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Mod. 1 Objective 5:
Andrew C. Samuels,
Information Technology Specialist Trainer &
Animation & Game Design Education Specialist
Kingston, Jamaica

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 UNIT 1:
Fundamentals of Animation and Game Design

MODULE 1: Understanding Animation and Game Design

G.O. 2: demonstrate awareness of the appropriate use of animation and game designs for
development;

SO: 2 explain the different game goals and game genres;

Content: Goals: educational, entertainment. Genres: Arcade, Action, Adventure,

Puzzle, Role Play Game (RPG), Strategy, Simulator, Board, Sports.

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 GAME GENRE
• Let us discuss each
and find examples for
each genre.
• Create a table and list
each genre across and

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provide the examples.
Enter some details
such as age
appropriateness, skills
or competencies, etc.
http://www.bigfishgames.com/blog/game-recommendations-
for-casual-gaming-genres/
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 •Discuss the
games for
each of the
categories
given on left.

•Provide 2

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examples of
games for
each.

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 Every movies
have their own
genre, so do
the video
games. Video
Games Genre
is a kind of

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way to
classified
different types
of games to
make the
buyer easier ...

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genres
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 A genre is a
category. In
gaming, a
genre is a
genre of
game, for
example,

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shooter,
action,
adventure,
side scroller
etc

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 Looking at the
average scores for
games in the
different genres,
we see that puzzle
and role-playing
games do much

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better than other
games.

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 Percentage of
respondents reporting
their frequency of
playing games from
12 video games

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http://usabilitynews.org/video-gaming-
trends-violent-actionadventure-games-are-
most-popular/

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 Illustrates the
highest selling
game genres
of 2011. It is
clear from this
data that

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action and
shooting
games reach
the widest
audience.

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marketing/in-game-marketing.html
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 The American
Psychological
Association has
created a
mapping of the
main various
video game

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genres

http://www.duelinganalogs.com/infographic/conceptual-map-of-the-main-
genres-of-video-games/
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 The reported
number of
recently
purchased
video games
per game

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genre.

http://usabilitynews.org/video-gaming-trends-violent-
actionadventure-games-are-most-popular/
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