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Torque for Teens, Second Edition Michael Duggan CourseTechnologyPTR ApartofCengageLearning Australia•Brazil•Japan•Korea•Mexico•Singapore•Spain•UnitedKingdom•UnitedStates TorqueforTeens,SecondEdition †2011CourseTechnology,apartofCengageLearning. MichaelDuggan ALLRIGHTSRESERVED.Nopartofthisworkcoveredbythecopyrighthereinmay bereproduced,transmitted,stored,orusedinanyformorbyanymeansgraphic, PublisherandGeneralManager, electronic,ormechanical,includingbutnotlimitedtophotocopying,recording, CourseTechnologyPTR: scanning,digitizing,taping,Webdistribution,informationnetworks,or StacyL.Hiquet informationstorageandretrievalsystems,exceptaspermittedunderSection107 AssociateDirectorofMarketing: or108ofthe1976UnitedStatesCopyrightAct,withoutthepriorwritten SarahPanella permissionofthepublisher. 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Acknowledgments For the construction of this book there have been many supporters, especially from the Torque community. This involved contributions from Christophe Canon,3drt.com,Benjamin“Djaggernaut”Chavigner,Nermin,JosiahPisciotta, Stephande Conde, Dylan Romero, Brett Seyler, Randel Reiss, Mark Frohmayer, Tony Ramos, Ian Hardingham, and Paul Taylor. Several people helped really hammer this tome into shape, including Emi Smith, Jenny Davidson, and Jacquie Finney. And my labors would have beena lot tougher it hadn’t beenfor the help of my family, particularly my wife,Krystal, and my kids. iv About the Author Michael Duggan is an author and illustrator by trade, as well as a college instructor in digital media and game design. He created core curriculum for gamedevelopmentprogramsatbothBryanCollegeandNorthArkansasCollege. Hehasbeenaguestspeakeronthetopicofaffordablegameenginetechnologyat several conferences. Other books he’s written include The Official Guide to 3D GameStudio, Torque for Teens, Web Comics for Teens, 2D Game Building for Teens, and Wii Game Creation for Teens. Michael spends most of his free time drawing children’s books and making cartoon animations and games. For more information about the author, go to mdduggan.com. v Contents Introduction .................................................xvii Chapter1 SoYouWanttoBeaGameDesigner? .................... 1 WhataGameDesignerIsandIsNot .............................. 1 WhatAboutIndieGameDesign?................................. 6 GameDevStepbyStep ......................................... 8 Pre-Production .............................................. 8 ConceptCreation ..........................................8 ConceptFinalization........................................9 Preparation ..............................................10 Production.................................................10 Post-Production.............................................10 TestingandQA...........................................10 Marketing ...............................................12 Expansion................................................12 WheretoGetThoseKillerGameIdeas ........................... 13 WhatMakesaKillerGame? .................................... 14 GameplayMechanics ........................................15 Gameplayvs.Graphics.....................................16 Interactivity................................................17 GivePlayersControl.......................................18 TeachPlayerstoPlay ................................... 18 GivePlayersChoicestoMake ............................ 19 vi Contents vii MakeEnvironmentsReactive ...............................21 ImmersethePlayer........................................21 GetPlayersMotivated .................................. 23 MakeYourGameEmotional............................. 24 AddConflicttoYourGame.............................. 27 MakeYourGameChallenging ..............................30 TypesofGameChallenges............................... 30 TheGameLoop........................................ 32 Competition .......................................... 33 Chance ............................................... 34 TheFourFsofGreatGameDesign.............................34 Fun .....................................................34 Fairness..................................................36 Feedback ................................................36 Feasibility................................................37 AcceptedGameGenres ....................................38 ActionGames ............................................38 AdventureGames.........................................40 Role-PlayingGames .......................................41 StrategyGames...........................................42 OtherGameGenres .......................................42 What’sNext?................................................. 43 Chapter2 Torque3D:UndertheHood............................ 45 WhyaGameEngine?.......................................... 46 Torque3DFeatures ........................................... 48 GamesMadewithTorque3D ................................... 51 Licensing .................................................... 54 OtherTorqueProductstoConsider .............................. 55 Torque2D .................................................55 iTorque2D.................................................58 ConsoleGameDevelopment..................................58 TforWii.................................................58 Torque360...............................................58 TorqueX ................................................59 ComponentsofTorque3D ..................................... 60 WorldEditorToolset ........................................60 TorqueScript ...............................................62 viii Contents CodingAdd-OnTools......................................62 Torsion............................................... 62 PlasticTweaker........................................ 62 UniversalAIStarterKit.................................. 63 Codeweaver........................................... 63 GameMechanicsKit.................................... 63 Next-GenRenderingCapabilities..............................63 WebPublishingCapabilities ..................................65 What’sNext?................................................. 65 Chapter3 CreatingaBasicGameOutline.......................... 67 GameDesignDocument ....................................... 68 QuestionstoAskYourself....................................68 WhatIsThisGame?........................................69 WhyCreateThisGame?....................................69 WhereDoesThisGameTakePlace?..........................69 What/WhoDoIControlinThisGame? .......................69 WhatIsthePointofThisGame?.............................69 What’sSoDifferentAboutThisGame?.......................69 GameOverview.............................................70 WriteaConceptStatement.................................70 ThinkUpYourObjectives ..................................71 DefineYourTargetAudience...............................72 EstablishtheScopeoftheProject............................73 WritetheFeatureSet........................................76 WorkBreakdown ...........................................78 TaskDetermination .......................................78 EstimatingaTimeline......................................78 EstimatingCosts ..........................................79 AssetProduction............................................79 TheGameWorld..........................................79 TheGameCharacters......................................80 TheGameItems...........................................80 InterfaceDesign ............................................80 SoundDesign ..............................................81 TechnicalSpecs .............................................81 GameOutlineExample ........................................ 82 RavenscroftOutline .........................................82 MystOutline ...............................................84 What’sNext?................................................. 84 Contents ix Chapter4 OpeningYourGarage................................. 89 Jump-StartingYourEngine..................................... 89 InstallTorque3D............................................89 InstallAdditionalSoftware...................................90 DirectXSDK..............................................90 2DImageEditor ..........................................91 3DModelingProgram .....................................91 ScriptEditor..............................................92 TakeTorqueforaTestDrive..................................94 Toolbox .................................................94 Demos................................................ 95 Examples ............................................. 96 CreateaNewProject .......................................106 AddComments..........................................107 AddQuickLinks .........................................108 EditProjectThumbnail....................................109 GetStartedintheWorldEditor ..............................111 WorldEditorInterface....................................111 ToolsBar ............................................ 112 PreferenceSettings.................................... 113 MeetGideon............................................114 ManipulateObjectswithGizmos...........................116 Translate ............................................ 118 Rotate............................................... 118 Scale ................................................ 119 ManipulateObjectswiththeInspectorPanel.............. 119 What’sNext?................................................ 120 Chapter5 ThisIsYourLand:TheWorldEditor .................... 121 LevelUp!WhatItTakesinLevelDesign ......................... 121 LevelDesignerDosandDon’ts ...............................124 ExteriorandInteriorSpaces..................................126 ExteriorSpace:TheGreatOutdoors.........................126 InteriorSpace:GoingIndoors..............................126 CreatingaWorldwithWorldEditor ............................ 128 AddingTerrain ............................................128 CreatingBlankTerrain....................................128 CreatingFlat,GenericTerrain........................... 129 CreatingMountainousTerrain.......................... 131
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