Inside Computer Game Development

Jason Shankel, Maxis Corp., Walnut Creek

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

The computer game industry is a hybrid of two very different fields: technology and entertainment. In this talk, I will describe how a typical computer game evolves from the concept stage, through development, and finally to the marketplace, with special emphasis on how game developers deal with the many conflicts that arise between the technological and the entertainment requirements of a game.