1. ALL ABOUT
WHAT I
LEARNED IN
COMPFUN
Arisa Alcantara

2. BS-IT with specialization
in Game Design and Development
What?
Why?
How?

3. What is it?
 BS-IT
with specialization in Game Design is
very different from mainstream IT
 It is more inclined into games – how to
design, develop and program them
 It is mixed with science and art
“Possibly one of the most challenging
courses since it has both Science and Art
into it”

4. Why do people choose this?
Gaming is like a
piece of cake
People love eating
cakes
But not everybody
likes baking them

5. How is life as a Game
Developer?
What my parents think
What my parents expect
What people think
I’ll end up with
What my friends think
What my teacher expects
What I really do

6. Game Dev
Team

7. Designer



Designs the game play,
rules and structure of the
game
Takes the role of the writer
in the game’s dialogue
Makes the game
mechanics, user interface,
characters, etc

8. Artist
 Creates
the game’s
art
 May be 2D or 3D
oriented, concept
art, sprites, textures,
environmental
backdrops, or user
interface

9. Programmer
 Software
engineer who develops the
game’s software
 Develops the game’s codebase

10. Level designer
 Creates
levels, challenges or missions in
the game
 Can work with both incomplete or
complete versions of the game

11. Sound Engineer
 Responsible
for sound effects and sound
positioning
 Oversees the voice acting

12. Tester
 Carries
the quality assurance
 Analyzes the game to document software
defects
 Ensures that the game is patterned with
the proposed designed

13. Game
Genres

14. Fighting
What? – player engages on a close
combat with an opponent
How? – Player can choose a character to
be used in battle. Each characters has its
own unique skills. The player would use
different techniques on their character to
attack, block, counter-attack and combo

15. Example: Tekken 6
eighth Tekken
series. It features a
number of fighters,
each equipped
with their own
deadly techniques,
martial art moves,
and attack
combinations.

16. Adventure and Action
Adventure
What? – player takes the role of a
protagonist in a story as he explores and
solve puzzles
How? – there are different elements that
the hero (the character) undergoes
through the genre like interactive story,
puzzle solving, exploration, collection of
objects

17. Example: The Legend of Zelda
high fantasy actionadventure video
game series created
by Japanese game
designers Shigeru
Miyamoto and Takashi
Tezuka.

18. Strategy
What? – requires decision-making skills and
awareness of the situation
How? – Players are faced with strategic,
tactical, logistical challenges that would
usually engage the players in criticalthinking

19. Example: (tactical role-playing game)
Disgaea
video game
series of
tactical roleplaying
games
created and
developed
by Nippon
Ichi

20. Survival Horror
What? – subgenre of action-adventure
inspired by horror
How? – Players undergo combat with
limited ammunition, health, speed, etc.
having the main goal to survive

21. Example: Silent Hill
s a survival
horror video
game series
consisting of
nine
installments
published by
Konami and its
subsidiary
Konami Digital
Entertainment

22. MMO
What? – Massive Multi-player Online
How? – Players are connected through the
internet and they could socialize with each
other through the game (such as party,
pvp, etc.)

23. Example: (MMO-Action RPG) Dragon Nest
(My Character :>)

24. RPG
What? – players assume the role of a
character in a story
How? – players would build their character
through allocating points for stats,
customization, quests, leveling-up and
experience

25. Example: Pokemon
Pokemon is a
game
wherein you
can catch,
train and
battle with
monsters
called
Pokemon

26. Music
What? – gameplay involves player’s
interaction with musical scores or songs
How? - There would usually be
corresponding keys and when pressed at
the right time, it would produce its own
sound

27. Example: Patapon
In Patapon
you are
usually sent
out to fulfill a
mission and
you can give
commands
through
pressing the
buttons like
Pata Pata
Pata Pon to
walk. You
should follow
the beat to
make a
successful
command.

28. Shooter (FPS)
What? – First-person Shooter involves a
character played in the first-person
perspective
How? – the objective of the game is to
shoot opponents and complete the mission
without your character dying

29. Example: Left 4 Dead
L4D is a
coopera
tive firstperson
shooter
arcadestyle
video
game.