Dear Friends,
Today at 4:30pm there will be a talk on 'Creative Game Development' by Mr.
Imran Khan of FXLabs.
In this one of its kind talk, he will talk about:
* What is Game Development?
o Roles of game Development - [Mgmt] [Art] [Design] [Prog] QA dept's
o Stages of Game [ Development - Concept - Pre production -
Production - Release ]
o Entities in Game [ Development - Publishers - Developers -
Marketing - Distributors ]
o Genres of game's [ FPS ] [PLATFORMS] [RPG] [etc]
o Different Platform for Games [ PS2] [XBOX] [ XBOX360] [ PS3] [Wii]
* History of Game Development
o Compare console hardware capabilities
o Compare Console types and usage patterns
o Compare console sales data
* Games Evolution
* Game Platform Evolution
* Game components
o Graphics
o AI
o Engine Development
o Tools
o Gameplay
o Art
o Design
* Game Production Pipeline
o Character Model
+ Concept
+ Model
+ Texture
+ Animate
o Game UI
+ Concept
+ Game Control Flow Design
+ Asset creation
+ Programming
o Game Level
+ Concept
+ Props creation
+ Level Editing
+ Add gameplay elements
* Where do I start?
o What do I want to do?
+ Development
# Code games
# Bring latest tech into games
+ Design
# Inspire new ways of entertaining people
# Create new ways of influencing culture
+ Art
# Create visual treats
# Bring to life fantasy
+ Production Mgmt
# Deliver entertainment to people
# Create wealth on Assets
# Manage Project and Resources
o What options do I have?
+ Development
# Break into a gaming firm
# Start open source project
# Go to Game Development school
# Mod games
+ Design
# Create unique concepts and talk to companies
# Play currently available games and start writing reviews
+ Art
# Learn 3D editing tools
# Earn a degree in Fine Arts
+ Mgmt
# Break into gaming firms
# Start a gaming firm around a unique idea
* Open Source Tech Initiatives
o Open CL
o Open GL
o Open VG
o EGL
* Game Engines Evolution
o History of Game Engines
o Open source Engines
* Open Source game Engines
o Ogre
o Panda3D
o Quake engine Series
o SDL
o ~ Other Game Engines
* Commercial Engines
o Unreal Series
o Cry Engine
o Source Engine
o Torque
o Gamebryo
o ~ Other Game Engines
* Game Tools
o 2D editing tools
o 3D editing tools
o Frameworks for development
* Current Technologies
o DirectX
o OpenGL
o XNA
o CUDA
About Imran Khan
Imran heads the Gaming Division of FXLabs. He manages a team of 25 developers,
artists and QA engineers and is working on PC and XBOX game development. He was
the Producer, Technical lead and Game Designer for "Ghajini- The Game" -
India's first 3D PC game based on Bollywood Movie Ghajini. Ghajini was
conceived, designed and produced at FXLabs from concept to delivery. He is also
the Tech lead on "Inferno" / "Agni" - A FXLabs original IP PC game project.
Timings
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue
AppLabs GEC
3XL Conference Room
Road no 2, Banjara Hills,
near Jubilee Hills check post
Please note that there will be security check at the main entrance and you are
requested to carry ID proof with yourself. For laptops Serial number entry has
to be made. Right to admission is reserved.
Twincling Foundation members and Open Source geeks are cordially invited.
regards
TSNET.
