games just for fun any more, especially in the PC architecture (or at least we rarely learn more about those crazy people after the beta s
Video Game Design: Introduction: What is a video game: An Open Learning Guide
It's a good question, and a common question, one that you can spend a great deal of time arguing over. The definition, conscious or not, will influence how one decides to design a game. So i
Arimaa: History and Key Facts
Arimaa (ə-REE-mə) is a two-player strategy board game that was designed to be playable with a standard chess set and difficult for computers while still being easy to learn and fun to play for hu
Internet meme: History and Key Facts
An Internet meme, or meme (), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behavior, or style) that spreads across the Internet, now primarily through social media platforms.
Online console gaming: History and Key Facts
Online console gaming involves connecting a console to a network over the Internet for services.
CG artist: History and Key Facts
CG artists (also known as computer graphics artists) create 2D and 3D art, usually for cinema, advertising or animation movies.