Category of Computer Games
Category of Computer Games
1. Skill and action games - emphasizing perceptual and motor skills
1. Combat Games - All combat games present a direct, violent confrontation. The human player must shoot and destroy the bad guys controlled by the computer.
2. Maze Games - The defining characteristic of the maze games is the maze of paths through which the player must move.
3. Sports Games - These games model popular sports games.
4. Paddle Games - The central element of the game that of intercepting a projectile with a paddle-controlled piece has been used in endless variations.
5. Race Games - Some computer games involve a straightforward race.
6. Miscellaneous Games - In some ways it is like a maze game and in some ways it is a combat game.
2. Strategy games - emphasizing cognitive effort
1. Adventures - In these games the adventurer must move through a complex world, accumulating tools and booty adequate for overcoming each obstacle, until finally the adventurer reaches the treasure or goal.
2. Games of Chance – Examples are many versions of craps, blackjack, and other such games.
3. Educational Games – Example is hangman
4. Interpersonal Games - Interpersonal games are games that focus on the relationships between individuals or groups.
Assignment:
1. Choose a game between the two categories (Skills and Action or Strategy games).
2. Short description of the game
- programming language used
- screen output
- how it is played
- Where it is played (PC / Console / Arcade)
3. Discuss briefly the history of the game
- timeline (initial release, present status and future of the game)
4. Include references (reading materials, electronic resources, etc.)
5.
1. Skill and action games - emphasizing perceptual and motor skills
1. Combat Games - All combat games present a direct, violent confrontation. The human player must shoot and destroy the bad guys controlled by the computer.
2. Maze Games - The defining characteristic of the maze games is the maze of paths through which the player must move.
3. Sports Games - These games model popular sports games.
4. Paddle Games - The central element of the game that of intercepting a projectile with a paddle-controlled piece has been used in endless variations.
5. Race Games - Some computer games involve a straightforward race.
6. Miscellaneous Games - In some ways it is like a maze game and in some ways it is a combat game.
2. Strategy games - emphasizing cognitive effort
1. Adventures - In these games the adventurer must move through a complex world, accumulating tools and booty adequate for overcoming each obstacle, until finally the adventurer reaches the treasure or goal.
2. Games of Chance – Examples are many versions of craps, blackjack, and other such games.
3. Educational Games – Example is hangman
4. Interpersonal Games - Interpersonal games are games that focus on the relationships between individuals or groups.
Assignment:
1. Choose a game between the two categories (Skills and Action or Strategy games).
2. Short description of the game
- programming language used
- screen output
- how it is played
- Where it is played (PC / Console / Arcade)
3. Discuss briefly the history of the game
- timeline (initial release, present status and future of the game)
4. Include references (reading materials, electronic resources, etc.)
5.