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Video Game Design
APCG 198 Fall 2006
Sources of Game Ideas
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Sources of Game Ideas
  
Homework 1: 
  
TitleSources of Game Ideas
Due DateWednesday 6 September 2006 at the start lab.
Points10
PreparationLectures and Textbook (if available) Chapter 1.
VenueCompleted outside of lecture and lab time.
ConnectionIndividual
Turn-in MethodDocument in class directory in lab.
FormatWord file
Subject LineN/A
File NameHomework#1_ followed by your name. Use underscores instead of spaces. Example Homework1_Tracy_Fullerton.
 Make sure your name is in the file.
Task 
  
Exercise:

1.3 Your Life – Your Game:  consider you life, your daily routine, your summer vacation, etc. then list five (5) areas that could be games.  For each of these areas, consider and then briefly describe a possible underlying game structure.
 
1.4 Your Childhood – Your Game:  think back those many years to your childhood and think about the social games you played (i.e. hide-and-seek, four square, tag, etc.) - list ten (10) of these social games you played as a child and briefly describe what was compelling about each of those games.