Anyone With a Computer Can Make a Video Game
Anyone with a computer can make a video game using a game engine like Unreal, Unity, or GameMaker. Creating a simple game requires no coding experience.
Video Games
Video games are electronic games that are played via a video device. Video games include games played on computers, home game consoles, hand held games, arcade games, and more.
How Do Computers Work? (Simple)
Though there are a lot of components to a computer, we look at the few basic parts of a computer: CPU, RAM, HardDrive, GPU, Buses, and input/output.
There is Cake!
It is said that, “there is no cake”, that, “the cake is a lie”, but this isn’t true. The cake you were promised may be a lie, but there is cake.
The First Video Games Were From the 50’s
The first video games were developed in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, while the first video games with physics were invented in the late 1950’s.
Conway’s Game of Life Models Evolution
Conway’s Game of Life is a simple rule-set that models the evolution of systems. It’s a “zero-player” computer program that demonstrates “cellular automata”.
eSports are Real Sports
eSports can be considered “real sports” by definition, much in the same way chess or poker can be. There are many parallels between traditional athletic sports and eSports.
VR is Different than AR
Virtual Reality (VR) is an interactive virtual environment, Augmented Reality (AR) is a real-world environment “augmented” with virtual objects.
MOBA Means Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
MOBA means Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. It’s a sub-genre of Real Time Strategy (RTS) focused on team-based player-versus-player (PVP) competition.
eSports is Video Games as a Competitive Sport
The term eSports describes competitive video gaming as a sport. eSports typically involve team-based gaming as a spectator sport with ranked matches.
Richard Garriott Revolutionized Video Game RPGs
Richard Garriott revolutionized video game RPGs by creating one of the first popular RPGs Ultima (1981), and one of the first MMORPGs Ultima Online (1997).