Ultimate Game Design : Building game worlds

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FIGURE 9-4 SlideNmatch puzzle game by Magnet Island, Inc. C H A P T E R 9 a developer located in the United States is building games for cell phones only available in Asia? You have no access to the carriers while sitting with the phone in the United States, so the phone hardware must be shipped back and forth to make changes to game content. This is not a very effective development route. It’s important to consider which kinds of games work well so far for the cell phone handset. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but games that tend to work well include the following: � Low-intensity shooters Performance-related issues determine the speed or intensity of a shooter game. Don’t expect the same kind of experience available on a Gameboy Advance just yet. Remember that the Gameboy Advance is a portable platform with custom-engineered hardware built specifically for running games. Cell phone handsets simply can’t blast sprites on the screen and move them around with great speed (like a Gameboy Advance). In short, 223 Cell Phones and Wireless Gaming
Building Game Worlds 224 U L T I M A T E G A M E D E S I G N FIGURE 9-5 Kanga Kaos platform game by Magnet Island, Inc. it’s very difficult to get a shooter to behave even as well as an old shooter game for the 8-bit Nintendo. � Simple arcade games These work well if they don’t require great speed. A good example is any game where your lead game character doesn’t have to move across the screen at lightning speed, yet engages the player with simple challenges or collection goals. You will want to design around this consideration. � Sports “instance” games These games typically take an instance or action event from a sport and build a game around it. Examples include a “shot on goal” game using hockey or basketball. Currently, these games simply have to use sports “instances” since it would be extremely difficult to put a whole baseball or football game onto a cell phone handset and have the game be visible to the eye and perform well enough to offer satisfying game play. � Simple sports games These are sports games that can be represented well enough without being graphically intense. Shuffleboard and bowling are
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A BOUT THE AUTHOR Tom Meigs is a ga
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